Right when we decided to hold our regional conference in Nairobi, Kenya around integrating women in economic development, the Lions from the Nairobi National Park decided to visit the city. Amidst the friendly carnivores, we held a successful conference and agreed to come together as the Mitreeki 2016 Network and committed to work tirelessly to […]
The World Economic Forum predicted in 2014 that it would take until 2095 to achieve global gender parity. In 2015, they estimated that a slowdown of progress meant the gender gap wouldn’t close entirely until 2133. The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day – Pledge for Parity – called on men and women to […]
The Modi Government’s campaign to end open defecation is welcome but building new toilets alone will not solve the problem Politically, sanitation is a hot topic but the focus has to shift to the villages. Open defecation is still a common practice in many villages. The plan is to achieve the Clean India target by […]
With the decentralization of the paddy procurement scheme, the state agencies of Odisha have taken charge of carrying out procurement and avoiding the distressed sale of paddy in the state. While agencies like Marketing Federation of Odisha, National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India, Tribal Development Co-operative Corp. of Odisha Ltd and National Federation of […]
India’s 2015–2020 foreign trade policy aims to increase merchandise exports from US$450 billion in 2013–14 to US$750 billion by 2020. This will be difficult to achieve. More than a year of negative exports growth has raised concerns about India’s ability to not only boost exports but also to achieve and sustain its current 8 per […]
Unless India conserves water, its food and energy security will be threatened in the near future Even as we talk of ensuring food security, the competition for limited water and energy resources has become worse due to the unpredictable weather. For farmers in India, the shocks just don’t seem to end. Several States have faced […]
An article authored by Shailendar sharma (Vice President) titled “Access to Education” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2016.
An article authored by Avtar singh (Education Quality Improvement Expert) titled “Need For a Good Assessment System” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2015.
An article authored by Amit Kaushik (Practice head, Education & Skill Development) titled “Vocationalisation of Education in India” has been published in Yojana Magazine, Special Issue of January, 2016.
Drought-hit residents are starving to death or committing suicide. But a turnaround can be scripted for them Bundelkhand, a region that sprawls across 13 districts in the States of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, is falling apart. Three successive droughts, unseasonal rains, and thick-skinned Governments have wrecked the ecology and economy of the region. With […]
The Silver Award won in the Citizen Centric Services Category of the National eGovernance Awards 2016 by OMEGA team for its initiative for streamlined Procurement of paddy – the Paddy Procurement Automation System (P-PAS) has been published as a news item in Pioneer .
The Odisha Government in Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare for its ‘Paddy Procurement System and Farmer Registration’ project has been awarded the Outstanding Performance in Citizen-Centric Service for the National Award on e-Governance 2015-16. Madhu Sudan Padhi, Principal Secretary Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare received the Award from Chief Minister of Maharastra, Devendra […]
