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Padhega India Badhega India: True path of India’s development

Young siblings in Karnataka save lives using lessons from school, embodying the transformative power of education in India’s growth. A brother-sister duo in Karnataka applied their classroom understanding of electrical conductivity to save two lives, showcasing the potential of education in shaping a better India. This incident exemplifies the slogan “Padhega India Tabhi To Badhega India,”…

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[Image description: Five images about the banning of books in US schools. The first three images are screenshots of Facebook posts. The first post reads "My heart is broken for Florida students today as forced to pack up my classroom library. Due to the new law that went into effect on December 31st all Manatee Teachers must remove all books that have not been "vetted" by the state or risk being charged with a third degree felony and losing our license. This applies to both public and government funded charter schools.

The vetting process for new books is cumbersome, so even accepting donated books from parents and community members will not be allowed. The process of finding the list of approved books is also incredibly difficult.

So, please, no matter what side of the debate you're on, if you don't agree with this, contact your representatives! We are losing teachers at an alarming rate and this will make matters even more grave."

The second image is accompanied by a photo of a bookshelf turned to face the wall. The post reads "This is the bookshelf in my daughter's classroom in Florida. She is in her 11th year of teaching Civics (yes, Civics!). Effective today, it must be turned toward the wall until emptied of her personal classroom library, most of which supplement her classroom material. If a parent complains about the content of any of her books, it could lead to a third degree felony charge against her.

How does this possibly inspire any student to stretch beyond the basics?

Yes. I am mad! And so are her students. The students have initiated a letter-writing campaign to their state legislators and their governor. They inspire me!"

The third image is accompanied by a photo of a colorful classroom library filled with books for younger kids. The post reads "Farewell, classroom library. We'll see you soon, I promise. #SaveOurLibraries #TrustTeachers #readersareleaders #desantass #florida As an educator, I have spent the past 18 years of my life dedicated to providing students with quality literature. Helping them connect with books and develop of love of lifelong learning. Receiving notice today that classroom libraries are to be dismantled is a travesty to education, the future of our children and our nation."

The fourth image is a tweet by @Goodable and it reads "The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Lirary card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks from wherever they live. The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available."

The fifth image is a screenshot from Brooklyn Public Library's website. It is titled "National Teen BPL eCard" and the post reads "For a limited time, individuals ages 13-21 can apply for a free BPL eCard, providing access to our full eBook collection as well as our learning databases. To apply, email booksunbanned@bklynlibrary.org.

BPL's eCard is always free to teenagers in New York State. Apply here." End description.]

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Shri Sai Aashray Trust: A Beacon of Compassion and Hope

Sai Ashray Trust is one of the top trusts in Jaipur and, it is dedicated to uplifting the poor and needy people. This is committed to improving the lives of unprivileged kids and poor people through education, daily meals, healthcare, environmental conservation and social welfare programs.

Shri Sai Aashray Trust: Mission & Vision

 This trust was founded in 2022 and has been making consistent efforts to bring positive change to society. The mission is to help those in need whether human beings, animals, birds or anyone who needs help. The main mission of the trust is to eradicate hunger and provide a secure environment for unprivileged children.

Daily Free Meals for Underprivileged People

Shri Sai Aashray Trust was founded to ensure that no one goes hungry and every belly is full. Every day thousands of people are fed in the morning and evening. Volunteers work here tirelessly to distribute food.

Free Education for Underprivileged Kids in Jaipur

Shri Sai Aashray Trust is committed to empowering BPL children by offering them life skills and quality education. They have recently opened a school named Shikshalaya. It covers classes from KG to second grade to ensure that poor children get the foundational education without any issues. This initiative is taken by Shri Sai Trust to prepare children for a brighter future.

Shri Sai Aashray Trust: Environment Conservation

 This trust is also working towards environmental conservation. It has a mission to plant one crore trees all across the globe. Plantation is necessary to combat climate change and create a greener and healthier environment for future generations.

 The trust believes that everyone should contribute towards environmental conservation and that everyone should plant a single tree. Every effort will count as it results in expanding their green initiative.

Volunteer with Shri Sai Aashray Trust:

If you want to do something for social welfare, then you can get involved and be volunteer with Shri Sai Aashray Trust. You can spread awareness, work towards conserving environment, help the poor and needy children.  Whether it is about feeding the hungry people, donate something for poor people, teaching underprivileged kids, planting a tree or doing something for animals or birds, every effort counts.

Shri Sai Aashray trust organizes workshops, campaigns, and events to raise awareness about environment conservation, children education and more.  This trust wants to create a better world for everyone, you can also participate in this initiative and be a change.

Help Others to Lead a Happy Life:

If you want to lead a happy life and feel real happiness, you should help others. Helping others without any selfish motive can give you mental peace. This is all about uplifting poor and needy people and make them capable to have a brighter future.

Conclusion:

Shri Sai Aashray Trust is the best trust in Jagatpura, Jaipur. It was founded in 2022 with a mission to help poor and needy. Education, daily meals, plantation, healthcare and awareness campaigns and multiple initiatives by Shri Sai Aashray Trust will create a big change.

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India’s Fight Against Poverty

The Indian government runs schemes for poor people.

The Indian government runs a number of programs to help economically disadvantaged people raise their standard of living. These programs aim to provide financial assistance, create job opportunities, and ensure access to basic amenities including housing, healthcare, and education. Here are some of the major projects aimed towards the poor in India:

Paras Parivaar Charitable Trust Contribution For Poor People

From the bottom of our hearts, we extend a warm welcome to you into the Paras Parivaar Charitable Trust family. In our Sanatan Dharm, this Parivaar was founded and is now being maintained by our Mahant Shri Paras Bhai Ji of Sanatan Dharm to contribute to the welfare of the underprivileged and needy people. Because he consistently states, “happiness of maa is behind their smile.” This idea of Mahant Shri Paras Bhai Ji has become the focus of our family’s daily activities.

The Paras Parivaar Charitable Trust works 365 days a year to lug our Paras Guru’s vision forward. We have helped more than 10 lakh Needy, and thanks to Maa and our Mahant Shri Paras Bhai Ji of Sanatan Dharm, this number is steadily rising. And it is the grandeur of Sanatan Dharm that we strive to assist those who cannot afford to pay for their education or who are food insecure.

Because we usually hear the quote “Unity is Strength” in everyday life, the Paras Parivaar Charitable Trust would like for you to join our family. We are certain that if we all work together as a single family, we will be stronger and more committed to helping more people in need. Serving an increasing number of individuals in need will enable us to carve out a large place in the heart of our Maa. So, join the Paras Parivaar now for the chance of a lifetime to make the poor and needy smile widely.

Working hard to boost the lives of the Poor And Needy People would also help us reduce the rate of Poverty and increase the rate of education in our nation. In addition to providing aid to those in need, our Mahant Shri Paras Bhai Ji wants to educate them so that they may become self-sufficient and contribute to the cause. join our Paras Parivaar Charitable Trust and aid those in need and destitute with what they need for food, shelter, and education.

Indian Government’s Schemes for Poor People

1. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY): PMAY, which was introduced in 2015, aims to provide affordable housing for everybody by 2022. Under this scheme, the government funds the construction of pucca houses with basic amenities such as a toilet, LPG connection, power, and drinking water.

2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA):

MGNREGA ensures 100 days of paid employment per year for rural households. It offers unskilled manual labor, ensuring livelihood security in rural areas.

3. National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP): NSAP is a welfare program that assists the elderly, widows, disabled people, and low-income children. It includes the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme, the Indira Gandhi National Widows Pension Scheme, and the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme.

4. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY): PMJDY is a statewide financial inclusion strategy that assures access to financial services such as bank accounts, remittances, loans, insurance, and pensions. It provides a basic savings bank account with overdraft protection and a RuPay debit card.

5. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY): PMUY aims to provide LPG connections to women from BPL homes. It reduces indoor air pollution and empowers women by removing the difficult process of gathering firewood.

6. Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY): PMKVY is a maternity benefit system that reimburses pregnant and nursing mothers for salary loss. The program provides a financial incentive of ₹5,000 in three installments after meeting specific requirements.

7. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN): PM-KISAN provides a yearly income support of ₹6,000 to landholding farmer families in three equal installments to cover agricultural and household needs.

8. Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM): PM-SYM is a voluntary, contributory pension scheme for unorganized workers. At 60, beneficiaries receive a monthly pension of ₹3,000.

These initiatives, along with others like the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), and Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), aim to provide a social safety net for the impoverished and vulnerable segments of society.

While these initiatives have made significant progress, challenges remain in terms of awareness, accessibility, and successful implementation. The government continues to monitor and enhance these programs.

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Imrul Kayes

This Biography is about one of the best Professional Bangladeshi Cricketer of the world Imrul Kayes including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail… Express info Real Name Imrul Kayes Nickname Not Known Profession Bangladeshi Cricketer (Batsman, Part time Wicket-keeper) Age (as in 2023) 36 Years old Physical Stats & More Info Height in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 5” Weight in Kilograms- 64 kg in Pounds- 141 lbs Body Measurements - Chest: 40 Inches - Waist: 31 Inches - Biceps: 13 Inches Eye Colour Black Hair Colour Black Cricket Of Imrul Kayes International Debut Test- 19 November 2008 vs South Africa in Bloemfontein ODI- 14 October 2008 vs New Zealand in Chittagong T20- 1 May 2010 vs Pakistan in St. Lucia Coach/Mentor Not Known Jersey Number #45 (Bangladesh) Domestic/State Teams Khulna Division, Rangpur Riders, Comilla Victorians, Sylhet Royals Batting Style Left Handed Bat Bowling Style N/A Nature on field Calm Likes to play against Not Known Records/Achievements (main ones) • While playing against New Zealand in January 2017 Imrul became the first substitute wicket-keeper in Test format to take 5 catches in an innings. • In 2011 World Cup, Kayes remained the leading run scorer for Bangladesh Cricket Team. He scored 188 runs with an average of 32.11. He was also awarded two consecutive Man of the Match title. Personal Life Of Imrul Kayes Date of Birth 2 February 1987 Birth Place Meherpur, Bangladesh Zodiac sign/Sun sign Aquarius Nationality Bangladeshi Hometown Meherpur, Bangladesh School Not Known University Not Known Educational Qualifications Not Known Family Father- Not Known Mother- Not Known Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known Religion Islam Controversies Imrul, while batting in the 2015 season of BPL, was deliberately shoved by T. Dilshan, thus preventing him from running down the crease. The batsman at the other end was not aware of this fact and ran for a run, resulting in them getting stuck on the same end. The matter was taken to the third umpire, who upon review, declared the batsman NOT OUT and said 5 runs be awarded to the batting team as a penalty. You can check out the video in fact #6. Girls, Family & More Of Imrul Kayes Marital Status Married Affairs/Girlfriends Not Known Wife Name Not Known Children Son- N/A Daughter- N/A This Biography Written By www.welidot.com Read the full article

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Let’s educate them so that they can come out of the darkness of their life.

Come forward. Do something for your society. Your donated single penny will help to send poor children to school. We will get help in serving our society. Join our realm.

Education is a real torch to extract darkness

In our society, the main the loophole is that still there are many children exist in our nation who are uneducated and not going to schools so that they can transform their lives with the help of books and excellent teachers. Nobody knows who is responsible for this situation as we have Right to Education, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and many more government schemes are going on but we are unable to exclude poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy and many more social diseases from our society.

The reality behind the darkness

The reality is that still a large ratio of our population which is living their life in very rigorous conditions where a common person cannot breathe for just a single time. Still our government schemes will take many years to expand their reach to the doorstep to the home of every poor people.

What we should do

We should come forward to help poor people so that they can live their life with prosperity and attitude of a common human being.

We should always keep in mind that we are not developed if still, you can find poor people or uneducated children on the streets of Indian societies. To be a well-developed country, we have to start from today, come forward and donate for the welfare of the society, donate to educate poor children.

The need for social equality

 Social equality is required very eagerly for the welfare of the nation, as there is a huge gap between the various levels of our society. We are in a dilemma as we have classes like rich class, poor class, and medium classes. Still poor is not considered in any parameter of government. Not in Above Poverty Level (APL) or Below Poverty level (BPL). Because poor people are not considered in any list as they are not counted in the definition of poverty in India. Because they even do not exist in the BPL class because they cannot fulfill their basic human needs.

Role of Samudayik Vikas Samiti

The Samudayik Vikas Samiti is an NGO and got its registration certificate on 16th march 1999 under society's registration act XXI, 1860.

In a real manner, Samudayik Vikas Samiti is dedicated to promote, facilitate, conduct and promote social actions/programs for the emancipation and upliftment of the weaker sections of the society.

Particularly those who are socially challenged and discriminated against on the grounds of gender, caste, and creed, and nearly twelve long years in Delhi,  made it a proud harbinger of hope and confidence for hundreds of men and women whose hope of life has been completely shattered.

Samudayik Vikas Samiti has been working with the poor and the marginalized in the slums and resettlement colonies of Delhi to touch and transform the lives of thousands of people who live in vulnerabilities.

Community Mobilization and Participatory Development is the twin pillars of our social work activities.

We are committed to participatory community-owned self-sustainable models of development.

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UCLA Study Finds Kids Attending Higher Performing Charter Schools Had Lower Alcohol and Marijuana Use

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Wong Mitchell Wong, MD PhD Professor of Medicine Executive Vice Chair for Research Training Department of Medicine Executive Co-Director, Specialty Training and Advanced Research (STAR) Program Director, UCLA CTSI KL2 Program UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research Los Angeles, CA 90024 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: It is estimated that social factors like poverty, education, and housing have a large impact on health. Yet, there are few interventions that exist to directly address those issues.  Schools are a promising solution since society already invests heavily in education and schools are an everyday part of most children’s lives. MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings? Response:  We conducted a study to estimate the impact of attending a high-performing public school on health and health behaviors. We used the admissions lottery of charter schools to identify two groups of students “randomized” into high- and lower-performing schools, and we observed differences that were substantial, immediate, and persistent through early adulthood. Specifically, we found those attending high-performing public charter schools had 50% lower rates of alcohol use disorder and participation in risky marijuana use.  We also found students who attended higher-performing schools had a 40% reduction in poor/fair physical health and a 33% reduction in obesity/overweight, but only among males. Among females, those attending higher-performing schools had higher rates of poor physical health and obesity/overweight. These findings were not explained by differences in academic outcomes. MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report? Response: Obesity and substance use are serious and highly-prevalent public health problems that have been very difficult to solve. Our results are encouraging and show that schools have enormous potential to improve the health of adolescents and young adults. MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a results of this study? Response: We need to understand why females had worse outcomes after attending high-performing public schools. We are just beginning to understand which aspects of schools and the school environment impact health. Much more research in this area is needed, and we need to discover how to make schools healthier for all students. MedicalResearch.com: Is there anything else you would like to add? Any disclosures? Response: Medical care is important in improving health, but much of health is determined by factors outside the health care system, often before patients see a doctor. Many more intervention studies are needed to directly address the underlying social causes of disease and health. We have no disclosures. Citation: Wong MD, Meza BPL, Dosanjh KK, et al. Association of Attending a High-Performing High School With Substance Use Disorder Rate and Health Outcomes in Young Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2235083. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35083 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2797043#:~:text=Participantsattendingahighperforming,03). The information on MedicalResearch.com is provided for educational purposes only, and is in no way intended to diagnose, cure, or treat any medical or other condition. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health and ask your doctor any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. In addition to all other limitations and disclaimers in this agreement, service provider and its third party providers disclaim any liability or loss in connection with the content provided on this website.     Read the full article

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I have been busy for the past few months juggling between college, research work and internships. I definitely did not want to miss blogging about this particular journey. If you don’t already know, I am a law student at Tamil Nadu National Law School (TNNLS). My key-coursework at law school includes sociology and research tools among others. I had to do a non-doctrinal research for the sociology course and so I did a research on the Paliyan tribes of Sirumalai hills along with two other members. The research proposal and questionnaire being framed, we set our one day trip to the tribal settlements sometime around the beginning of the month of April.

Sirumalai is an isolated hilly area, situated in the eastern side of Western Ghats between 10° 21′ 46″ N Latitude and 77° 39′ 50″ E longitude. The primary areas of research were Pachalur, Kadaisiparai, and Kadaisikadu; they are located in the North Pachalur hill of Oddanchatram ranges. Pachalur is a village in Kodaikanal block. Pachalur hills are surrounded by Palani towards the West, Kodaikanal towards the South, Thoppampatti towards the North, and Reddiyarchatram towards the East. The vegetation of our study area has been classified as Dry mixed deciduous forests to Montane wet temperate forests. The southern region of montane wet temperate forests is commonly known as ‘shola’ and ‘grassland’ vegetation and exhibits rich biodiversity. The basic water requirements of the people in Pachalur hill are met through the Parapalaaru dam. The forests have been categorized as reserved and are home to a range of exotic species of flora and fauna. Our study area has road access only through one route namely, Oddanchatram. The Paliyan settlements are accessible only through Oddanchatram-Pachalur road, which is connected to a series of towns that include Kosavapatti, Palkadi, and Kurinji Nagar. This route also crosses Parapalaaru dam and the Mariyamman temple that the Paliyans of the selected Panchayat Unions worship. Many streams that cut through the Oddanchatram ranges act as a perennial source of water for the tribal settlements. However, there are regular buses from the nearest towns of Oddanchatram, Periyakulam, and Periyur.

In the slope of the hills, Paliyans live in permanent huts that can be categorized as kutcha with thatched roofs. The thatched roofs are mostly made of grasses (Themeda cymbaria), bamboo reeds or aluminums sheets. Their settlements are called as ‘kudi’. The houses are mostly single roomed and follow a rectangular floor plan. Each house also enjoys a spatial veranda. Before the 1960s, Paliyan families lived in cave like structures, between two huge rocks. There has been considerable change since then; 7 out of 12 houses in Pachalur and Kadaisikadu Panchayat unions were built by Indian National Congress (INC). Rest of the houses were built by Christian missionaries, 20 years back.

All families engage in similar kind of work throughout the year. Most respondents above the age of 40 were in some form engaged in the making of herbal medicines. They are employed in the coffee, Amla, and other plantations that belong to the dominant castes namely, the Gounders, Chettiars and Nadars. Paliyans have a meagre way of existence. They are mostly non-vegetarians. They organize and enjoy hunting games to feast on deer, boar and squirrels. Yam, Tapioca and several species of Dioscorea are considered their staple diet. In recent times, minor millets such as thinai (Setaria italica) and Kelvaragu (Eleusine coracana) have also become part of their staple diet. All families have got a Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration card. They subsist on raw rice that they get from the Public Distribution System of the local panchayat.

Most Paliyans, in the selected panchayat unions have finished some years of education. Except for a few, most of them have received education until middle or secondary school. They quit education to start learning their traditional forms of work like ethno medicines, basket making, and casual labor. However, there is a shift in their attitudes towards modern education system. Previously, among the Paliyan tribes education was viewed as a means to raise their children until the age of 13-15, without having to spend time, money, and energy on raising kids. The children present in the selected panchayat unions, usually study in the same residential school. They visit their kids every month. The nearest school from Pachalur, Kadaisiparai, and Kadaisikadu is in Vathalagundu. It is situated 6-8 Kilometers away from the Paliyan settlements. The education and residence is free of cost. Most middle-aged men and women have did some kind of a primary or middle-school education after which they dropout of schools to start contributing to the family’s income by working as a casual labor. They weren’t aware of the opportunities available for a person who completes secondary education. The formal education that they have received never benefitted them so far.

Recently, as the tribals have been engaging with non-tribals either for trade or to work as casual laborers in the plantations of the higher caste, there is a shift in their attitudes. Now, the tribals are more willing to send their children to schools and further their education until college. The younger generations seems to understand the importance of education, though they show very slight interest in the preparation of ethno medicine

Paliyans do not own lands individually; each settlement of the tribe has about 10-12 families that own the land communally. This is a key factor that is completely disregarded by development policies and programmes in India, in the economy of rural people, particularly rural poor and tribals. Common Property Resources (CPR) are the resources that are accessible to the whole community of a village or panchayat union collectively and no individual has exclusive property rights over the same. Each settlement has about 1 acre of land, in which they own houses which are cover an area of 50 Cents. Some of them have secured rights to their homestead land by patta; some of them have applied, but haven’t received their patta copies in a long time. Their land has been categorized as forest land by the government and this forest zone was declared protected in the year 2008 under the administration of Tamil Nadu Forest Department.

A few Paliyans also own cattle on a temporary lease with members of the higher caste. This agreement between the two groups has certain considerations attached to it. A goat given to a tribal group must be grown and reared well, and when it gives birth to kids, one of the kid is taken by the tribal group and the original goat along with the other kids are given back to the original owner. Livestock such a goats and chicken are sold for a good price when there is a dire need for money.

What really was awe-inspiring about these people is the way they are happy and have a positive outlook towards life. They hold pride in saying that they don’t want to leave the forests just for the nature’s bountiful resources. They go on Annual tours all around the world every years. This practice of touring is a long story and is going to come as yet another blog post. Stay tuned!

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Success Story of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi, the current prime minister of India. His full name is Narendra Damodardas Modi. He was born on 17 September 1950 at Vadnagar, Mehsana Gujarat. He came from a very simple family and was the tea selling boy just to earn a living for himself and his family. He is a perfect example of a man who disapproved that caste, creed, and religion doesn't decide your fate. He is an inspiration to many people who look at him as their idol. He is the first Prime Minister of India whose mother was alive when he took the office. He started his second tenure as the prime minister on 30 May 2019.

He has provided shelter and support to many underprivileged people by bringing policies, reforms, new amendments, and laws. He even gave the slogan 'Mai Bhi Chowkidar' that depicts the dignity of labour and takes the support of the working class.

In 1976, he had completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar. When he was just 8 years old, he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He never wanted to marry so at the age of 17 he left his home and started wandering to different places for two years. In his interview, he told that these two years he went to several ashrams founded by Swami Vivekanand.

During his tenure as a Prime Minister, he launched several schemes under his tenure such as:

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Swachch Bharat Mission for better sanitation facilities and cleaning public places

Mudra Bank Yojana for banking services for Medium and Small Enterprises

Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana to strengthen rural infrastructure

Make in India to enhance the manufacturing sector of India

Garib Kalyan Yojana to address the welfare needs of the poor.

E-Basta an online learning forum

Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana for financial empowerment of the girl child

Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat to enhance children's reading, writing, and mathematical skills

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana provides LPG to families living as BPL

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana to increase the efficiency in irrigation

Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a scheme that provides insurance against crop failure

An LPG subsidy scheme is Pahal

DDU-Grameen Kaushalya Yojana provides vocational training to the rural youth as a part of the 'Skill India' mission

Nayi Manzil Yojana is a skill-based training given to Madrasa students

Stand Up India will support women and SC/ST, entrepreneurs

Atal Pension Scheme is a pension scheme for unorganized sector employees

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana scheme provides insurance against accidents

Watch his complete biography and get to know more about his life struggles and achievements

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How long will the nomadic community of India have to give the evidence of their existence? – Troopel.com

Nomadic communities in India have a population of more than 13 crores, but in the last 74 years, the empty promises and institutional failure of the governments have brought the problems of this society to a peak. The status of nomadic communities in the country is continuously declining for decades. All the past and present governments are to blame for this society's disregard. 

There are many special schools for tribals in India, but there is no special school for nomadic communities. In Ajmer district alone, more than 12 thousand children of nomadic communities are deprived of school education. While there are more than 1200 nomadic communities in India who are vast sources of knowledge. They have their own language, customs, and lifestyles and choose to see life very differently. They are very extraordinary people of India whom the government chose to ignore.

In the 2019 budget, the central government announced the creation of a new commission and nominee board in the states and created a post for the upliftment of nomadic communities under NITI Aayog, headed by Bhikhuram Idate. But not a single step for their welfare has been taken yet.

Even the state government is no different from the Central government. Earlier, the Gehlot government of Rajasthan had created a nomad board, which had a budget of fifty lakh rupees. After that, when Vasundhara Raje Scindia came to power, he created a board and appointed the chairman and members, in which the chairman was given the status of Minister of State. But no budget was allocated for that board. Later, the Gehlot government came to power once again in Rajasthan, but the status of the board is still unknown. The Rajasthan government presented its annual budget a month before the lockdown, according to which the total population of Rajasthan is around seven crores and the nomadic community has a population of about 60 lakhs. Yet not a single provision has been made in the budget for this population. 

The Rajasthan government presented its annual budget a month before the lockdown, according to which the total population of Rajasthan is around seven crores and the nomadic community has a population of about 60 lakhs. Yet not a single provision has been made in the budget for this population. 

Now let's talk about Madhya Pradesh. There are 61 nomadic communities in Madhya Pradesh, whose population is close to 70 lakhs. Madhya Pradesh's government also did not make any policies for the nomadic communities in their budget. These 10 percent of the people of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh do not even have BPL (Below Poverty Line) ration cards. Their elderly and widowed women do not get a pension. The law has made a provision that wherever there are settlements of more than 150 people, there should be an Anganwadi center. They have more than 150 members in a community, yet there is not a single Anganwadi for them.

Even in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the nomadic communities have a population of more than 50 lakhs, but here too, there is neither provision in the budget nor any upliftment program for these people. This is the condition of almost all the states except Kerala.

Because of their wandering lifestyle, when someone from their group dies, people of cities and villages refuse to allow them to perform the last rites. They are then forced to cremate their dead in the deserted places. 

These communities need our society and government to survive. The administration should now consider making appropriate provisions for these communities for welfare and development. 

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Odisha: KIIT-DU to provide free education for Covid deceased’s children

NEW DELHI: The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted and devastated normal life and livelihoods of the people of Odisha. KIIT Deemed to be University (KIIT-DU) has extended a helping hand to the families of the Covid deceased. Acting on a proposal by the founder of KIIT & KISS, Dr. Achyuta Samanta, KIIT-DU has decided to provide technical and professional education absolutely free of cost to the children of the Covid deceased. Sons and daughters of the Covid deceased, who are interested, can apply to different technical and professional courses of KIIT-DU, including ITI and diploma, as per their eligibility for admission. This facility will be available for two academic years, 2020-21 and 2021-22 only, informed KIIT authorities. Preference will be given to the children of Covid deceased from BPL, SC, ST and SCBC categories. The move will provide relief to the people of Odisha who have been made helpless by the pandemic. KIIT said that it is a novel initiative announced in India and the world where an education institute is extending such humanitarian aide to the families of the Covid deceased.

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In Jaipur, Rajasthan. "Aap kya chahti hain, aapke bacchey badey hokar kya baney?" (What do you wish for your children to be once they grow up?) - "Jo aap banayengey, voh ban jaayenge." (Whatever you turn them into, they will become.) A research paper can lead you to extraordinary places. This particular group of women belong to the 'Meena' caste/Varna, a community which falls under the list of 'Scheduled Castes' as compiled by the government of India. This caste is notorious for its tradition of demanding a large dowry from the bride's family during marriage. Coincidentally, the threat of giving their daughter's dowry at the time of marriage is the leading cause of female infanticide. Further, they are also 'BPL', with a haphazardly painted sign on each of their doors claiming they are 'Below Poverty Line'. The very existence of a 'Poverty Line' is problematic, as the poor are mostly those who belong to the backward castes, and who are also not given access to basic amenities- such as water from wells- by the upper/dominant castes. They are also recipients of the NREGA scheme, which is the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act- which promises them 100 days of guaranteed employment by the federal government structure. This scheme is often poorly implemented, and has most recently come under the scanner for the vast wage-gap between men and women, with women getting as little as 78% of the minimum wage that men get paid. All these labels, all these schemes promising equity, and yet these women, these CITIZENS of INDIA, endowed with FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, enfranchised, continue to live like they have always lived- in a patriarchal society, deprived collectively because of their sex, caste, and region. While our government sits comfortably; envisioning an egalitarian, utopian society, and every politician doles out promises by the dozen, the aspirations of these women, their hopes and dreams, are heard by none. P.S. I came across them through an NGO which focuses providing quality education to children, and (in true Vygotskian fashion) involving the community in the process. Being an undergraduate still, I need to wait another year till I get my degree, through which I can volunteer and work at the grassroot level, and bring meaningful change to their lives. Until then, I can only draw attention to this facet of 'the Indian Woman'. Hopefully this provides any reader with relevant context for intersectional feminism, and why it is so important to derail the 'status quo' which many 'male'volent elements strive to maintain!

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54 KGBVs in UP to offer free hostels to girls up to class 12 - education

In a first for the state, hostels of 54 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV), a network of residential girls only schools spread in 28 districts, will now allow girls from class 9 to class 12 to also reside on their campuses and pursue studies for senior classes in nearby schools free of cost, inform officials.“This initiative will also be introduced in two such schools in Prayagraj in Kaundhiyara and Bahariya blocks,” said basic shiksha adhikari (BSA), Prayagraj, Sanjay Kumar Kushwaha.For this, the hostels of these schools have been extended and provided additional facilities, share officials aware of the development.Till now, these upper primary schools of up to class 8 used to house just those students studying in their own campuses, he added.If this pilot project is successful, the facility could also be introduced to all Kasturba Gandhi schools, numbering around 800 with one in every educationally backward block (EBBs), town and minority concentrated areas of the state, to boost education among girls, especially those belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes besides minority communities besides children of BPL families, officials claim.The KGBV scheme was launched by Government of India to make the education system more responsive to the needs of marginalised girls and to enhance their access and retention.However with facilities being offered only till class 8 in KGBVs, it was observed that many girls were dropping out for lack of adequate facilities after class 8. As a result, it has been decided to introduce a pilot project of providing same residential facilities in the hostels of KGBVs to even girls enrolled in class 9 to class 12 in nearby schools from this year, claim officials.State project director of Sarv Siksha Abhiyan Vijay Kiran Anand on November 4 even ordered officials concerned to ensure additional beddings in hostels of these 54 selected KGBVs.“Under the initiative, in the two selected schools of Prayagraj, facilities for 100 girls each of class 9 to class 12 are being made. Hostels of these two schools that would house these students of class 9 to class 12 would be transferred over to UP basic education department soon.Two assistant cooks, one peon, one chowkidar, a sanitation worker and a full time teacher would be selected to manage the hostels,” said district inspector of schools, Prayagraj, RN Vishwakarma.For this, the hostels of these schools have been extended and provided additional facilities, share officials aware of the development.Till now, these upper primary schools of up to class 8 used to house just those students studying in their own campusesWith facilities being offered only till class 8 in KGBVs, it was observed that many girls were dropping out for lack of adequate facilities after class 8.As a result, it has been decided to introduce a pilot project of providing same residential facilities in the hostels of KGBVs to even girls enrolled in class 9 to class 12 in nearby schools from this year, claim officials. Source link Read the full article

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child labour in south asia and calling sixpenceee a slaver

yall truly have no idea about the social evils in third world countries. the fact that you can’t even comprehend the poverty and injustice here and can only see it in black and white, the fact that y'all haven’t even HEARD OF servants and are ready to call us slavers, is so telling. it’s a fucking cycle, and it’s not going to go away with moral outrage from sheltered people from first world nations who are demonising desis for trying to survive in extreme poverty that YOUR NATIONS are currently benefitting from after causing.

it’s a harsh reality, and no one is condoning it, but your morally superior outrage isn’t going to magically wipe out a system so deeply ingrained. the root is poverty and the caste system. yall understand nothing, and it’s so easy to label an entire culture as slavers because it’s easier than taking time to understand the complexity of the issue or own up to the root cause: the british raj. child labour is illegal but it’s everywhere. sixpenceee’s family isn’t the only one in all of south asia. almost every upper middle class and upper class family has servants. the way you���re all talking about it is wild because it’s so painfully obvious you don’t know shit about what the conditions are here. 

education is only free up till class 8 and families who can’t afford 3 meals a day can’t afford to send their kids to school. and the norm is to have many children because it’s considered good and a religious duty to procreate until you have sons, so people can’t afford basic necessities, forget luxuries, and have more mouths to feed. government schools in villages (which make up 70% of india) are ineffectual and badly run and dont provide good education, so parents make their children work so they have the basic need of food and shelter met. more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line (1.90$ a day. A DAY- the number differs every year but its never above $2.) i dont think yall understand the extent to which it’s a necessity. parents don’t send their children to work for fun or because they like to, they do it so they don’t die of starvation and can afford housing and basic clothing.

there’s no immediate solution or white magic wand of enlightenment that’ll save us. if people fire their servants, they’ll get hired by someone else because domestic jobs pay the best and they need that work as they’re uneducated and cant work corporate jobs. “call the cops” is the funniest thing ive read because… what on earth did you all think is going on here? of course the police know what’s happening, but unless the servant is being mistreated they won’t do anything, because they’d be robbing them of their livelihood. and there isn’t any place for bpl children and families in any shelters because of the sheer overpopulation (we are over 1 billion people. 1/7th of the world’s population lives in a small peninsula and it’s such a massive problem that 15/20 of the most polluted counties in the world are indian and there’s always an agricultural crisis going on.) child labour is a huge problem that won’t be solved by shook and indignant first world bloggers, whose privilege stems from the fact that their countries were built on wealth stolen from us, something that made it an economic necessity in the first place. it’s so convenient, labelling us inhumane savages, but stop speaking over us. we know exactly what we’re talking about by virtue of living in this culture and economy.

you can call me a slaver or defender of child slavery for daring to actually speak facts on what the economy and society is like in my homeland, it just proves my point on how obtuse and sheltered you are that you can’t even begin to fathom what the world is like outside your lives of privilege in the west. the disturbing pattern im seeing on my dash, of non desis refusing to read anything native poc are saying and accusing us of CONDONING IT to look morally superior like desis employing each other as servants is in any way comparable to actual slavery y'all are guilty of, is fucking disgusting. we’ve been trying to dismantle it ever since finally yall gave us independence, but it’s going to take money and time. so shut up, and actually listen to desis and what we are saying, because you’ve never lived here, you can’t even begin to comprehend how nuanced this social evil is, you’ve never seen suffering and injustice the way it exists in my country. IT’S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.

and it’s improving, slowly. literacy rates are rising (it’s 74% now. it was 12% when we became independent), lower class people are getting their children educated, servants are becoming fewer and the population level is declining. my grandparents' maid made sure her daughters got educated so they wouldn’t have to work domestic jobs like her. my maid returned to her village so she could live off her own land with help from new government schemes instead of working in a house in a city. change is happening and will keep happening, but don’t forget the fact that the biggest hurdle is the west, that robbed us of our wealth in the first place and is now livid at us for trying to survive. your outrage is from positions of privilege so incredible that you genuinely think south asians are slavers because you’ve never even heard of servants before and only care now so your can use it against some ableist blogger. if this was an infograph on child labour in south asia, yall would reblog it once and never think about it again, and that’s the worst part.

instead of trying to preach at us about something you’ve never seen or even heard of before. put your money where your mouth is if you really want to make a difference and donate to a charity or ngo that helps educate child labourers/children/girl children.

save the children

make a difference

heal

bachpan bachao andolan

child rights and you

plan india

nanhi kali

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India’s big, national parties vie for poor voters’ affections

“IT WILL BE days of joy,” says Rajmati, a health worker in Haryana state, when asked what an extra 6,000 rupees ($87) a month would mean to the poor households in her village. “It will also mean that you can survive without a husband.” Her enthusiasm is shared by the other villagers gathered in her back room, where she provides health checks, postnatal care and immunisations. One says she would use the cash to open a bangle shop. Another has more immediate aspirations: “more wheat, oil and sugar” for her seven children, and more money for their education.

Six thousand rupees, with no strings attached, is what the Congress party is promising to hand out to the poorest fifth of households if it wins power in the national election that begins on April 11th. The party’s leader, Rahul Gandhi, has described the scheme, known by its Hindi acronym of NYAY (or justice), as a “surgical strike” on poverty. In reality, it is more like dropping barrelfuls of ordnance from 30,000 feet. It also escalates the “alms race” between the national parties, which are competing to show their generosity to the poor by offering health care, debt forgiveness and cash. After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost three state elections in December, it rushed to alleviate rural disgruntlement, pledging to pay 6,000 rupees a year to farmers with less than two hectares (five acres) of land. By the end of March some 47m had received their first instalment, according to the government.

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Such ambitious efforts are imaginable for two reasons. First, India has become a (lower) middle-income country with a GDP that will soon cross $2,000 per person (and $10,000 per household). NYAY will cost no more than 1.2% of India’s rapidly growing output, says one of its architects—a slightly, but not wildly, optimistic estimate. Second, India’s payments system has greatly improved. More than 350m people, over half of them women, have benefited from the government’s effort to open no-frills bank accounts, and most people now have an official means of identification. All the women in Rajmati’s back room have an Aadhaar card (which gives them a unique identity number) and a bank account, although they complain about the cost of travelling to the nearest branch in a town over 5km away. Where possible, NYAY will be paid into bank accounts held by women, not their husbands. “If it goes to the men, they’ll take it away and never come home until they’ve drunk it all,” says Rajmati, raising an imaginary bottle to her lips.

What has not greatly improved is the government’s ability to identify the poor. It already hands out ration cards to people deemed “below the poverty line”, entitling them to subsidised food and fuel. But many poor people lack these cards, and many cardholders are not poor. In rural districts the authorities typically decide eligibility based on the advice of village councils, the condition of people’s houses and a survey of household assets.

The surveys can be horribly outdated. Haryana’s last was in 2007. They can also skew incentives. “People make their houses look bad, to get the BPL card, and then buy gold,” Rajmati complains. NYAY might contribute to this injustice (or anyay) by stripping benefits from people striving to escape the bottom fifth and rewarding people striving deceitfully to enter it. The workfare scheme Congress introduced in 2005 avoided this problem, since anyone willing to perform hard labour at low wages must be needy.

Spotting the poor is, if anything, becoming harder. Martin Ravallion of Georgetown University points out that poverty in the countryside has fallen, moving closer to rates in the cities. The poorest are no longer confined to deprived rural districts, nor is everyone in such districts poor. In 2018 Rajmati’s district was identified as India’s most backward by a government think-tank. It can look that way, with many huts made of straw and squat bamboo storehouses, sealed with dung and stippled with pretty decorations. But new money is making inroads, visible in a resort hotel and country mansions covered in bougainvillaea. Outside Rajmati’s village, an Uber taxi struggles along an unpaved road through a wheat field, an envoy from the gig economy to the agrarian.

These conspicuous signs of prosperity suggest an alternative approach to fighting poverty. Rather than struggling to include all the identifiably poor, why not exclude the identifiably rich? Arvind Subramanian, the former chief economic adviser to the current government, has proposed paying a near-universal basic income of roughly half the amount proposed by Congress (about 700 rupees per person, which would amount to over 3,000 rupees for the average household) to all but the richest quarter of Indians. Those to be left out could be identified by their ownership of a car, air-conditioner, large bank balance—or a mansion covered in bougainvillaea.

Is NYAY, or something like it, any more likely to become a reality? Congress’s electoral prospects look slim. But NYAY’s sheer scale may force the BJP to offer something similar in response. Almost 60% of India’s poor, at last count, live in the six states that provide 69% of the BJP’s seats. Arun Jaitley, the finance minister, argues that the BJP’s existing schemes are more generous, taken together, than Congress’s proposal. NYAY, he says, is a “bluff” that people will not believe. But in rural Haryana, Rajmati and her clients enjoy entertaining the idea. Do they think an extra 6,000 rupees is too good to be true? It’s “too good to doubt”, says one.

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "The war on penury"

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