-PTI India has 19 health workers which includes doctors and nurses for every 10,000 people in comparison to World Health Organisation (WHO) norms which prescribe 25 health workers for the same number, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. "As per the Report of the Steering Committee on Health for the 12th Five Year Plan of the Planning Commission, India has 19 health workers (doctors - 6, nurses and midwives -...
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Central scheme for girl child gets massive response in State -KC Deepika
-The Hindu 93,000 accounts opened in post offices in less than a month Bengaluru: This year is all about investing in the girl child, or so it seems, going by the tremendous interest the concept has generated. Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana' this year, as many as 93,000 accounts have been opened till March 13 across Karnataka alone. The Karnataka Postal Circle is expecting the numbers...
More »Machines drive 90% of power in farming, humans’ share drops to 5% -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Silently, agriculture in India has gone through a far-reaching change in the past few decades. The share of human power available for carrying out the myriad operations in farming has shrunk to a mere 5% as has that of draught animals, the iconic oxen pulling the plough. More than 90% of the power is now drawn from mechanical sources: tractors and power tillers provide the bulk, 47%;...
More »Cash vs kind -Rohini Somanathan and Anders Kjelsrud
-The Indian Express Given indicators that the government is considering moving to cash transfers and replacing the public distribution system (PDS), and the release of the Shanta Kumar Committee report, the debate on how best to provide food security has been rekindled. The report has a careful analysis of the sources of inefficiency at various stages of the procurement, storage and distribution system. Especially heartening is the admission that the Food...
More »New solar-powered pump promises to end farmers' irrigation woes
-PTI Vadodara: The farmers in the country can do away with their dependence on conventional forms of energy for operating pumps to water their fields as a private company has come up with a solar-energy operated pump, which will also reduce environment pollution. ABB India has developed a solar-powered water pump for irrigating crops with rural India facing problems in the supply of electricity and availability of diesel for operating gensets. "ABB solar...
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