-Down to Earth Nearly 83 per cent medicines out of the ambit of price control policy, thus making them out of reach for most patients, say two recent reports Indicating failure of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPP), 2012 and the Drugs Price Control Order (DPCO), 2013, two recently-released reports have stated that medicines are still not accessible and affordable for the citizens of the country. The reports that were jointly released...
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Parties must adopt an agenda that guarantees women their rights -Jayanthi Natarajan
-The Hindustan Times The women's reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 but has not yet been passed in the Lok Sabha. No other legislation in our democratic history has been discussed for so many years (15 years) without being passed or rejected. Such a delay has happened even though major parties support the Bill and there are 1.2-1.5 million women who hold elected office at the local level...
More »India will take around 56 years to achieve female youth literacy: Report -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Literacy is still a distant dream for vulnerable young women. Going at the present pace of development, India will take at least another 56 years to achieve female youth literacy. A serious gender imbalance in global education has left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries unable to read a single sentence, and will prevent half of the 31 million girls...
More »Karnataka LS members spent 75 p.c. of MPLADS funds-Anil Kumar Sastry
-The Indian Express They were entitled to a total of Rs. 516.93 cr. in 2009-14 Bangalore: Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Karnataka have spent about 75 per cent of the funds under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS). Among them, Bellary MP J. Shantha has spent the least - Rs. 5.89 crore out of the Rs. 12.11 crore released (48.65 per cent). According to the Union Ministry of...
More »56% women faced corruption in public services in a year: Study -Vanita Srivastava
-The Hindustan Times Over half of the women respondents (56%) shared that they or any member of the household experienced corruption at least once during the last 12 months, a study on access of women to certain basic and essential public services released on Friday said. The CMS-India Corruption Study (CMS-ICS 2013) focuses on access of women to certain basic and essential public services. CMS has been conducting regular studies on corruption...
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