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MoU signing with BSF and Assam Rifles: An MoU was signed on 31st July, 2017, between National Skill Development Fund (NSDF), National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Border Security Force (BSF) with the objective to provide gainful employment to the serving, retiring and retired BSF personnel and their families ensuring the successful alignment to NSQF based skill training to them at multi-skill development centers run by BSF. A similar MoU has been signed with Assam Rifles as well.
 

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Ministry of Human Resource Development
4 -January, 2018 03:21IST

Disabled Friendly Infrastructure in Schools and Colleges

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had issued various instructions from time to time to all the Centrally Funded Educational Institution to ensure barrier free environment in the buildings, which would include provision of ramps, rails, lifts, adaption of toilets for wheel chair users, braille signages and auditory signals, tactile flooring etc. to PwDs, as envisaged in the PwDs Act.

University Grants Commission (UGC) has also issued various instructions from time to time to the Universities regarding Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan), as a nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal accessibility for PwDs. It is also mandatory for All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved institutions to have barrier free structure to encourage persons with disabilities for technical education.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 provides that every school should have barrier-free access. The Ministry of Human Resource Development on 22nd March, 2017 has advised all States and UTs to achieve 100% barrier free infrastructure/access for the benefit of children including CWSN by March, 2020.

The Centrally sponsored Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) provides for barrier free access in the elementary schools for the benefit of children with special needs (CWSN). As per Unified District Information System for Education, 2015-16, 61.83% of elementary schools are having ramps and 23.08% schools have been provided CWSN friendly toilets where CWSN enrolment >0.

At present out of 1180 Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country, 1080 Kendriya Vidyalayas are provided with ramp up to ground level and 979 Kendriya Vidyalayas with Special toilets facilities.

MHRD is also implementing the scheme of Inclusive Education for Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) as part of RMSA, under IEDSS component, central assistance is provided for student oriented assistance @ Rs. 3000/- per child per annum, besides support for engagement of special teachers, equipping resource room, making school barrier free, orientation of parents, administrators, educationists etc.

UGC provides building grant to colleges. The guidelines for construction of building insists on colleges to ensure creation of special facilities such as ramps, rails, and special toilets and make other necessary changes to suit the special needs of differently abled persons. These facilities are mandatory.

Under the Scheme for implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIDPA), 1995, the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment also provides grants-in-aid for making barrier free environment in Government building.

This information was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satyapal Singh today in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.

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Under SSA, during the year 2017-18, 3762 assessment camps have been conducted, 65596 CWSN provided assistive devices, 16731 visually impaired children provided Braille Books and 37741 low vision children have been provided large print books, till 30.09.2017. Further, transport and escort support has been provided to 92539 and 75889 CWSN respectively. Therapeutical support has been provided to 137507 CWSN and 222602 teachers have been given training on curricular adaptations.

SSA provides approval @Rs. 3000/- per child per annum, of which at least Rs. 1000/- per child can be earmarked for engaging resource teachers exclusively for CWSN. SSA also has a provision of engagement of two resource persons per Block Resource Centre for CWSN. 18,934 such resource persons and resource teachers are currently engaged under SSA. These resource persons/teachers are technically qualified to teach CWSN.

The National Council of Educational Research & Training has developed exemplar material on curricular adaptations, inclusive teaching and how to adopt flexibility in evaluation for children with disabilities in inclusive classrooms. These handbooks, meant for primary and upper primary level teachers, cover all disabilities, including cognitive and intellectual disabilities, and have been disseminated to all States and UTs.
 

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Defence minister Sitharaman withdraws order that ranked military officers with bureaucracy



Indian soldiers marching (Representational image) | Photo by Daniel Berehulak /Getty Images
Touchy topic for armed forces since October 2016 resolved; supremacy of military officers over civilian counterparts to be maintained.

Stepping in to resolve what has been a touchy topic for the armed forces, defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman has ordered the withdrawal of a controversial order that seemed to downgrade the ranks of military officers as compared to their civilian counterparts.

In fresh directions issued Thursday, the minister has maintained the supremacy of military officers over civilian counterparts in the armed forces headquarters by officially withdrawing an October 2016 order that had led to an uproar.

The contention of the armed forces was that the government was systematically downgrading the status of its officers by equating say, a principal director in the ministry to a major-general. Prior to the 2016 order, a principal director would be equated with the lower rank of brigadier.

Along with the 2016 order, Sitharaman has withdrawn all local designations that were assigned to civilian and service officers at the service headquarters. This move will take care of the biggest objections of the armed forces that civilians who were junior earlier had been suddenly elevated in rank.

Restoring a pre-2016 order of precedence and reporting, the minister has ordered that restructuring of the civilian cadre will be carried out at a later stage as approved by the Union Cabinet.



The rank parity issue was impacting work at service headquarters ever since the 2016 letter, with the armed forces refusing to accept senior appointments of civilian officers. Several letters of such appointments — to ranks say of a principal director or joint director — were disregarded by the forces, impeding normal work flow.

An attempt to create posts to the level of additional director general in five wings of the armed forces was also shot down. In her orders, Sitharaman has specified that creation of any new posts would be done only in consultation with service headquarters.

Earlier, the ministry had appointed a three-member committee headed by an additional secretary to study the issue and recommend solutions.

https://theprint.in/2018/01/05/defe...nks-military-officers-compared-civilian-ones/
 

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Ministry of Defence
8 -January, 2018 19:02 IST


Army Technology Seminar : 2018


The second edition of Army Technology Seminar was organised at Manekshaw Centre by the Indian Army on 08 January 2018. The theme of the seminar was ‘Technology as a Key Enabler to Overcome Challenges of Military Operations in High Altitude’. It highlighted the current and long term needs of technology and equipment for the Indian Army. Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff gave the key note address during the inaugural session of seminar. The seminar was attended by Serving Officers of the Indian Army, DRDO Scientists, representatives of Industry and Academia.

During previous seminars the Indian Army published various technological problems being faced during operations in the form of two compendiums, which has got encouraging response from Industry and Academia in the form of various technological solutions which were exhibited during the seminar. Indigenously developed technology and equipment will assist in increasing self-reliance in defence and contribute significantly to the ‘Make in India’ initiative. In order to further consolidate on the advances made, Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff released the Third Edition of Compendium of Problem Definition Statement based on current requirements of Indian Army.



 

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