Social Sectors

Budget Speech 2014-15 by Arun Jaitley.

One third of the population of India are children below the age of 18 years. They are citizens of this country. Even though they do not vote, they have all rights as equal citizens of the country. How concerned are our parliamentarians about them- after all they represent them too. [HAQCRC].

The bulk of the resources must go to the UPA Government’s eight flagship programmes: Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Mid-day Meal Scheme, Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, Total Sanitation Campaign, National Rural Health Mission, Integrated Child Development Services, National Rural Employment...

This brief uses Government reported data to analyse Sarva Shiksha Ahiyan performance along the following parameters: a) Overall trends in allocation and expenditures, b) Expenditure performance across key SSA activities, c) Coverage and outputs. [AI Report]....

Financial and economic literacy is essential for understanding forces that are driving social change in India, and globally. It is also an essential contributing factor in determining employability and in designing and delivering public services. India needs to establish widely accessible...

While sections of the central ministry of agriculture might recognize that major developments in the sector can only come about now with drastic and comprehensive changes little is being done to revolutionise the nature, content and quality of agricultural research.