Education Bill passed
New
Delhi: The Lok Sabha unanimously passed the Constitution (93rd
Amendment) Bill to make education for children in 6-14 years age
group a fundamental right. The government has also given the
assurance that it wanted to develop a school curriculum without
creating social tensions. The Bill was passed with 346 votes in
favour and none against it. Education minister Murli Manohar Joshi
said the Education Bill was a "revolutionary" step as it
would make it the duty of the parents to send their children to
school but would not penalize them for not doing so.
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SC passes
order on Right to Food
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court said on 28 November that the government should
be more accountable when it comes to implementing its various food
schemes. The Court directed that all food programmes like the PDS,
Antayodaya Annaya Yojana and Annapurna Scheme must be implemented
by the end of January.
It also passed an interim order, directing all state governments
to provide cooked midday meals in all government schools.
The order includes similar commands for other nutrition-related
programmes, including the PDS, the Integrated Child Development
Scheme (ICDS) and the National Social Assistance Programme.
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SA invites Indian
telcom operators
New Delhi:
South Africa has invited Indian companies in its telecom sector.
"We will soon issue an information memorandum to invite
competition in the fixed-line telecom market to operate as the
second operators in our country," Andila Ngcaba, DG of South
Africas Communication Department, said on Tuesday.
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