A book on life's struggles, of women, by womenOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman panchayat leader's fight against corruption, another illiterate panchayat leader's endeavour to make education a reality for her village - stories of struggle and commitment, drawn out of the lives of seven women panchayat leaders were put together in a book that was released Thursday. Titled "Sarpanch Sahib: Changing the face of India" the book has been compiled by well known authors Manju Kapur, Indira Maya Ganesh, Sonia Falerio, Kalpana Sharma, Tishani Doshi, Abhilasha Ojha and edited by Manjima Bhattacharjya.
Over 15,000 children in Mizoram deprived of schoolingSeptember 29th, 2009 AIZAWL - About 15,000 children in Mizoram, aged six to fourteen, are deprived of schooling even though the northeastern state is India's second most literate after Kerala, an official report said. "After finding that around 15,000 children, mostly tribals, are deprived of formal education, the state's mission of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) sent education volunteers as mobile teachers in the interior villages," a report of the Mizoram education department said.
Neo-literate women, voluntary teachers meet President PatilSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of more than one hundred neo-literate women and voluntary teachers from 26 States and Union Territories met President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. The women and voluntary teachers are part of the Saakshar Bharat Mission, which was launched by the Government on September 8, 2009 on the occasion of International Literacy Day.
Sakshar Bharat Mission launched to curb illiteracySeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the objective of reducing illiteracy, especially among women, the Government on Tuesday launched the Sakshar Bharat Mission on the occasion of International Literacy Day. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said that although good progress has been made to make India literate, a third of the population continues to remain illiterate and half of the women cannot read or write.
Total literacy for women in five years, promises PMSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - All women in the country would be literate in five years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Tuesday while noting that female illiteracy and poor infrastructure were obstructing India's economic growth. The prime minister, who was launching the Rs.65 billion (over $1.3 billion) literacy mission 'Saakshar Bharat', said: In fact, many observers have seen infrastructure development in the economic sector and female literacy in the social sector as two very critical factors that impede Indias steady climb to a higher and sustainable level of growth and development.
Married woman raped by landlord in DelhiAugust 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 22-year-old woman was allegedly raped by her landlord in the national capital, police said Friday. The woman, who was staying with her mother for the past six months after some problems with her husband, was raped by the landlord Surjeet Singh, 32, Thursday night in east Delhi's Mandawali area, a police officer said.
Hillary Clinton hopes to see a woman president, but wouldn't run againJuly 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Onetime rival of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton says she hoped there would a woman US president in her lifetime but doubts she herself would run for America's top job again. It was a "daunting" challenge for a woman to run for president, Clinton now secretary of state in Obama's cabinet told NBC's "Meet the Press" programme Sunday.
Nirupama Rao appointed as the new Foreign SecretaryJune 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Ambassador to China Nirupama Rao was named as the next Foreign Secretary of India on Tuesday. Rao succeeds Shivshankar Menon who will retire on Wednesday (July 31) having completing his eventful three-year stint as the top diplomat.
Woman to woman: Pratibha Patil to visit Britain Oct 27-29June 29th, 2009 LONDON - President Pratibha Patil will visit Britain Oct 27-29 in a state visit showcasing the close ties between India and Britain, officials said. This is a visit that will reinforce the point that our relations are excellent, said Indian High Commissioner Shiv Shankar Mukherjee after the government and the royal family announced the visit.
Delhi getting richer faster than the country, says surveyJune 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhiites grew richer with per capita income growing at a faster pace compared to other states, while it increased its literate population to 82 percent, as per the state government's economic survey. Delhi's per capita income more than doubled the national average to stand at Rs.60,189, an increase of 5.6 percent over the previous corresponding period, according to the Economic Survey of Delhi (2008-09) presented by Delhi's Finance Minister A.K.
Bihar to make 40,000 prisoners literateJune 5th, 2009 PATNA - The Bihar government will launch a special scheme to make 40,000 prisoners in different jails across the state literate, officials said Friday. "A six month course for illiterate prisoners, aged between 15 to 50, would be launched on August 9 this year to make them literate," official sources in the state human resource department said.
Right to education law in the offing: PresidentJune 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Thursday announced that the Manmohan Singh government would focus on passing the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill pending before parliament, while it was committed to making every woman in the country literate in the next five years. "The focus (of the new government) will be on making quality education a right through the enactment of the Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill now under consideration of parliament," the president said.
My election is a historic decision: Meira Kumar (Lead)June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Calling her election as the first woman speaker of the Lok Sabha a "historic decision", Meira Kumar said here Wednesday that she would be impartial and give equal opportunity to all members to express their views. "It will be my endeavour that I am completely impartial in my conduct and I give opportunity to all the members to express their views," Meira Kumar said, addressing her first press conference after being elected speaker of the lower house of parliament.
In Tripura, eight of 19 candidates are undergraduatesApril 13th, 2009 AGARTALA - At least eight of the total 19 candidates contesting the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura were undergraduates while two have criminal cases pending against them, the National Election Watch (NEW) said in a report Monday. There is just one woman candidate in Tripura that goes to the polls April 23.
India had 16.5 mn service sector enterprises in 2007: SurveyFebruary 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India had an estimated 16.5 million service enterprises in 2006-07, with 60 percent of them in rural areas and 90 percent in the form of sole proprietorships, official data showed Friday. The data, which helps government frame policies, assists demographers and gives key inputs for marketing strategies by the corporate sector, also showed that 33.5 million people worked in the service sector, 54 percent in rural areas.
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