Media Coverage

Study: States hardly invest in improving education quality

The Times of India

  • 23 December 2016

For all the talk on education quality and improving learning outcomes, little is actually being done to achieve either. The Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) and Child Rights and You (CRY) studied education budgets in 10...

Spending in school education stagnant across states: Study

Business Standard

  • 22 December 2016

The total budgetary spending on school education in the country has remained stagnant at 2.7 per cent of GDP since the last four financial years, a recent study said. "Of the 2.68 per cent of GDP in 2015-16, elementary education accounted for...

Education spending stagnant across states: Study

Ruralmarketing.in

  • 22 December 2016

Adequate budgetary allocation for inclusive and equitable quality education still a far cry for Indian children The total budgetary spending on school-education has remained stagnant at 2.7 percent of GDP since last four years (2012-13 to...

Low share of training, monitoring in state education budgets Low share of training, monitoring in state education budgets

The Times of India (City)

  • 22 December 2016

For all the talk on education quality and improving learning outcomes, little is actually being done to achieve either. The Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) and Child Right and You (CRY) studied state budgets for education in...

FM: Present Government to make an extensive social welfare system which will focus primarily on better education system and effective healthcare especially for the children, women and senior citizens of the country; Holds his Third Pre-Budget Consultative Meeting for the Union Budget 2017-18 with the representatives of different Social Sector Groups in Delhi today.

Press Information Bureau

  • 26 November 2016

The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley said that one of the major priorities of the present Government is to make an extensive social welfare system which will focus primarily on better education system and effective healthcare especially for...

At The Margins: Is the devolution of national funds to states really worth the praise?

Outlook

  • 4 April 2016

Narendra Modi’s frequently and proudly repeated declaration is that he has paved the way for higher economic growth led by states through greater devolution of funds to the states as recommended by the Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC). Well,...

Partial vision

Frontline Budget Issue

  • 1 April 2016

AT a time when the basic structure of the education system, right from the primary school to the higher education level, needs a significant budgetary push, the Budget’s sole focus is on vocational training. By AJOY ASHIRWAD...

Despite 19% decline in childhood stunting, India's battle against malnutrition still looks bleak

Firstpost

  • 29 March 2016

Nearly a third of all children in India are stunted and despite the host of social welfare schemes launched in the last few decades to tackle malnourishment, it still remains as a primary health concern in India. A report on malnourishment...

The downside of govt's social sector push

Business Standard

  • 24 March 2016

The health and education sectors have trudged along the last two years awaiting direction that would be set through new policies the National Democratic Alliance government promised. In the absence of these guiding documents, most observers have...

Where governance, NGOs and data science converge

CIO

  • 22 March 2016

Non-profit organizations using enterprise technology like data analytics is something that is rare, the main reason being the lack of funds. So what do you do when technology is all around you, but you just can’t touch it? Call in DataKind, a...