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NSO Launches Regional Training Camp for NSS 90th Round Survey
5 days, 20 hours ago

NSO Launches Regional Training Camp for NSS 90th Round Survey

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The National Statistical Office, Hyderabad, has launched a four-day regional training camp under the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation, at the CR Rao Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Gachibowli. In his address, Dr Yugandhar said that the statistics play an important role in shaping policy frameworks, and training initiatives like these equip officers with the necessary skills …

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Kerala government school students ‘Bakri Bank’ to serve local community
1 month ago

Kerala government school students ‘Bakri Bank’ to serve local community

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It’s a bank that serves the local community, but with a difference. The ‘Bakri Bank’, or goat bank, is an initiative of the National Service Scheme volunteers of the VHSE section of Government VHSS, Vithura near here, to provide a source of livelihood to the needy. Through the ‘Bakri Bank’, two women from financially backward families are provided female …

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Statistical reform has begun: How far will it go?
1 month, 1 week ago

Statistical reform has begun: How far will it go?

Live Mint  

After long years of stasis, there seems to be a flurry of activity at the Union ministry of statistics and programme implementation. To address this issue, Mospi has set up a new division on administrative statistics that will harmonize data standards across ministries, said a senior Mospi official who did not wish to be identified. Mospi officials are now trying …

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No interest on National Savings Scheme from Oct 1: What it means for you
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No interest on National Savings Scheme from Oct 1: What it means for you

Live Mint  

Chartered accountant Sujal Pravin Shah was in for a big surprise recently. View Full Image Graphic by Pranay Bhardwaj The finance ministry issued a circular regarding various irregular, or multiple, accounts in small savings schemes on 12 July, saying that all accounts opened under NSS-87 and NSS-92 would get zero percent rate of interest from 1 October 2024. "If the …

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College’s NSS unit to launch river monitoring initiative
1 month, 2 weeks ago

College’s NSS unit to launch river monitoring initiative

The Hindu  

The National Service Scheme unit at the Providence College of Engineering, Chengannur, will launch a Providence River Monitoring Initiative to enhance local-level flood preparedness and resilience. In a statement issued here on Tuesday, the college authorities said that PRMI was envisioned as a grassroots-level flood monitoring system powered by volunteers from the institution and community members in flood-prone areas. Building …

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LDF Candidate P Sarin Ramps Up Campaign, Visits Leaders of Ezhava and Nair Communities in Palakkad
1 month, 3 weeks ago

LDF Candidate P Sarin Ramps Up Campaign, Visits Leaders of Ezhava and Nair Communities in Palakkad

ABP News  

LDF candidate P Sarin has stepped up his poll campaign by visiting leaders of the Ezhava and Nair communities in the Palakkad assembly seat. He visited the general secretary of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, Sukumaran Nair, and the general secretary of the Nair Service Society (NSS). Sarin also visited the tomb of former Congress leader Oommen Chandy.

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India needs a ‘National Security Strategy’
3 months ago

India needs a ‘National Security Strategy’

The Hindu  

The demand for a national security strategy is again under public discussion as the neighbourhood gets into a flux, old enemies muscle up, and new friends are yet to commit themselves. Interpreting the term For such an exercise, one has to first decide what comes under the umbrella term of ‘national security’. After all, while Joe Biden’s National Security Strategy …

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Closed doors at affluent gated communities dent official data
3 months ago

Closed doors at affluent gated communities dent official data

The Hindu  

India’s official data enumerators who survey households across the country to assess ground realities such as household spends, education and employment levels, have literally hit a wall – with the affluent classes living in gated communities and rarefied urban enclaves increasingly shutting the door on them and refusing to respond to surveys. Concerned about this “big data gap” that is …

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The Food Security Act has revamped the PDS
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Food Security Act has revamped the PDS

The Hindu  

During the discussion on the National Food Security Act 2013, there was nervousness about guaranteeing food security through the Public Distribution System. Leakages are estimated by matching NSS data on household PDS purchases with “offtake” data reported in the Monthly Food Grain Bulletin of the Food Ministry. To arrive at the estimates presented here, offtake under NFSA including tide-over rations, …

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Govt College of Education holds ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ event
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Govt College of Education holds ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ event

Hindustan Times  

The National Sevice Scheme cell of the Government College of Education, Sector 20-D, Chandigarh, organised a programme “Har Ghar Tiranga” as part of Independence Day celebrations. GCE Sector 20 staff during the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign. Students from the B.Ed, M.Ed, and PGDGC programs took part in various events, including speeches by Shikha, the “Har Ghar Tiranga” anthem by Rahul, …

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BJP's "smart caste" move sets alarm bells ringing for CPM in Kerala
5 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP's "smart caste" move sets alarm bells ringing for CPM in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The CPM in Kerala, which until recently believed that the BJP's rise would primarily affect the Congress, is now faced with the startling reality of its ideological adversary Sangh Parivar, making serious inroads into the Left traditional vote base, particularly among Hindus, in numerous constituencies. The CPM is concerned about the BJP's increasing influence among Kerala's caste and community …

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India needs the anchor of a national security strategy
5 months, 3 weeks ago

India needs the anchor of a national security strategy

The Hindu  

The new National Democratic Alliance government faces some thorny old problems in national security. Equally valuable, an NSS would also clarify India’s policy for its partners, highlighting areas of converging interests, or explaining the limits on cooperation — to help mitigate instances of mismatched expectations. Within the military, an NSS would give the Integrated Defence Staff and future joint organisations …

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Hyderabad traffic police and NSS team up to spread traffic awareness
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Hyderabad traffic police and NSS team up to spread traffic awareness

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad Traffic Police, along with the National Service Scheme have launched a programme to utilise the services of volunteers for traffic regulation and for spreading awareness about road safety among citizens of Hyderabad. DGP Ravi Gupta said that the NSS volunteers who are attending traffic training will also train other students of their colleges which will definitely spread traffic …

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Absence of written National Security Strategy doesn’t mean India doesn’t have one: CDS
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Absence of written National Security Strategy doesn’t mean India doesn’t have one: CDS

The Hindu  

The absence of a written National Security Strategy doesn’t mean that the country doesn’t have one, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. I don’t know why people insist on that,” General Chauhan said at the launch of the book ‘Crafting a New Art of War’ authored by Lieutenant Colonel Gautam Das. An apex-level Defence Planning Committee …

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Admission Can’t Be Termed Irregular After Student Completes Course: HC
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Admission Can’t Be Termed Irregular After Student Completes Course: HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Justice S. Nanda of the Telangana High Court declared that long after a student has completed the course of study and was permitted to appear for the examination, the university cannot contend that the admission of the candidate was irregular or that he was ineligible for admission. The petitioner specifically contended that his admission into MA course was based …

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Kerala HC quashes four nominations made by Governor Arif Khan to Kerala varsity senate
7 months ago

Kerala HC quashes four nominations made by Governor Arif Khan to Kerala varsity senate

New Indian Express  

KOCHI : Kerala High Court on Tuesday quashed four nominations made by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in his capacity as the chancellor of universities to the senate of the Kerala University. The court issued the order on a petition filed by Arunima Ashok and another student challenging the order nominating Abhishek D Nair, a third-semester BA history student of BTM …

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Chandigarh: PGIMER to deploy NSS volunteers to streamline patient rush
7 months, 1 week ago

Chandigarh: PGIMER to deploy NSS volunteers to streamline patient rush

Hindustan Times  

To streamline patient rush within its premises, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research has partnered with the National Service Scheme after the success of its seven-day trial. The PGIMER introduced project ‘Sarathi’ on Monday, named after the Sanskrit word for “guide” or “charioteer,” which aims to help manage the growing number of patients coming to the hospital. PGIMER …

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NSS Volunteers From This Mysuru College Are Revamping The City’s Govt Schools
8 months, 2 weeks ago

NSS Volunteers From This Mysuru College Are Revamping The City’s Govt Schools

News 18  

In Mysuru, students of JSS College – who are volunteering for the National Service Scheme – have decided to revamp the government schools of the city. As a part of this, NSS students of JSS College are revamping the government schools. As per reports, the paint arrangements are being made by the JSS medical college and the students have volunteered …

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What the new expenditure survey says about poverty
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What the new expenditure survey says about poverty

New Indian Express  

The publication of a fact sheet by the National Sample Survey Office, containing the results of the NSS Household Consumer Expenditure Survey data for 2022-23, a decade after the publication of the last survey data in 2011-12, has again sparked a debate regarding poverty in India. Using the 2022-23 data on average monthly per capita consumer expenditure for rural and …

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Fall and rise in women’s work participation
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Fall and rise in women’s work participation

The Hindu  

Arguably, the debate around trends in Indian women’s employment is only outclassed by a similar one regarding trends in poverty. The broad contours of the debate, mainly relying on data from the National Sample Surveys and Periodic Labour Force Surveys, are the following: the work participation rate for women ages 15 and above fluctuated around 42% between 1993-94 and 2004-05, …

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Lok Sabha Election 2024: Election Commission Launches Campaign to Encourage First-Time Voters
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Election Commission Launches Campaign to Encourage First-Time Voters

ABP News  

The Election Commission of India recently launched the 'Mera Pehla Vote Desh Ke Liye ' campaign, aiming to foster universal participation of informed youth in elections. As one of the four pillars shaping #ViksitBharat, our vibrant youth hold… pic.twitter.com/LSLHhcNpXJ — Ministry of Education February 27, 2024 Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting & Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur, …

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"Historically Linked With Militant Groups": Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Naming Of Youth Festival As 'Intifada'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

"Historically Linked With Militant Groups": Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Naming Of Youth Festival As 'Intifada'

Live Law  

A plea has been moved beofre the Kerala High CO challenging the naming of a youth festival, 'Intifada' being conducted at NSS College, Nilamel.The petitioner, a first-year student at the NSS College, Nilamel submitted that naming the youth festival 'Intifada', an Arabic word which translates to 'shake off' cannot be used as it has been “historically linked with the militant/ …

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Decoding India’s economic realities: Comparing the state of the economy under the NDA and UPA governments
10 months, 1 week ago

Decoding India’s economic realities: Comparing the state of the economy under the NDA and UPA governments

The Hindu  

February 12, 2024 11:06 pm | Updated February 13, 2024 09:54 pm IST With the BJP-led government exuding over-confidence on the state of the economy, the interim Budget presented earlier this month has shifted focus to fiscal consolidation. Even then, the simple truth which is evident from the official data is that on average, real GDP growth was at least …

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India may finally bring National Security Strategy: What is it? Why is it needed?
1 year, 1 month ago

India may finally bring National Security Strategy: What is it? Why is it needed?

Firstpost  

After multiple attempts in the past, India has reportedly speeded up efforts to formulate its first National Security Strategy. National Security Strategy A National Security Strategy, or NSS, lays down the security objectives of a country, defines its internal and external challenges and provides guidance on how to achieve its national objectives. Speaking at the launch of the book India’s …

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