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Indians Donated 43% More In 2020 Pandemic Year: Survey
WEB24 Sep 2021 12:30 AM GMT. New Delhi: The average amount of individual donations to philanthropy in India went up by 43% during the pandemic, says a report released on September 24 by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), a global non-profit, based on online surveys of 2,000 Indians across cities. More than 60% of …
How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City (And How Others Can …
WEBOct 2, 2019 · Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Every morning, garbage vans across Indore play the celebratory song, “Indore hua hai number one (Indore has become number one),” sung by Bollywood singer Shaan in 2017, when Indore was ranked first of 471 towns and cities on the government’s Swachhata Sarvekshan (cleanliness survey ) rankings. “Every day the garbage van makes its way from one end of the street ...
"We Have Given Up Hope": Why Residents of Ghatal Are Tired of …
WEBJan 3, 2023 · Ganesh Maity, a resident of Ghatal block, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. Maity, like all residents of the area, is tired of the frequent floods that have become even more frequent in the last couple of years. G.P. Sharma, President of Skymet, a private Indian company that provides weather forecasting services, …
Uttarakhand Natural Spring Revival Unites Women - IndiaSpend
WEBAug 1, 2022 · In several of the villages we visited in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, women have been taking charge of reviving and managing springs. However, in villages that have people from different castes, spring rejuvenation and management, although led by women, is separated by caste. Kamala Devi, …
Decoding India’s First COVID-19 Gender Budget
WEBOver the 2005-06 to 2020-21 period the Gender Budget, on average, was allocated 5% of total expenditure. Rs 63,800 crore ($8.7 billion) was added to the current financial year's original Gender Budget estimate of Rs 143,462 crore ($19.6 billion). This increase was primarily driven by COVID-19 emergency measures, such as direct benefit transfers ...
BE, RE Or Actuals: What Do You Need To Look At In The
WEBJan 31, 2022 · When you look at the new budget documents that will be published this February, look out for these three numbers: the budget estimates or BE, which will tell you what the government plans or had planned to allocate to each ministry, the revised estimates or RE, which will tell you how much the budget was revised from the BE, and third, the actual amount spent, or expenditure, which will be ...
How Much Is India Spending On Its Public Libraries?
WEBJun 22, 2019 · In the US, for example, the public library system provides services to 95.6% of the total population and spends $35.96 per capita annually, whereas in India the per capita expenditure on the development of public libraries translates to 7 paise. The funding for libraries in the US is primarily local —80% of the funding comes from local ...
Why Ragpickers, Unrecognised And Unpaid, Are Critical For Waste ...
WEBMay 12, 2017 · Why rag-picking is a free but critical civic service. Ragpickers actually complement the work of civic bodies, Shashi Bhushan Pandit, who runs the All India Kabadi Mazdoor Mahasangh, pointed out in this March 2016 interview. “According to the law under which a municipality is set up, it places dustbins according to the size of the population.
How Land Diversion Laws Threaten Forests and Forest Dwellers
WEBSep 25, 2020 · Coimbatore: By bypassing the Forest Rights Act in acquiring land for compensatory afforestation and by allowing plantations to replace biodiverse forests as a part of this afforestation, two laws meant to protect forests and the environment are actually threatening India’s dwindling forests and already marginalised forest dwellers, an analysis of land diversion data since 2008 and amendments ...
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