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In poor health

With just about 5 beds per 10,000 people, India’s hospital capability is abysmally low, lower than most developing Asian nations and also World Health Organisation’s recommended number of 30 Read more

Almost 79% migrants availed PDS at their home locations, says study

Despite implementation of the One Nation One Ration Card Scheme, which is a game-changer for beneficiaries, portability among migrants has been found to be low. This is because 79 per cent of them avail PDS only at their home locations, a new study has found. The study conducted jointly by the Council for Social Development (CSD) and German Development …

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Ensuring social protection in post-Covid era

Delivering the keynote address at a dissemination-cum-consultation workshop on the study on ‘Status and Pathways for Portability of Cash and In-Kind Transfers in India’, Dr Apurv Mishra from the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) mentioned that this report came at a time of intense and cascading global challenges. The short-term disruptions with COVID-19 have …

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