A plethora of government initiatives to provide access to primary education may be underway, but issues of equity, quality and access remain areas of concern - particularly in rural schools.
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Breaking with Manmohan a mistake, says Bardhan A leading Communist leader has admitted that withdrawing support to the Manmohan Singh government over the India-US civilian nuclear deal and West Bengal's decisions over Nandigram and Singur cost the Left the Lok Sabha election.