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Cooperative banks in TN find treasure trove in Rs 1k women honorarium scheme

This infusion of funds will fortify the cooperative banking network whose primary role is to provide credit support to farmers, officials said.

CHENNAI: The “Kalainger Magalir Urimai Thogai” (women honorarium scheme) to be launched today (September 15) may give a significant boost to the financial operations of cooperative banks functioning under the state cooperation department. About 1.06 crore women family heads across the state will get Rs 1,000 per month under the scheme.

Official sources said even if 8% to 10 % of these beneficiaries receive the funds through cooperative banks, the annual transaction volume of these banks will increase by Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,000 crore. This infusion of funds will fortify the cooperative banking network whose primary role is to provide credit support to farmers, officials said.

Currently, about 15 lakh ration card holders have linked their Aadhaar numbers to their accounts maintained at 1,162 branches of state apex cooperative banks, district central cooperative banks, and urban cooperative banks.

“The exact number of our customers selected for the scheme will be known only after a few days. But irrespective of that count, the monthly aid will give a significant boost to our banks and enhance our capacity to lend loans to our customers,” N Subbaiyan, registrar of cooperative societies, told TNIE.

8.4L accounts opened during spl camps

State apex cooperative banks and central cooperative banks have been upgraded to function on a centralised CORE banking system to offer services such as mobile banking, fund transfer through IMPS and RTGS, UPI, online banking and other facilities on a par with nationalised banks, he said.

Originally, the number of ration cards linked to cooperative banks stood at less than eight lakh. A few months ago, ahead of the launch of the “urimai thogai” scheme, a scrutiny of data revealed that Aadhaar of 14.6 lakh ration cards were not linked to any account. During the special camps, cooperation department staff facilitated the opening of new accounts at cooperative banks for 8.4 lakh cardholders.

Others who already had bank accounts were asked to link their Aadhaar numbers. This massive exercise helped to expand the customer base of cooperative banks. The total deposit at cooperative banks stood at Rs 71,955.59 crore during 2022–23 and the highest-ever loan disbursement of Rs 64,140 crore under 17 categories was achieved during the period.

Subbaiyan said, “We have already increased our loan volume to self-help groups and farmers. We are planning to expand banking coverage among people with a target to offer Rs 1 lakh crore loans under various categories. We hope the new scheme will help enhance our deposits and customer base.”

Transaction value may rise by Rs 1k crore

Even if 10% of beneficiaries receive the fund through cooperative banks, the annual transaction volume of banks will go up by Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,000 crore.

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CM Mainya Samman Yojana Receives 5000 Applications in East Singhbhum

Special camps across 231 Panchayats and Municipal Bodies facilitate application process The CM Mainya Samman Yojana, offering Rs 1000 monthly to eligible women, sees strong response through district-wide special camps. JAMSHEDPUR – The CM Mainya Samman Yojana has garnered approximately 5000 online applications through special camps organized across East Singhbhum district. The camps, which began…

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"Unlocking Prosperity: Congress pledges yearly Rs 10,000 allowance for women leading families in Rajasthan's upcoming elections | India News"

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a leader of the Indian National Congress party, criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its welfare schemes during a rally in Rajasthan. The Congress party pledged to provide an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to women heads of families in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also made two promises if the Congress is re-elected: cooking gas cylinders for Rs…

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"Unlocking Prosperity: Congress pledges yearly Rs 10,000 allowance for women leading families in Rajasthan's upcoming elections | India News"

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a leader of the Indian National Congress party, criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its welfare schemes during a rally in Rajasthan. The Congress party pledged to provide an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to women heads of families in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also made two promises if the Congress is re-elected: cooking gas cylinders for Rs…

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"Unlocking Prosperity: Congress pledges yearly Rs 10,000 allowance for women leading families in Rajasthan's upcoming elections | India News"

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a leader of the Indian National Congress party, criticized the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its welfare schemes during a rally in Rajasthan. The Congress party pledged to provide an annual honorarium of Rs 10,000 to women heads of families in the state. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot also made two promises if the Congress is re-elected: cooking gas cylinders for Rs…

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Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme

The proposal from the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh for the implementation of Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme has been approved by the union authorities. The Mahila police volunteer was launched by the Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs. Haryana was the first state to undertake the initiative of Mahila Police Volunteer at Karnal and Mahindergarh District on a pilot basis beneath the Nirbhaya Fund all through the financial yr 2016-2017. The Mahila Police Volunteers throughout the States/UTs will act as a hyperlink between police and group and help women in distress. There is likely to be one Mahila Police Volunteer per Gram Panchayat. Its will immediately report again to the Circle Inspector throughout the Police Thana. Its need to be from the an identical geographical house and conversant with the native dialects.Its is an honorary place and so they're paid an honorarium of Rs 1,000 month-to-month. Its are required to mobilize the group to sort Mahila and Shishu Rakshak Dals (MASRD) to behave as group watch groups. No jail proceedings ought to have been instituted in direction of her and he or she mustn't have been convicted or imprisoned for the violation of any jail laws.Its should not be a member of any political social gathering. The broad mandate of the Mahila Police Volunteer is to report incidences of violence in direction of women paying homage to dwelling violence, child marriage, dowry harassment and violence confronted by women in public areas. Its is likely to be any girl who's socially and voluntarily devoted within the path of empowerment of women and girls, ready to elevate her voice in direction of gender-based violence and assist the police in making a gender merely society free from violence.Its must be minimal 21 years of age and possess not lower than 12th cross certificates. The Ministry of Women and Child Progress has requested Chief Secretaries of all States and UTs to undertake this initiative of their respective States. Read the full article

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via Today Bharat Though ASHA workers in the state received a major raise last year, other complications have cropped up, which were aggravated by the pandemic. Mariyammma has worked as an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) in Uyyalawada village of Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district for nearly 14 years. Through most of this span, she received very little income for her work, like many ASHA workers across states. After the YSRCP government came to power, her salary was hiked from Rs 3,000 to Rs 10,000 since August 2019. But this hasn’t made much difference to Mariyamma’s life. As she turned 60 in January this year, she was forced to ‘retire’ from work. Mariyamma, who lost her husband two years ago, says that both her sons do not have stable employment, which made her the primary breadwinner at home. The abrupt retirement without any benefits has put her family in a vulnerable financial state. The salary hike to Rs 10,000 announced by the Jagan Mohan Reddy led government was a significant move, and a result of years of persistent struggle by ASHA workers in the state. With the hike came increased work responsibilities, which further shot up with the pandemic. ASHA workers and union leaders now say that the salary hike has come with the partial status of a government employee, with the associated drawbacks like enforcing retirement age and exclusion from welfare schemes. Despite the added workload, the workers do not get employee insurance, pension fund and retirement benefits. ‘Abrupt, disappointing retirements’ According to P Mani, honorary president of the Andhra Pradesh ASHA Workers’ Union, at least 250 ASHA workers have been forced to retire across the state in August, with Visakhapatnam district alone seeing 70 retirements. Workers and union leaders told TNM that in the fourteen-odd years since the ASHA program was started in the state, retirement was never mandatory at 60. When the previous TDP government increased ASHA workers’ salary to Rs 3,000, the government order passed in this regard in August 2018 mentioned that ASHAs “who have completed 60 years will be permitted to retire and they will be covered under the scheme of old age pension.” The recent order from August 2019 increasing the salary to Rs 10,000 issued under the YSRCP government does not mention any retirement benefits. Mariyamma, however, did not choose to retire. She insists that she can continue to work even now, as she needs the income. “Setting a retirement age of 60 years is fine. But earlier, workers would voluntarily retire if they felt the need, and the opportunity would be given to a member of their family if possible,” she said. Mani says that now, retirement has been made mandatory as it is done for government employees, but without any security. Noting that Anganwadi workers and helpers are given Rs 50,000 at the time of retirement, she says ASHA workers deserve similar provisions after toiling for more than a decade with little income. K Dhanalakshmi, Secretary of the union, points out that some states provide a one-time honorarium amount of Rs 20,000 under NHM (National Health Mission) for ASHA workers retiring after ten years of service. But the retiring ASHAs in Andhra Pradesh, like Mariyamma, haven’t received this amount either. “They have not asked me for any documents or signatures to make a record of my retirement. I was hoping that my daughter-in-law would be given the job, but the authorities have not been responding to our requests,” Mariyamma says. Padma, who works as an ASHA in Vizag, points out the recent salary hike does not erase the years of labour done by the women, with minimal pay. “We have been underpaid all these years. Only in 2018, the honorarium went up to Rs 3,000. For the past one year, we are receiving Rs 10,000 per month. But before that, for nearly 12 years, all these women have essentially done free service. They should be given at least Rs 50,000 to Rs 1,00,000, so that they can retire with some security,” says Padma. Pandemic and workload Even as scores of ASHAs are made to retire, workers say that the average population that each of them cover has gradually been increasing. In some cases, ASHAs in the state say they are covering a population of 3,500 to 4,000 in rural areas, and at least 2,500 in urban areas. While ASHAs always had a considerable workload, usually managed along with household work, with the pandemic, work has become a “hellish” experience, says Kusuma, who works in Polavaram mandal. Apart from their regular work, ASHAs now monitor COVID-19 patients under quarantine, check on people who have arrived from other states or countries, and conduct door-to-door surveys. According to union Secretary Dhanalakshmi, at least 1,000 among the 40,000-odd ASHAs in the state have contracted COVID-19. Since the onset of the pandemic in the state in March, Dhanalakshmi says 20 ASHAs have died due to various reasons even as they were involved in COVID-19 duties, while six ASHA workers have succumbed to COVID-19. None of their families have received any support, she says. Incentives announced by the Union government, like the compensation of Rs 50 lakhs under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for health workers who died while treating COVID-19 patients, or the additional monthly incentive of Rs 1,000 for performing COVID-19 duties, granted under the 'India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package' for the months of January to June. No more welfare schemes? With an annual salary of Rs 1,20,000, ASHA workers’ individual income lies exactly at the income limit for the Below Poverty Line category in Andhra Pradesh (for rural areas). With this, many ASHA workers who hold white ration cards and were previously availing welfare schemes are now deemed ineligible, say union members. Several workers said that while most ASHAs have received the Amma Vodi scheme (financial assistance for mothers of school kids) launched earlier in January, the more recently launched Cheyutha scheme (financial assistance for women of SC, ST, BC and minority communities in aged 45-60 years) has been denied to many of them, along with other benefits like pension for widows. There is now fear among workers that they may not receive the next instalment of Amma Vodi either, Padma says. Some ASHAs say that since the latest salary hike, there has been an attitude among supervisors that the workers do not require any other assistance. In some cases, ASHA workers say that supervising ANMs (Auxiliary Nurse Midwife) have been putting pressure on them to buy smartphones in order to fill in survey data online, while ANMs and village volunteers have received devices from the government for such jobs. Mani points out that by only considering the recent pay hike, the government is overlooking their social conditions and their past status. “Just because of the hike, suddenly people’s socio-economic conditions haven’t improved dramatically. Some of the workers are single or widowed women, without any financial assets. The government should at least conduct a survey to find the ASHAs who still need welfare. They shouldn’t be denied just because they are ASHAs,” Mani says. Noting that municipal workers with a higher income than ASHAs are receiving welfare benefits, Mani says that in a similar manner, vulnerabilities beyond economic poverty must be considered for ASHAs as well. “Instead of acting like they’re doing favours, authorities need to understand that these are the rights of ASHA workers,” Mani says.

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Status Of Anganwadi Centres

4.1. News Hightlight of the report

There is a gap between the number of sanctioned and operational AWCs. The gap is maximum in the states of Bihar (20%) and J & K (7.3%).

Around 4.5 lakh Anganwadi centres lacked both drinking water and toilet facilities. It adds that nearly 25 per cent of Anganwadi centres don’t have drinking water facilities and 36 per cent of these don’t have toilets.

Large number of posts of supervisors, AWWs and AWHs are lying vacant.

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4.2. Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)

Launched in 1975, for children (6 months to 6 years) and pregnant & lactating mothers irrespective of their economic and social status.

Categorised as Core Scheme under Centrally Sponsored Scheme.

Intended to achieve the Goals 2 and 3 of SDGs (improvement in nutrition and ensuring healthy lives & promoting well-being for all at all ages respectively).

Provides an integrated package of six services which include; i) Supplementary nutrition programme; (ii) Referral services (iii) Pre-school non-formal education (iv)Immunization; (v) Health check-up; (vi) Nutrition & health education.

Services related to health and are provided by Ministry/Department of Health and Family Welfare.

5-tier monitoring and review mechanism at National, State, District, Block and Anganwadi Levels.

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4.3. About Anganwadi Centres (AWCs)

It is a courtyard play centre - located within the village or a slum, for providing various services as specified under ICDS scheme.

Responsibilities of Anganwadi Workers(AWW) include quick survey of all the families, organise non-formal pre-school activities at AWCs, campaign for family planning & birth preparedness, check the child’s nutrition progress (National Nutrition Mission), to assist in preparation of Village, Health Plan Depot Holder of Medicine Kit/Contraceptives of ASHA/AMN & under ICDS, assist in implementation of Kishore Shakti Yojana (KSY), etc.

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4.4. Challenges faced by AWCs

Shortage of fund and implementation tools: various reports highlighted about the problem of delay in receiving funds for necessary items.

Incentives– AWWs are classified as ‘voluntary’ workers and their pay is treated as an ‘honorarium’, despite being worked for over 10 hours daily. They even fulfil the extra duties like surveying public toilets, pregnant women, and supervising the quality of drinking water.

Lack of supervision: Anganwadi centres have very less or nil supervision by the higher officials, which leads to poor performance and implementation of ICDS.

Inadequate knowledge – Various studies show that Anganwadi workers don’t have any knowledge regarding the revised norms for calories, protein and funds allocated for nutrition for each beneficiary.

Social-Religious prejudices: A report by the Institute of Human Development showed how caste and religious prejudices in many villages have affected service delivery at Anganwadi centres, due to caste-based discrimination against children, as well as lack of cooperation between Asha workers and AWWs of different castes and communities.

Corruption: It is being noticed that there is corruption in the appointment of Anganwadi workers, black marketing of rations, illegal diversion of medical kits and funds.

Way forward

PPP modal for Anganwadi- Haryana based modern and model Anganwadi centre ‘NandGhar’ -build on the lines of public private partnership should be extended to other states.

Regular training should be provided to AWC workers and their supervisors. Further they should also get refresher training to handle various register works independently.

Comprehensive assessment of all the services and facilities along with knowledge and practice of the AWWs is need of the hour.

Dedicated programme for the extension of IT-enabled services such as smartphones and tablet devices to update data on child nutrition, unique identification code and geo-mapped of Anganwadi centres, should be rolled out on pan Country scale.

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Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Nov 11 (ANI): Taking a dig at the Congress party for promising 'Gaushalas' in every Gram Panchayat in their manifesto for Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Rameshwar Sharma has said the "butchers" are dreaming about cows just for the sake of votes. "Now butchers are dreaming about cows just for sake of votes. It is the height of hypocrisy that the Congress workers kill a cow on camera in Kerala, but in Madhya Pradesh the Congress pretend to be cow worshippers," Sharma told ANI. Yesterday, the Congress promised 'Gaushalas,' 'Ram Path' and Narmada Parikrama Path and a spiritual centre to woo voters to its fold in Madhya Pradesh which goes to polls on November 28. The 'gaushala' or cow shelter will be set up in all village Panchayats, which will be funded by the state government. The manifesto also promises to ban alcohol in the state. In an attempt to outsmart the BJP, the Congress manifesto known as 'Vachan Patra' or 'Sheet of promises,' focuses on, among other things, the issues which have not only been close to its rival BJP's heart, but have also been giving political sustenance to the saffron outfit for long. From having a special 'Parikrama path' around river Narmada to the construction of 'Ram path', the Congress has touched upon almost everything to appease Hindu voters. A special Spiritual Department will also be set up if the Congress is voted to power in the state, which has 230-member Assembly. The counting of votes will be done on December 11, 2018. The Congress has promised special provisions for the development of Narmada, which includes the construction of a special path around the river for the devotees and a rest house at a distance of every 50-km. Like the BJP, the Congress party also seems to have found a hope in Lord Ram as the manifesto promises the construction of 'Ram Path,' a mythical path taken by Lord Rama during his 14 years long of exile. Congress' Ram Path will stretch from Chitrakoot to the borders of Chhattisgarh. While promising a corruption-free government, the Congress has promised a Public Accountability Bill for transparency in governance, while there is a lot for farmers in the manifesto including loan waiver up to Rs 2 lakh, reducing electricity bill for agriculture use by 50 per cent, special bonus on production of cereals like wheat, paddy, jowar, maize, soyabean, mustard, and pulses like arhar, moong, channa, masoor; vegetables like onion, garlic, tomato, and crops like sugarcane and cotton. The manifesto also promises Rs 5 per litre bonus on milk besides giving rebate on diesel and petrol to farmers for agricultural use. The 'Right to Shelter' law will entitle homeless people to Rs 2.5 lakh and 450 sq ft plot for the construction of houses, while the youth and women have been given the lure of 'Made in Madhya Pradesh,' which will focus on increasing employment generation for one lakh youth in the information and technology sector. "A Vivekanand Yuva Shakti Mission" will be started under which Rs 4,000 per month will be given to youth for participation. To encourage employment and investment Rs 10,000 will be given as salary and grant. Vyapam will be shut down and job recruitment will be made transparent..." states the manifesto. To promote sports and encourage sportspersons, the Congress has promised jobs to all international players. The players will be provided Rs 50,000 as honorarium in case they are not given jobs. Those players who win gold medals in Olympics will be given Rs 51,000 per month. Under the 'One man, one pension' scheme, pension amount will be increased to Rs 1,000 from Rs 300, while under the 'Naya Savera' scheme, a rebate of Rs 100 on cooking gas will be provided to poor and labour class people. For women, the Congress manifesto promises several special schemes which includes free education to girls from school till they complete PhD, smart phones, smartcards and health cards and Rs 51,000 to every young woman who gets married. Women in rural areas will be provided with sewing machines and will be trained to be self-reliant. (ANI)

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The beneficiaries left out under National Food Security Act (NFSA) have a reason to rejoice as the Cabinet today approved the proposals of Odisha government’s own version of the Central scheme.“All the eligible people will be included under the scheme. In the first phase, the government has set a target to cover around 25 lakh beneficiaries under the scheme to be implemented from October 2,” Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi told reporters after the meeting.In the first two quarters of the implementation of the scheme, the state government would shell around Rs 220 crore to meet the expenses. Besides, the requirement of requisite quantity of rice will be met out of the state pool, official sources said.Notably, the state government took a decision to roll out a food security scheme on the lines of NFSA after nearly 34.44 lakh people from state were excluded from the national scheme that was implemented as per the socio-economic caste census in 2011.As per official sources, the approximate population of the state in 2018 is 4,62,63,938. Despite state government’s request to increase the beneficiaries under ceiling, the pleas went unheard prompting the state government to launch the scheme.For this, the state government would amend Odisha Food Security Rules, 2017 to accommodate the left out beneficiaries.The state government has proposed nine exclusion criteria and 11 auto inclusion criteria for selection of beneficiaries under the food security scheme.Nine exclusion criteria to be used during selection of eligible beneficiaries under the scheme: (1)Household having a member who owns a four wheeler vehicle or a heavy vehicle. (2)Households having a member working as a regular employee or central or the state government, public sector undertaking, government aided autonomous bodies and local bodies (incentive and honorarium based workers would not be considered under this criterion). (3)Households having a member working in private sector with a monthly salary of more than Rs 10,000 per month in rural areas and Rs 15,000 per month in urban areas. (4)Households having a member who owns an enterprise (other than micro-enterprises) registered with the government for manufacturing and services. (5)Households having domestic electric connection with a load of 2 KW or more and/or consuming an average of 300 units of energy (KWH) per month (average over one year). (6) Househ olds having a member paying income tax or professional tax. (7) Households having a member drawing a monthly pension of more than Rs 10,000 per month in rural areas and Rs 15,000 per month in urban areas. (8) Households having a member who owns tractors and harvesters. (9)Households who own three or more rooms with RCC roof not constructed under the Indira Awas Yojana or the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or the Biju Pucca Ghar Yojana or the Nirman Shramik Yojana.  Eleven auto inclusion criteria for selection of beneficiaries under the scheme:Five new auto-inclusion criteria have been proposed i.e, as at (G) to (K) below to be added to the existing 6 auto inclusion criteria under NFSA. These five criteria have been included as per guidelines issued by Centre to cover poor and distressed persons under Antodaya Anna yojana and Annapurna scheme.  (1)All households coming under Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) category. Households without shelter (Certificate from people’s representative/any responsible officer of the concerned block/urban local body) (2)Households without destitute living on alms (Certificate from people’s representative/any responsible officer of the concerned block/urban local body) (3) Households with widows and other single women with no regular support. (4)  Households having a person with disability (40% and above) (5)Transgender applicant. (6)Households with old persons (aged 60 or above) with no regular support and no assured means of subsistence. (7)Households where due to old age, lack of physical or mental fitness, social customs, need to care for disable or other persons, no adult member is available to engage in gainful employment outside the house. (8)Households dependent on daily wage labour. (9)Internally displaced persons due to various projects. (10)Households having a person suffering from leprosy/HIV/any other critical diseases.  The Odisha Sun Times Bureau : 30th.  July,18

CM NAVEEN PATNAIK HAS FRAMED ODISHA’s OWN FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME : The beneficiaries left out under National Food Security Act (NFSA) have a reason to rejoice as the Cabinet today approved the proposals of Odisha government’s own version of the Central scheme.“All the eligible people will be included under the scheme.

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Higher Education as Service Trade Exporter In South Africa

"For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation." This is the part of the speech of Dr Abdul Kalam in Hyderabad. Whenever we are talking about Developed nation, suddenly education comes to picture with other automotive seo  major indicators like the growth rate of the economy, birth rate, death rate, infant mortality rate (IMR), and literacy rate. These indicators are all interconnected with each other and the literacy rate has been the major determinant of the rise or fall in the other indicators. There is enough evidence even in Orissa to show that a low literacy rate correlates with high birth rate, high IMR, and decrease in the rate of life expectancy. The recognition of this fact has created awareness on the need to focus upon literacy and elementary education programmes, not simply as a matter of social justice but more to trade schools near me  foster economic growth, social well-being, and social stability.

The Constitution of India casts an obligation on the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of 14. The literacy rate in Orissa during 1951 was 15.8% against the all India average of 18.3%, which increased to 63.6% in 2001 against the all India average of 65.4%. While the male literacy rate of 63.1% in the State in 1991 increased to 75.9% in 2001, the female literacy rate increased from 34.7% to 51.0%. There has been a steady improvement in the literacy rates of the State over successive decades, which is a result of expansion of educational python certification   infrastructure both quantitative and qualitative.

In 1950-51, there were 9,801 Primary Schools with 16,525 teachers and 3.15 lakh students. There were 501 Upper Primary Schools with 2,569 teachers and 40,000 students. Also there were 172 High Schools with 2,247 teachers and 16,000 students. Since 1950-51, there has been a considerable expansion in the number of educational institutions, enrollment and number of teachers at all levels during successive plan periods. In 2003-2004, there are 44,416 Primary Schools with 52.54 lakh enrollment and 97 lakh teachers in the State. There is one Primary School for every 3.5 Sq.Km technical schools near me  area. The state government has established 14, 233 Upper Primary Schools for each 10.94 km area in the State.

Issues of Concern

Education is the key to social & economic development of any society. It encompasses every sphere of human life. Level of literacy has a profound bearing on the level of human development. There are major issues, which are directly or indirectly concerned with the education in Orissa. First, the dropout rate in primary and upper primary schools is become a major issue of concern. In the same time dropout rate become a business analyst training major setback in the increasing literacy rate which was at the primary stage 33.6%. But if you compare girls dropout rate with boys, the dropout rate for girls was 35.4% and for boys 31.9%. Dropout rate at upper primary stage was 57.5% in 2003-04. Out of them 56.5% boys dropped out in upper primary stage while 58.6% girls dropped out in the same year. Second issue is infrastructure of school buildings, which are in bad conditions. And the old or unsafe school buildings of our state are inadequate to meet the needs of school children. Many of them one-room (or even open-air) bookkeeping classes  operations with poorly paid teachers.

Steps taken by the State Government

Orissa government has always made concerted efforts to provide education to all. Some major initiatives were taken to offer quality education for a brighter future not only for Oriyas but also for the state, at last for the nation. Some steps were directed towards the reform and renewal of state's education system. In the same time there has been ecd a considerable expansion in the number of educational institutions, enrolment and number of teachers at all levels during successive plan periods.

The central and state governments have been expanding the provision of primary formal and non-formal education to realise the goal of Universilisation of Elementary Education (UEE). Elementary education is recognised as a fundamental right of all citizens in India. The directive principles of state policy envisage UEE as one of the major goals to be achieved and mandated in a timeframe. As per guidelines adopted at the national level, the State aims at providing access to Primary Schools within one kilometer and Upper Primary Schools within three kilometers from early childhood development habitations having 300 or more and 500 or more respectively. In order to achieve the goal of Universalisation of Elementary Education and to improve the quality, steps have been initiated to engage more 9,563 para teachers under State Plan.

Government of India's flagship programme 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' was launched on nation-wide scale to universalize elementary education by providing for community ownership and monitoring of the school system. The objectives of the programme are compulsory Education to all the Children of 6-14 years age group by 2007. Under houston seo   the programme, there were 780 new primary schools, 2,771 new upper primary schools were opened and. 25,594 Swechasevi Sikhshya Sahayaks were appointed in 2003-04. The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programme calls for community participation through effective decentralisation - involvement of Village Education Committee (VEC), Members of Panchayat Raj institutions and Womens' group. It ensures transparency and accountability of the school system to the community. To lesson the burden of Directorate of Higher Education, the state government has been established three regional Directorates in Bhubaneswar, Berhampur and Sambalpur. Regional Directors of dallas seo experts these Directorates have been vested with similar powers of Director of Higher Education. Today, access to the qualitative education is reducing in Orissa. The reason is a lack of budget, weak governance and decline of physical infrastructure, shortage of teachers and their low salary, obsolete teaching plans, poverty and malnutrition, and absence of parents and society participation.

Hurdles to achieve the Goal

Funds become major hurdle for every developmental programme in Orissa. In some cases, it is surplus and government cannot utilize the fund within the required timeframe. In the other side, it is deficit. In every step and in every stage, we extend our hand in front of the houston seo company Central government, financial institutions for funds. How do you education keep the education aside? The government does not have money for primary education. Well, the fiscal deficit is surely a problem, but that could not be excused during a downturn if it is used for opening up the way to developed nation. The Government of Orissa fully endorses the approach on universalisation of elementary education and the scheme 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' should be given the highest priority. But when we are heading towards success of the programme, we do not have fund to provide the study materials to the students. With the assistance from Central Government, the houston seo consultant   Orissa Government has been providing the study materials every year. For a state like Orissa, the government needs 3.5 crores books for the students up to VII class.

Generally, the government was sanctioned eight crores every year. In the current year budget, only four crores has sanctioned, whereas approximately 30 crores required for the printing of study materials. Now, It is become routine issue for the government to sanction inadequate fund and demand more money at the neck of the moment when the books should reach at the end user. This is not only creating an career aptitude test  obstacle in the time bound programme but also spoil the valuable time of the students for struggling with the course without courseware. Here I have highlighted one issue, which is occurred in every year at the beginning of academic year. Government has been compromising the issue without thinking the future of the small kids.

Though it is a routine issue, then why Government is not considering this issue seriously?

Some other issues like educational infrastructure and appoint good teachers with good salary are also taken into what career is right for me consideration. When we are appointing good teachers for this programme, we should think about the other side of the coin (i.e good remuneration). The state government appointed 40,846 Shiksha Sahayaks under several schemes including District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) and Sarba Siksha Abhijan (SSA). Due to deficit budget the Shiksha Sahayaks are compromising with the situation and ready to work in less salary (i.e. Rs 1500 per month), which is less than the wage of a bonded labour. In spite of that the State Government is unable to provide escape houston their share at least in time to the Shiksha Sahayaks. How would we expect quality education from a teacher who is struggling to survive in this expensive society? Recently, the State Government has decided to hike the monthly honorarium of the Siksha Sahayaks from Rs 1500 to Rs 2000. This decision was taken at a high-level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on October 20. This will cost the State Exchequer an additional Rs 25 crore per year. Obviously, zero percent credit goes to the State Government. Though Central Government is supporting 75 bmw houston  percent of the estimated expenditure, this additional hike will be added to the aided account. If Sarba Siksha Abhijan is become a flop programme, then the credit goes to the state government. The major barrier is deficiency of fund.

Conclusion

We are compromising in every step of our life. How many days will we live with 'compromise'? Let us stop compromising with our future and with our future generation. At least the State Government should give up elementary education. Education makes man a right thinker. It tells man how to think and how to make decision. When the absolute number of literate people in the state is steadily rising year after year lexus houston , then where are those instincts of a literate person? Where is your voice against the backward step of the government? But moving beyond educational programmes requires much political will and public pressure. Unfortunately, elementary education continues to receive low priority from those in power. While State Assembly discusses trivial issues, issues related to elementary education gathers dust. If government will not take any rigid step then all children of 6-14 years age group in school by 2003, all children to complete 5 years of schooling by 2007and all children to complete 8 years of schooling by 2010 will become a utopian dream for us. Whilst it is recognized that South hyundai houston Africa is still in a process of transition regarding higher education to address the imbalances of the past, it should also be emphasized that Institutions of Higher Education in large are still underplaying the importance of higher education as commercialized commodity in the global world. This resulted in a low commercial higher education presence in the global world, a limited capability to attract quality students from foreign countries and a national oriented education approach. Even the school law that will soon be introduced in South Africa to address the imbalances of the past may have a negative effect of institutions of higher education to play a significant role in honda dealership houston the commercialized educational world. The proposed new law emphasized adherence to the principles of equitability, rectification and representativeness above competence in the appointment of teachers. This may undermine the quality of education firstly, in schools and later in institutions of higher education in South Africa.

This is in sharp contrast with international trends signaling that the international higher education market is becoming more competitive as education competes as export and import commodity. Figures available indicate that higher education export represents on  jaguar houston average around 6.6% of total student enrollments in 2000. This figure can still not be matched b South African Institutions 5 years later. In countries like Switzerland, Australia and Austria these figures were above 11% in 2000 making these countries the highest internationalized higher education countries in the world. Similarly, educational services in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America respectively represent the third, fourth and fifth largest service export sectors. This clearly provides  scratch and dent appliances evidence that these countries realize the significance of higher education to transfer intellectual capital and enhance the economic competitiveness of nations.

Interventions required

It is important that Institutions of Higher Education in South Africa position themselves as nodes in an increasingly seamless knowledge base in the global world, which could have a greater wtw5000dw interface with the knowledge-driven global economy. Therefore, Institutions of higher education in South Africa should given even more attention to integrate with influential international institutions that will enable them to internationalize higher education.

Currently, internationalization of higher education in South Africa happens more by incident rather than through thoroughly planned and organized approaches. If institutions of higher education in South Africa intend to consider higher education as a commercial trade whirlpool cabrio washer  commodity, serious emphasis should be place upon:

· Introducing purposeful policies and strategies that clearly indicate the road forward with regard to internationalization intentions and the specific areas that would need priority attention. However, this should not be developed as separate internationalization strategies, but should e seen as a natural element of the overall strategy of the institute.

· Implementing induction and course  wrs325fdam  programmes that will attract quality foreign students to the institutions.

· Supporting academics to participate in conferences as well as in reputable academic journals to publish research results.

· Ensuring that all course offerings meet international accepted criteria as defined by the leading institutions of higher education in the developed world.

· Creating conducive learning environments equipped with the latest learning technologies.

Internationalization requires that institutions  System network training  of higher education in South Africa should emphasize a somewhat loosening of the relationship with Government to create new transformational bodies to address the imbalances of the past, but also to broaden this mission to play a more active role in regional economic development. This can be achieved by establishing strong horizontal links  big data hadoop training  with other universities research institutions and industry in the Southern African Development Community. If this can be achieved, the activities of institutions of higher education will no longer be isolated from the marketplace and its outputs could become merchandise products as well. Loosening the relationship with government will not only provide for more freedom to autonomously decide what educational and research outputs to create, but will also increase the pressure on institutions of higher education to perform better as they take up the responsibility to raise funds  cell phone repair training online  for projects and salaries.

It is imperative that higher education in South Africa can no longer take the disposition that placed research and development in contrast to one another. Rather, it should take the stand that the outputs of institutions should have a strong:

· Social development and application in which the simultaneous promotion and integration of education, scientific research and production occurs;

· Science and Technology Financial cell phone repair training  Management Support System in place in order to create a safe and secure research environment for academics; and

· Set of " Key State Laboratories" where research and education of strategic importance to the development and well-being of the country can be carried out.

Conclusion

South Africa institutions of higher education currently rated only among the top 40 of the world's host countries. An urgent need exist to rethink and reformulate the educational thinking A+ certification training models of institutions of higher education in South Africa. Because of the changing political situation accompanied by a changing global economy, many traditional ways in which institutions of higher education were previously governed will change. Unless institutions of higher education in South Africa succeed to internationalize successfully, huge opportunities to earn foreign currencies using higher education as a trade commodity will be lost.

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via Today Bharat nbsp; nbsp; Telangana Finance Minister T Harish Rao presented the Telangana Budget for the year 2020-21 in the state's Legislative Assembly on Sunday. Harish Rao, who is presenting the Budget for the first time as Finance Minister since the TRS swept into power in 2018, began his speech with a reference to the 'overall economic slowdown gripping the Indian economy.' Stating that there were delays and shortfalls in the release of Telanganarsquo;s share in Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and GST compensation, Harish Rao said that "the growth of the statersquo;s own revenues in 2019-20 (till the end of February) is estimated to be at 6.3%, much below the growth of 16.1% achieved in 2018-19." He added that there was a slight decline in the growth of GSDP, from 14.3 % in 2018-19 to 12.6% in 2019-20, due to an economic slowdown being witnessed by the country. "However, the decline is much lower than that of the decline in national GDP growth from 11.2% to 7.5 % in the corresponding period. Thus, to a great extent, the state economy has withstood the shocks of the economic slowdown across the country and maintained a double digit growth rate," Harish Rao said. The Telangana government also said that agriculture and allied sectors recorded an 'impressive growth' in 2019-20 and also highlighted that the per capita income in the state was greater than the per capita income of the country. "Per capita income for 2019-20 for Telangana is estimated at Rs.2,28,216 whereas the per capita income of our country is Rs.1,35,050. The progress of our state can be understood by the fact that the per capita income of Telangana is Rs.93,166 higher than the per capita income of the country," Harish Rao said. Agriculture For agriculture, the TRS government said that it would continue its popular 'Rythu Bandhu', an investment support scheme for farmers and Rs 14,000 crore was proposed to be allocated for it. It also proposed Rs 1,141 crore for 'Rythu Bima', an insurance scheme for farmers, for 2020-21. Speaking about farm loan waivers, the government said that it had identified 5,83,916 farmers in Telangana who have outstanding loans below Rs 25,000. "Government has decided to waive their loans completely in one go. In March 2020 itself, the government has decided to release Rs 1,198 crore to waive off the loans which are below Rs.25,000," Harish Rao said. Stating that the waiver of loans above Rs 25,000 and up to Rs 1 lakh per farmer require Rs 24,738 crores, Harish Rao said that it would be taken up in four installments through the financial year. The government also said that it had increased the storage capacity of godowns, and was stocking fertilizers and seeds every year. Development of 'Rythu Bandhu Samthis' (Farmers Coordination Committees) and 'Rythu Vedikas', was also on the anvil while Rs.1,000 crore was proposed towards a Market Intervention Fund. Irrigation Speaking about the irrigation sector, Harish Rao was all praise for the Kaleshwaram project taken up by the state. "Irrigation water is now available till the last mile. The first results of Kaleshwaram Project are being experienced by the farmers of Karimnagar, Warangal, Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Suryapet and Khammam districts," he told the House. nbsp; He also highlighted Mission Kakatiya, under which defunct water bodies in the state were rejuvenated, and Mission Bhagiratha, under which the state is providing piped drinking water to every household. Highlighting various irrigation projects undertaken by the state government, Harish Rao said that an amount of Rs.11,054 crores was proposed in the Budget for the irrigation sector. Welfare schemes Speaking about the welfare schemes of the TRS, Harish Rao said that an amount of Rs11,758 crore is proposed in this Budget for Aasara Pensions, a welfare scheme of pensions for senior citizens, people with disabilities, serious illnesses, widows, beedi workers, handloom weavers, toddy tappers and many others. This was an increase compared to an amount of Rs 9,402 crore proposed for Aasara pension in the previous budget. Highlighting various steps taken for the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state, Harish Rao said, "Rs 16,534.97 crore is proposed in this Budget for SC Special Development Fund and Rs 9,771.27 crore is proposed in this budget for ST Special Development Fund." An amount of Rs 1,518.06 crores was proposed for the welfare of minorities in this Budget, which would be used for fee reimbursements and scholarships to students, honorarium to imams and the 'Kalyana Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak' scheme, which provides Rs 1 lakh for the marriage of women from poor families. nbsp; On the whole, Rs 4,356.82 crore was proposed for the welfare of Backward Classes (BCs) in the Budget. This includes Rs 1,586.38 crore for the development of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, which would be used for welfare schemes for people belonging to the BC communities. An additional allocation of Rs 650 crores in 2020-21 was also made for BC's to avail the Kalyana Lakshmi-Shaadi Mubarak scheme. An amount of Rs 500 crore was proposed for the Most Backward Classes (MBC) Corporation. Women and Child Welfare The state government said that it was providing adequate nutritious food like eggs and milk to pregnant women, lactating women and children through the 'Aarogya Laxmi' programme on a daily basis. "Financial assistance is being provided to pregnant women through KCR Kits. In Market Committees, 50% of reservation is provided for women. 33% reservation is being implemented in police recruitment. The government is running 53 Degree Gurukul Colleges for SC, ST and BC girl students," Harish Rao said. He also said that Women Protection Cells, SHE Teams, Special Women Police Forces were working to tackle crimes against women The government proposed to provide Rs 1,200 crore as interest-free loans to women self-help groups. Read: Telangana Women's Commission headless since 2018, NCW issues orders to fill up post Education Stating that the government was running 959 Residential Educational Institutions for SC, ST, BC and Minority students, Harish Rao added that the state was also providing overseas scholarships up to Rs 20 lakh for SC, ST, BC and Minority Students studying overseas and an amount of Rs.2,650 crore was proposed in the budget towards fee reimbursement. "An amount of Rs 10,421 crore is proposed in this Budget for School Education Department, while an amount of Rs 1,723.27 crore is proposed in this Budget for Higher Education Department," Harish Rao said. An amount of Rs 100 crore was proposed to improve the literacy rate of the state. Health The state government has decided to enhance the number of 'Basthi Dawakhanas' (Neighbourhood clinics) to 350. "Thus, the government will start another 232 Basthi Dawakhanas shortly. Apart from starting 2 dawakhanas for every Division, government will establish more Basthi Dawakhanas in places where SCs, STs, Minorities and poor people are residing," Harish Rao said. An amount of Rs 6,186 crore is proposed in the Budget to the health sector. nbsp; Road Transport Corporation (RTC) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), which saw the death of several of its employees last year, as they went on strike demanding the state government's intervention, was allocated Rs 1,000 crore in the Budget. "The TSRTC, which is meeting public transport requirements, is slowly treading into a profitable path due to mitigation measures taken up by the government. RTC started cargo and parcel services and the government enhanced superannuation age of RTC employees to 60 years," Harish Rao said. He added that an Employee Welfare Board to resolve the issues of RTC employees was also being formed.