BMC to take up survey of public toilets in city
Mumbai, Feb 20, 2013: More than 12 years after it undertook a survey of the city's toilets, the civic administration will once again map all toilets across the city. The BMC will conduct an extensive...
View ArticleInternational Water Experts Convene in India to Address Global Crisis in...
Mumbai, Mar 5, 2013: The UN Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate today convened an international conference in Mumbai, India, to explore how the global business community can positively contribute to the...
View ArticleEmpowered by RTE, two schools for disabled celebrate closure
Mumbai, Apr 1, 2013: As the deadline for compliance with the four-year-old Right to Education Act ends on Monday, two schools here are on the verge of shutting down. However, in the case of Saraswati...
View ArticleState Government claims 80% RTE compliance; state data shows otherwise
Pune, Mar 31, 2013: As the March 31 deadline for compliance with the Right To Education 2009 Act approaches, several states have sought an extension. Whereas in Maharashtra, officials claim that about...
View ArticleReimburse funds to private, unaided schools for SC/ST students: High Court...
Mumbai, Apr 3, 2013: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra government to reimburse private-funded and unaided schools across the state for education of students belonging to...
View ArticleMumbai: 'Long way to go before education law is fully applied'
Mumbai, Apr 7, 2013: The Right to Education (RTE) Act is still far from being implemented in its totality, felt a group of 35-odd principals, educationists and education officials who got together at Y...
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Economic Survey Maharashtra 2012-13
Maharashtra, Mar 1, 2013: Economic Survey of Maharashtra is prepared by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Planning Department every year for presentation in the Budget Session of the State...
View ArticleThree years on, Maha schools flunk education act test
Mumbai, Apr 12, 2013: Three years after the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the status of schools across Maharashtra shows the sorry state of the path-breaking legislation.Of the...
View ArticleAurangabad Municipal Corporation to begin survey on manual scavenging
Aurangabad, Apr 19, 2013: As per the directives of the Supreme Court, the AMC has to collect the data of all persons involved in manual scavenging and submit it to the state by May 25.The nodal officer...
View ArticleBanned in state, but Mumbai has Most Scavengers
Mumbai, May 27, 2013: Census 2011 data has revealed that Mumbai has 1,137 manual scavengers-the highest in the state-followed by Akot municipal council in Akola district with 530. The practice of...
View Article80% migrant kids in Maharashtra have little or no education: Survey
Mumbai, June 9th 2013: Mumbai: As many as 80 per cent children of migrant labourers in the state either drop out of schools or have no education at all as they get sucked into the labour workforce, a...
View ArticleBanned in the state, but Mumbai has most Manual Scavengers
Mumbai, June 4, 2013: Census 2011 data has revealed that Mumbai has 1,137 manual scavengers-the highest in the state-followed by Akot municipal council in Akola district with 530.The practice of manual...
View ArticleKonkan Railway First to get Bio-toilets on Platforms
Mumbai, June 20, 2013: As part of its continued effort to provide eco-friendly transport solutions, the Konkan Railway has taken a significant step towards bio-degradation of night soil (human mull) by...
View ArticleNGO opens institution for Mumbai kids shunned by schools
Mumbai, June 29, 2013: Unable to secure admission for poor children under the Right to Education (RTE) law, a Mumbai NGO Saturday launched an institution exclusively for those denied entry to regular...
View Article25% reserved seats unfilled in schools? Leave them vacant
Mumbai, July 4, 2013: The school education department has directed schools to fill 25% seats reserved under the Right to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act with students from economically backward...
View ArticleSchools heave a sigh of relief as Maharashtra govt softens RTE norms
Aurangabad, July 6, 2013: With the Maharashtra government softening its norms under the Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009, 77 city schools can now heave a sigh of relief.With the revision of norms,...
View ArticleMumbai: Not even 10% city schools have fulfilled RTE norms
Mumbai, July 20, 2013: More than 90% of the schools in Mumbai have failed to meet the infrastructure norms under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.Of the 1,703 schools in the city, 1,600 have been...
View ArticleBMC survey says no manual scavengers in Mumbai city
Mumbai, July 25, 2013: The 2011 census stated that Mumbai has 1,137 manual scavengers, the highest in Maharashtra, but BMC's survey says there are none.According to the census, Mumbai was followed by...
View ArticleComing up Short without Sanitation: A community sanitation program by the...
June 1, 2013: Most people living in rural Indian villages defecate openly outside, without using a toilet or latrine. In 2004, as a supplement to its ongoing Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), the...
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