-Press Release from Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan The Delhi Rozi Roti AdhikarAbhiyan today held a Jan Sunnwai on the problems being faced by people in Delhi while accessing their PDS entitlements under the Natonal Food Security Act (NFSA). The NFSA provides for priority ration cards for 42% of Delhi’s population. Households with priority ration cards are eligible to receive 5kgs of foodgrains per person per month at subsidised prices....
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The post-dengue prognosis -K Srinath Reddy & NR Narayana Murthy
-The Indian Express The steady state efficiency of healthcare needs to be raised so that crises like this one can be avoided. In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty; all are responsible.” While these words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel ring true for many social and political ills that appall us, they are also a timely reminder of our collective responsibility to correct the pathetic state of...
More »Centre slashes aid for 18 social sector schemes -Brajesh Kumar
-Hindustan Times The Centre has decided to slash its share of funds in about 18 social sector schemes including flagship education programme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) in a cutback that has been criticised by states. The central government and states would contribute equally for programmes such as SSA, Rashtriya Uchchtar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), a departure from the previous 65%-35% formula. Sources said the department of economic affairs...
More »Most crimes against women intensified in last 11 years
India is increasingly becoming an unsafe place for women to live, as has been confirmed by the recent report entitled Crime in India 2014 from National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Although the rate of total cognizable crime committed against women in India has been 56.3, the rate of IPC Crimes under Sexual Offences stood at 22.16 during 2014, finds the report Crime in India 2014. Most cognizable crimes against women...
More »New Health Policy and Chronic Disease: Analysis of Data and Evidence -Subrata Mukherjee, Anoshua Chaudhuri, and Anamitra Barik
-Economic and Political Weekly The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made public the National Health Policy 2015 Draft for discussion. The draft is more exhaustive and better organised in its coverage compared to the National Health Policy of 2002. It touches upon contemporary issues of concern, including the rapid emergence of chronic non-communicable diseases. From the latest available evidence, issues crucial to tackling chronic illness in India are discussed. Subrata...
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