The High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage for India on Sunday held a brainstorming session here to address concerns raised by the World Bank over some of the recommendations in its report for the 12th Five Year Plan. Among the issues raised were marginalisation of the private sector and the “elimination of intermediation by insurance companies.” The expert group, which will revert to the Planning Commission on Monday with...
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Climate change dialogue at Durban keenly poised by Arvind Gupta
The 17th Conference of Parties (COP) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is being held in Durban, South Africa, from November 28 to December 9, 2011. Urgent action is required to arrest the inexorable rise in global CO2 emissions. What are the issues before this Important international meeting on Climate Change? The last meeting of the COP was held in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2010. The 17th COP will...
More »Government firm on FDI in retail, may at best defer decision by Smita Gupta
The United Progressive Alliance government appeared determined on Monday not to roll back its decision to permit foreign direct investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector, despite intense pressure from allies and the Opposition alike, not to mention the Congress' Uttar Pradesh unit which faces an uphill task in next year's Assembly polls. At best, sources said, the government might postpone a decision on its implementation by referring it to an...
More »‘Centre will ensure fair deal to tribal people'
-The Hindu The Central Government is trying to put in place a system which will not only ensure minimum support price to tribal produce but also get maximum remunerative price. Informing this to media persons here on Sunday, Union Minister for Tribal Welfare and Panchayati Raj V. Kishore Chandra Deo said that he was working on a policy paper on minor forest produce in this regard. “All the states are stakeholders. We...
More »FDI in retail: All-party meet chaired by Pranab Mukherjee ends
-The Times of India The government convened an all-party meet to end the FDI logjam in Parliament on Tuesday morning. The all-Important meeting was chaired by Pranab Mukherjee, and according to Times Now, failed to make any breakthrough. It remains to be seen if the opposition parties allow Parliament to function. Pranab Mukherjee, who met the opposition leaders to end the FDI crisis in Parliament, is likely to apprise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about...
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