Updates from Sanstuti Foundation

Program wise Updates 1- School Ke Sath Hum: (Quality Support Program) We are continuously supporting to school to enhance the activities. Teachers are taking initiatives in the activities. We have done some of below tasks. A- Drawing Competition "Kala Ke Rang, Tyoharon Ke Sang" B- Celebrated Children's Day C- Plantation D- School Ground got cemented...

Electoral Reform: NOTA in local body elections

Maharashtra has boldly expanded NOTA, with Haryana following suit. If the ‘none of the above’ option receives the most votes in local body elections in December, a re-poll will be held, the state election commissions have said. Read the full article here:  https://scroll.in/article/902716/maharashtra-has-boldly-taken-the-nota-idea-further-but-will-the-move-withstand-legal-scrutiny

Stop Giving Licence To The ‘Good Guys’ To Get Away With Assaulting Women

Shailendra Rai [2015-17] first posted @ https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2018/10/me-too-movement-a-way-forward/ Patriarchy is a well-played game, and I’m the winner of this game just like many other men. I’m saying this because it’s the patriarchy which has made me privileged and powerful – to the point that I can narrate one of my sisters’ story instead of her. Because patriarchy...

सुशिक्षित तरुण-तरुणींना नोकरी का मिळत नाही?

- गणेश पोळ [MA Dev 2015-17] first posted @ https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-45685280 तलाठी, कारकून किंवा पोलीस काँस्टेबल पदासाठी MBA, Ph.D, इंजिनिअरसारख्या पदवीधारकांचे अर्ज आलेल्या बातम्या तुम्ही कधीतरी वाचल्या असतीलच. तुमच्या आजूबाजूलाही असे अनेक तरुण, तरुणी असतील की ज्यांच्याकडे पदवी तर आहे पण नोकरी नाही. याचं कारण काय असावं? गेल्या 2-3 दशकांत देशाची आर्थिक प्रगती झपाट्यानं झाली, पण...

We Won In Court, But Is Indian Society Ready To Accept The LGBTQ Community?

First published here: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2018/09/long-way-to-go/ Shailendra Rai We have definitely won one of the most difficult battles which was decriminalisation of homosexuality, but is this enough? A historic verdict is, of course, a very significant move, but no, this just isn’t enough. There are even more challenging and difficult paths ahead. Our Constitution ensures equal rights, freedom,...

Ek Akela Is Shaher Mein

Originally published at: https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/wVtxiRo9IVOMNsKs0o0AfM/Opinion--The-dream-of-a-new-India-trapped-in-old-realities.html By Anurag Behar Hunting for a house to make your first home away from home is a rite of passage. He was doing this in a small town 2,000km away from his home. My young colleague’s anxiety reduced as the conversation with the kindly lady progressed. She was the owner of...

Government Is Preparing The Ground For Decline Of Rural Jobs Programme

First published here: http://www.indiaspend.com/indiaspend-interviews/government-is-preparing-the-ground-for-decline-of-rural-jobs-programme-11191 Mumbai: In the budget for 2018-19, the government allocated the largest sum for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the world’s largest job-guarantee programme, since its launch in 2006. Yet, the allocation was no more than the 2017-18 revised estimate (that approximates actual requirement) of Rs 55,000 crore. In 2012-13, the share of MGNREGS was...

Government Is Preparing The Ground For Decline Of Rural Jobs Programme

- Shreehari Paliath [MA Dev, 2014-16] first posted @ http://www.indiaspend.com/indiaspend-interviews/government-is-preparing-the-ground-for-decline-of-rural-jobs-programme-11191 Mumbai: In the budget for 2018-19, the government allocated the largest sum for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), the world’s largest job-guarantee programme, since its launch in 2006. Yet, the allocation was no more than the 2017-18 revised estimate (that approximates actual requirement) of Rs 55,000 crore....

Munda tribes of Jharkhand desire inclusive development

First published here: https://www.villagesquare.in/2018/08/27/munda-tribes-of-jharkhand-desire-inclusive-development/ By Tripta Sharma works as a senior project manager at ACCESS Development Services, Delhi. (Views are personal) Once self-sufficient, the Munda farming community in Jharkhand has accepted changes in governance that promises social and economic development. But, inclusive development has eluded them The image of a Munda in his dhoti is a familiar...

Sanstuti Foundation- Updates from April to August 2018

We are pleased to share with you that, our work is in progress... Updates program Wise: 1- School Ke Sath Hum: (Quality Support Program) We are supporting regularly to school in terms of Academic i.e. in assessment, some teaching methods. Resources: Books, TLMs, Stationary. And Regularity of the teacher in school by discussing with the Gram Pradhan & SMC....