Viva Global has about 400 workers, of which about 100 have been dismissed and another 200 are on an indefinite agitation outside the factory in Gurgaon, says the workers union.
Nachiket Mor is today championing the concept of residential bridge schools for dropouts.
The government proposal for a legislation to deal with honour killings by khap panchayats may not put an end to this evil. Activists say the Centre should come up with an answer to the menace without alienating communities but at the same time ensure that no one gets away with murder. Honour killings have been reported in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Unlike in langars, free feeding under the food security bill may force people to swallow their shame.
The National Advisory Council, chaired by Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, met for the second time on Thursday after its recent revival and unanimously endorsed the idea of universal access to the public distribution system (PDS) in rural areas.
The National Advisory Council, chaired by Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, met for the second time on Thursday after its recent revival and unanimously endorsed the idea of universal access to the public distribution system in rural areas. It was agreed that a universalised PDS should be implemented initially in 150 districts, a member said.
Today the investments in Kerala are limited to flats.
Chhattisgarh needs special people's offices to identify skills and link them to earning possibilities
A principle adopted to ensure rehabilitation of evacuees alongside progress on projects is known for violations.
Both the governments and school authorities in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh are in a fix over the implementation of the Right to Education Act--that came into effect from April 1 --for children in the age group of six to 14.
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal guarantee of free and compulsory schooling for all in the 6-14 age group.
A rural women's university is pioneering an effort to teach microfinance through practical lessons in the villages of Sonepat.
The Dantewada bloodbath of Central Reserve Police Force jawans has shocked civil society. Most feel a dialogue between the government and non-governmental organisations could have reaped better results than the violent route the government has pursued against the Naxalites.
The move to disinvest the public sector Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has united all central trade unions once again and they have called an indefinite agitation from April 19 against the move.
The Tamil Nadu development formula makes programmes like the NREGS work through simple but top-down solutions.
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was the first law in India to mandate child-care facilities for women at work sites.
Positives like dalit music and literature should be promoted while reservations for the community can continue, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mukul Wasnik, tells Business Standard.
Their representatives joined hands on Wednesday at a conference called in Kerala by the state government and called their united stand the second war of Indian independence.
Non-government activists Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze, who are widely regarded as architects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), boycotted its fourth anniversary celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, on Tuesday, as a protest against the manner in which the programme had been implemented.
However, it remains to be seen if this is enough to finance the new fundamental right to education between the ages of six and 14 years.
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