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Rahul Gandhi, the General Secretary of Indian National Congress on 15 November 2012 was made the head of the Congress Coordination Committee for 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
With the appointment of Rahul Gandhi, Senior leaders of Congress Ahmed Patel, Janardan Dwivedi, Digvijaya Singh, Madhusudan Mistry and Jairam Ramesh also included in the members list of the election coordination committee.
The formation of Election Coordination Committee was announced by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in the Sanvad Baithak at Surajkund in Haryana. She has also constituted three sub-groups keeping in view the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2014.


Chief Minister of Jharkhand Arjun Munda on the 13th Foundation Day of the State announced tablet computers for students who will pass matriculation. The Chief Minister made this announcement to prepare students of the states against the challenges that they would face in the tough competitive world of 21st Century.
On the eve of foundation day celebration, the Chief Minister also declared that he would be working for making all the departments of the state paperless by getting them fully computerised. The chief minister also market the year ahead as the Year for the Youth and Skill Development and the state would government would work forward to create more employment opportunities for the youths in the state.
The next five-year plan of the state had earmarked funds for benefitting about 25 lakh youths as a whole. On this foundation day celebration the state-government announced an end to the previous year agenda- the Year for Girl Child.


Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav on 15 November 2012 at his official residence in Lucknow inaugurated the New Hepline service 1090 for women.
The much-hyped Women's Power phone helpline '1090' is basically a pilot project of Uttar Pradesh Police as it was stewarded by Navneet Sikera, the Lucknow deputy inspector general of police (DIG). The helpline is largely aimed at counseling first-time offenders and if the offences continued, police would initiate legal measures against repeat offenders.
The Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav directed police officials to ensure that the motive behind the helpline was met, and that no technical snags affected its functioning.



A Report on Right to Education (RTE) by the Union Ministry of Human Development Resource revealed that the percentage enrolment of the Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) as students in primary and upper primary is low to an unacceptable level in India.

The report also threw light on the fact that about 20 percent of the teachers teaching in different schools of the nation are not professionally qualified for teaching, following the revised guidelines issued by the National Council of Teacher Education (NCTC).