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विशेष आयोजन: Covid-19 दौर में गैर सरकारी और नागरिक संस्थाओं की भूमिका

31/07/2020 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm - कोरोना महामारी और लॉकडाउन की वजह से पिछले कुछ महीने इस देश के लिए बहुत चुनौतीपूर्ण रहे हैं । ऐसे में ज़मीनीं स्तर पर सेवाएं पहुँचाने में नागरिकों द्वारा गठित संस्थाओं एवं संगठनों ने अपना महत्त्वपूर्ण योगदान दिया है । विभिन्न संस्थाएं अपनी ज़िम्मेदारियों को और ज्यादा मज़बूती से निभा रही हैं और सरकार के [...]

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How COVID-19 Has Made India’s Foundational Nutrition Programme Weaker

The COVID-19 pandemic has hugely affected the Indian government’s nutrition programmes making groups like pregnant women and infants suffer the most. In this article the associates at Accountability Initiative, have highlighted how meeting daily food requirements has become a challenge for a lot of people given the decreased cash flow amid the pandemic.

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Enrolment Fell in Government Schools in 2017-18, Says Study

At the elementary level, poor quality of learning in government schools, teacher vacancies and absenteeism, quality of infrastructure facilities, and low transition rates to secondary level, still remain major concerns, according to the study which analysed eight states.

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Policy Buzz: Coronavirus-focus Ninth Edition

Keep up-to-date with all that is happening in welfare policy with this curated selection of news, published every fortnight. The current edition focusses on the Coronavirus pandemic in India, and the government’s efforts to stem its increase.    Policy News The Reserve Bank of India has called the pandemic the “worst economic crisis in a … Continue reading "Policy Buzz: Coronavirus-focus Ninth Edition"

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Increase in Responsibilities with Lifting of Lockdown

The ‘Inside Districts’ series launched in April was a one-of-its-kind attempt to capture the experiences of district and Block-level officials, panchayat functionaries and frontline workers, on their challenges and best practices. Recently, we went back to some interviewees to understand how their situation has changed. Among them was a Police Patil in Maharashtra.  The interview … Continue reading "Increase in Responsibilities with Lifting of Lockdown"