-The Hindu The Hindu has accessed a presentation made by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to the Standing Committee on Finance; 12.4% growth needed to achieve the figure, Mr. Kant said. The road to a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is beset with many speed breakers, the NITI Aayog has warned the government. To begin with, the think tank has said the nominal GDP growth — a measure of growth without accounting for...
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Big Data: Don't ask how much, ask what for -Swapnil Shekhar & Kaamila Patherya
-The Hindu Business Line Big Data by itself will give little insight, especially when it comes to consumption patterns. Indicators that help contextualise the information collected must be used Everyone seems to be talking about Big Data. Organisations across sectors are buying into the premise of data-driven decision-making and growth. Studies show that the overall adoption of data science and analytics at large Indian firms has been as high as 64 per...
More »India's TB report must be seen in light of the country's slide in Hunger Index -Shah Alam Khan
-The Indian Express With a virtually unregulated private health system, an increase in notification of TB patients could be heartening for the government. But for the public health system, it is bad news. Over the last month or so, we saw some important documentation on India’s public health. The Annual India Tuberculosis (TB) report was released by the government on September 26. India is now home to about a quarter of...
More »Govt's Poshan Abhiyaan can take lessons on social accountability from MGNREGA -K Anuradha
-News18.com Another approach to improving citizen engagement could be through community platforms like Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and gram sabhas. The Poshan Abhiyaan intends to do this, but lacks how these platforms reinforce accountability. We are a nation that carries 23.8% of the global burden of malnutrition, with a total of 195.9 million under-nourished people. But it is reassuring that the government is committed to tackle malnutrition on a war footing with...
More »For the demographic dividend -Amitabh Kundu
-The Indian Express Focusing on health, education of women will bring down population, increase work participation The World Population Prospects 2019 has reported that India’s total fertility rate (TFR) has declined from 5.9 in early Sixties to 2.4 to 2010-15. TFR is defined as the total number of children to be born to women in her lifetime by the current age specific fertility rates. By 2025-30, it will fall to 2.1,...
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