Gandhinagar, June 29 (IANS) The ULLAS Navbharat literacy program, a one-of-a-kind initiative under the National Education Policy (NEP), is playing a vital role in empowering rural youth and women by providing elementary education and equipping them with basic functional literacy skills, including reading, writing, and numeracy. The initiative has yielded excellent results in Gujarat’s Mahisagar district, where the youth from marginalized and deprived sections have now learnt to read and write. T…
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Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Actor Shekhar Suman, who is receiving a lot of positive response to his work in the recently released show ‘The Pyramid Scheme’, has spoken up on the state of affairs in the nation, and how illiteracy makes people fall for false promises be it in politics or schemes that promise quick buck. The actor spoke with IANS along with Ranvir Shorey, Shreyansh Pandey and Paramvir Cheema during the promotional run of the show.When asked if he thinks India has more problems becaus…
Islamabad, Jan 5 (IANS) With Pakistani households forced to spend nearly two-thirds of their income on food and electricity, the economy has ceased to be about growth and has become one of survival, a report said on Monday. Citing the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics’ latest Household Integrated Economic Survey, it revealed that life in Pakistan has increasingly become a matter of basic survival.“Food alone now absorbs more than a third of household spending. Another quarter goes into housing, el…