Thursday, June 23, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
End Manual Scavenging in six months, PM tells States.
New Delhi - Calling it one of the "darkest blots" in India, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday asked states to pledge to eliminate manual scavenging within six months.
"One of the darkest blots on our development process is that even after 64 years of independence, we still have the heinous practice of manual scavenging," Manmohan Singh told the inaugural session here of a two-day conference of state ministers of welfare and social justice.
"Today, I would like you to pledge that this scourge will be eliminated from every corner of our country in the next six months. The conversion of dry latrines must be completed once and for all," he said.
He said an expert group of the social justice and empowerment ministry is drafting a new law in place of Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
"After consulting state governments and other stakeholders, we propose to introduce the bill in parliament," he said.
He said the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had taken a number of initiatives to increase affirmative action concerning the employment of weaker sections. Some, he said, were encouraging.
"Several corporate houses have voluntarily adopted a code to ensure effective affirmative action. Ombudsmen have been appointed to ensure single point accountability. Nearly 1.12 lakh youth have been trained under entrepreneurship development and other programmes. But here too, much more needs to be done," he said.
http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/national/198893/#ixzz1PbgRMTGD
Friday, June 10, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Budaun visit of Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj in the eye of camera
On 22 May Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj Mr B M Meena visited the District Budaun. During his visit he inspected the Ambedkar village Hayatnagar of block Jagat, and village Bhasrala where conversion of dry toilets in to pour flush toilets has been done. Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj Mr B M Meena appreciated the work done in the leadership of district magistrate Mr Amit Gupta. he appreciated the work mainly School toilet, and individual tiolet constructed by beneficiaries.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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