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
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A CO2 tax from the EU would be unfair to India
Eine CO2-Abgabe der EU wäre unfair gegenüber Indien https://www.welt-sichten.org/artikel/40633/eine-co2-abgabe-der-eu-waere-unfair-gegenueber-indien
The Population Challenge: Demographic dividend or demographic disaster?
Overtaking China in terms of population is not a good news for India. While there has been much talk about demographic dividend, what India has been experiencing is rather demographic disaster, which can be reduced only through faster improvement of education and healthcare in the country.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 …
Challenges of Agricultural Marketing Reforms
Marketing reforms in the agriculture sector is the need of the hour to make it a remunerative livelihood activity for farmers of the country, who constitute almost 70 per cent of the population. But this needs to be made through a wide consultation process involving all stakeholders, particularly the farming community. Reforms made by the …
India needs to build solar-electricity storage system: Researcher
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A Tribute to a Humble Farmer
No, this is not about our former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, but my father. It would, however, be injustice to describe a multifaceted personality that he was, just as a farmer. He was an accomplished singer of Kirtan, Baul and Kavigan (Tarja), and proficient in playing several musical instruments. He organised and directed a Jatra/Alkap troupe where most of …