-Hindustan Times Healthcare in India could use the help of better data and analysis from both public health systems and PRIvate sector interventions Better data is needed to enhance state intervention in health and nutrition and harness the strengths of the well-entrenched PRIvate sector to achieve public health goals. To meet the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the next 15 years, it is important to measure progress closely and ensure mid-course...
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The return of India's super rich -Rishabh Kumar
-Livemint.com The trajectory of wealth concentration in the country, not just the levels of recently estimated inequality, is important A flurry of estimates regarding Indian inequality have captured public interest recently. Whether one believes the wealth inequality numbers presented by Credit Suisse or the distributional income accounts by Lucas Chancel and Thomas Piketty, evidence seems to state that India has high economic disparities. But inequality is to be expected in a developing...
More »The Centre could provide relief from rising fuel PRIces by cutting taxes, but here's why it may not -Nitin Sethi and Mayank Jain
-Scroll.in The PRIce of petrol and diesel remains as high even though the cost of importing crude oil has halved from 2011. In 2011 when the cost of oil being imported by India was averaging above $100 per barrel, the retail PRIce that citizens paid for petrol in Delhi averaged Rs 65 per litre. But today, when the cost of importing oil is substantially lower at an average of $50 per...
More »With PRIces Rising Post-GST, Has the Government Taken the Public for a Ride? -Arun Kumar
-TheWire.in The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is awfully complex and has confused not only businesses and the public, but also the government. Have PRIces of goods and services risen because the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is faulty or because it was not designed properly? Eighteen percent GST is levied on the food in a restaurant. This has raised the cost of eating out. Is this what was...
More »Make own strategy to double farmers' income: Centre to states
-PTI Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today urged states to chalk out their own strategy to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022. The centre has already come out with a four-volume report suggesting ways to boost farmers' income, which states will have to study and see how best it can be implemented in each state, he said. Not only productivity of various crops needs to be raised, but also...
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