The Modi Government’s campaign to end open defecation is welcome but building new toilets alone will not solve the problem Politically, sanitation is a hot topic but the focus has to shift to the villages. Open defecation is still a common practice in many villages. The plan is to achieve the Clean India target by […]
With the decentralization of the paddy procurement scheme, the state agencies of Odisha have taken charge of carrying out procurement and avoiding the distressed sale of paddy in the state. While agencies like Marketing Federation of Odisha, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, Tribal Development Co-operative Corp. of Odisha Ltd and National Federation of […]
India’s 2015–2020 foreign trade policy aims to increase merchandise exports from US$450 billion in 2013–14 to US$750 billion by 2020. This will be difficult to achieve. More than a year of negative exports growth has raised concerns about India’s ability to not only boost exports but also to achieve and sustain its current 8 per […]
The Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020 aims to increase India’s merchandise exports from $450 billion in 2013-14 to $750 billion in 2020. But the ground realities are different. Negative export growth for more than a year has raised concerns among policy makers, clearly reflected in recent initiatives announced by the ministry of commerce and industry (MoC&I). These include the building of megaCoastal […]
Unless India conserves water, its food and energy security will be threatened in the near future Even as we talk of ensuring food security, the competition for limited water and energy resources has become worse due to the unpredictable weather. For farmers in India, the shocks just don’t seem to end. Several States have faced […]
With a shift in focus towards bi-lateral and plurilateral trade agreements such as Trans-Pacific Partnership and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and Regional Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement which accounts for more than two thirds of world trade and GDP, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, along with trade experts on Monday emphasized the importance […]
An article authored by Shailendar sharma (Vice President) titled “Access to Education” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2016.
An article authored by Avtar singh (Education Quality Improvement Expert) titled “Need For a Good Assessment System” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2015.
An article authored by Amit Kaushik (Practice head, Education & Skill Development) titled “Vocationalisation of Education in India” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2016.
Drought-hit residents are starving to death or committing suicide. But a turnaround can be scripted for them Bundelkhand, a region that sprawls across 13 districts in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, is falling apart. Three successive droughts, unseasonal rains, and thick-skinned Governments have wrecked the ecology and economy of the region. With […]
The Silver Award won in the Citizen Centric Services Category of the National eGovernance Awards 2016 by OMEGA team for its initiative for streamlined Procurement of paddy – the Paddy Procurement Automation System (P-PAS) has been published as a news item in Pioneer .
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis presented the National Awards for e-Governance for the Year 2015-16 in Nagpur today. The awards were given for exemplary implementation of e-Governance initiatives. The awards were given away at the end of the 19th National e-Governance Conference which concluded in Nagpur today. Odisha government was awarded a national e-governance […]
