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cmbhat - 23-SEP-2010
A small note prior to reading: I am new to Praja and have not read threads related to this subject. Also this posting is done with the help of someone as I am not good in computers and internet. I came to know about meeting with Praveen Sood. Hence my inputs are here for the meeting. All the best ! |
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National Rural Health Statistics! kbsyed61 - 19-SEP-2010
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website has lot of statistics and data on National RuralHealth Mission. Very interesting to find that at thispoint of time, in our beloved country Primary Health Centers are run without water and power supply. Couresy - Indian Helath Ministry |
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Health Indicators of Karnataka State kbsyed61 - 17-SEP-2010
HEALTH INDICATORS OF KARNATAKA |
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Working group on railways - 11th 5-yr plan (2007–2012) Naveen - 11-SEP-2010
“Report of the working group on railway programmes for 11th 5-year plan (2007–2012)” has the following salient points with regard to suburban rail. Due to file size, the entire report is not attached to this post. |
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Elevated Coastal Expressway - Chennai idontspam - 9-SEP-2010
Kicking off topics for our friends in Chennai with this burning issue. An elevated expressway is planned along the coast line. See here for the details. This is causing a lot of heartburn amongst the people who are questioning its utility. |
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Red Board buses v/s Black board buses ss87 - 9-SEP-2010
BMTC's ordinary services are of 2 types-the red board catering to the suburban areas and the black board catering to the city areas. By the way of passes the red board passes have higher fares owing to the distance covered by the buses (Route no. 210 and above covering a minimum 15-20kms from city centre).
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idontspam - 6-SEP-2010
Where's the widening in roadwidening? A very good piece of investigation work. Uncovered the incompetence that is BBMP. We need somebody to step in and stop these people from causing any damage to the city. Its like a mental institution on the loose. |
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A small note for IAS aspirants - Civil Services Examination Mani1972 - 5-SEP-2010
Wanted Praja to host an often requested note on civil services examination. Hope it is okay to host this one-off small note for IAS aspirants. |
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Public service delivery in Indian cities idontspam - 28-AUG-2010
Here is a review of a book on urban spending. It substantiates most of what we have been saying variously on Praja. The review highlights an example of how BBMP is spending 32 times lesser than the norm for streetlights. This translates into lower coverage and bad maintenance. |
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Right to Information act (RTI) and transparency psaram42 - 16-AUG-2010
In this age of the internet and exponential growth of the web, the RTI act 2005 should have been at best, a history by now. It is amazing to read the RTI 2005 document available on the web. It creates posts like Chief Information Commissioner and what not, for providing the so called information. I admit I could not, nor was I interested in reading this kind of document. |