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Performance Grading Index on quality of school education in Assam

Prayashi Goswami

• 28 September 2023
• Ishan Darpan
• 0 Comments

The recently released Performance Grading Index for Districts (PGI-D) 2020-21 & 2021-22 is a critical tool for assessing school education performance at the district level. The comprehensive...

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Irregular PF contributions because of temporary and subcontracted jobs: What latest EPFO data reveals

Shiney Chakraborty

• 22 September 2023
• The Core
• 0 Comments

The Government of India has been publishing the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data since 2017. EPFO’s latest provisional payroll data released on August 20 highlights that 4.86 crore...

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Indian schools are unprepared to deal with heat waves that are already disrupting education

Protiva Kundu

• 9 June 2023
• Scroll.in
• 0 Comments

The effect of rising temperatures on learning will be borne by the poor and marginalised, but the matter has still not received the policy attention it needs. In the sweltering heat, no...

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Financial inclusion critical for building sustainable Indian cities

Sanchari Mukhopadhyay

• 23 May 2023
• Down to Earth
• 0 Comments

Urbanisation has been on the rise in India, with an increasing number of people moving from rural areas to urban cities in search of better opportunities. This has led to tremendous pressure on urban...

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India’s 2023-24 WASH Budget: Gaps in fund utilisation despite hike in budget allocation

Swarupa Das

• 22 May 2023
• Ircwash.com
• 0 Comments

What does the 2023-24 budget mean for WASH? India has made commendable progress in the field of sanitation and water since the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and the Jal Jeevan Mission...

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What does cluster development programme mean to India’s small farmers?

Nivedita Sharma

• 12 May 2023
• Down to Earth
• 0 Comments

CDP has the potential to benefit farmers; however, asymmetric power relations can make farmer-producer organisations captive markets for the goods produced and marketed by big companies A fair...

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केंद्र सरकार के सामाजिक कल्याण से सम्बंधित फंड का क्या हुआ?

Nilachala Acharya

• 5 April 2023
• Punjab Kesari
• 0 Comments

केंद्रीय बजट सार्वजनिक चर्चा पर हावी रहा जबकि केंद्र प्रायोजित योजनाओं के...

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What do Union budgets mean for long-term agri development in India?

Gurpreet Singh

• 22 February 2023
• DownToEarth
• 0 Comments

Union & state budgets need to place equal emphasis on sector-wide improvement & individual farmer-centric measures In recent decades, the crisis in the agriculture and allied sectors (AAS) and the...

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What happens to Union Government funds for social welfare?

Nilachala Acharya

• 10 February 2023
• IDR
• 0 Comments

Union Budget outlays dominate the public discourse while the issue of underutilised funds for centrally sponsored schemes goes unexamined. The Union Budget 2023–24 was presented recently. While...

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As Bihar, Odisha Miss 2022 Renewable Energy Goals, Experts Say States Should Finance A Green Economy

Jyotsna Goel

• 10 February 2023
• IndiaSpend
• 0 Comments

Funding a clean energy transition can help these states green their economic growth by curbing emissions, create social development through green job creation, and benefit economically by meeting the...

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