Tt was 1979. I sat in the corner of a crowde d criminal law classroom at the Dhaula Kuan Law Centre, hoping to remain invisible. Yet, the gaze of Mr. Dhar - a faculty member for whom I hold the deepest respect even today - was unerring.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) have partnered to help address the growing challenge of plastic waste management in Asia, a region that is home to significant environmental opportunities and challenges.
The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Citi Foundation, have officially launched the seventh edition of the Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge for 2024-2025.
Between 2011 and 2018, the phases one and two of the programme supported over 200 related community-based projects in 20 countries.
India has shown great commitment and leadership in lifting people out of poverty, especially among the poorest in the country, says Shoko Noda, Resident Representative, UNDP India.
A UNDP study suggested governments need to review their approaches to ethical conduct to have, one, compliance-based ethics management based on rules and enforcement, and, two, integrity-based ethics management relying on inducements and support.
The fellowship is developed as a pre-incubation model that would provide youth with an opportunity to establish their social enterprise focusing on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) based solutions for solving community issues, said a senior officer of the NITI Aayog, which has launched the Fellowship under Atal Innovation Mission.
The Baseline was undertaken as part of Project ‘Utthaan – Rise with Resilience’ under UNDP’s Plastic Waste Management Programme. Utthaan is UNDP India’s COVID-19 response enabling Safai Sathis to access government schemes and build more resilient communities.
According to G20 People’s Climate Vote 2021 Report, close to 67% of the youth in India consider the climate crisis as a global emergency and are vocal about the pressing need for urgent policy creation and change.
Tagore wanted the welfare of the rural poor not by prodding mere literacy but by nurturing and widening their minds to give strength and consciousness. According to Tagore, reading and writing is a secondary question, communication from heart to heart is what matters more. He reiterated that without restoration of balance between city and village, no development was possible
