-The Hindu Child protection officers cite role of some gangs in the racket Vijaywada: Poverty has forced a few women in Andhra Pradesh to sell their babies. In two cases reported in Eluru and Mangalagiri in the past three or four days, the women gave statements that their family members sold the babies unable to care for them. “Earlier, we have seen cases of issueless couples resorting to illegal adoptions and purchasing...
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Conflicting economic, strategic interests loom over RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting -Mitali Mukherjee
-Scroll.in Warming up to Russia may help as growth forecasts have been cut and fuel PRIces are rising but could sabotage the tightrope New Delhi is walking with the West. The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting will kick off on APRIl 6. Much has happened on the politico-economic landscape since the central bank last met and spoke. For starters, growth targets are seeing some salami-slicing of their own. On...
More »Household Out-Of-Pocket expenses on health services push 55 million into poverty in India: WHO report -Kavita Bajeli-Datt
-The New Indian Express A significant share, almost two-thirds of OOP expenses, are for purchasing outpatient care, especially medicines. NEW DELHI: Household Out-Of-Pocket (OOP) expenses on health services, especially medicines, continue to push over 55 million people in India into poverty, with over 18 per cent of households incurring catastrophic levels of health expenditures annually, says a WHO report. Despite India’s billing as the ‘pharmacy of the world,’ its population’s access to medicines...
More »Pradeep Multani, president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, interviewed by Kaushal Shroff (TheWire.in)
-TheWire.in Pradeep Multani, president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talks about how the shortage of raw materials and high input PRIces are posing a challenge to small businesses in India. Mumbai: Inflation pressures are looming ominously on the Indian business horizon. While the margins of large domestic and multinational corporations have come under pressure, they still have the balance sheet heft to absorb raw material PRIce shocks and the...
More »Farmers in Tamil Nadu throw tomatoes on roadside after PRIce falls to Rs 2 per kg
-IndiaToday.in Farmers from some parts of Tamil Nadu threw their tomato harvest on the roadside after the PRIce of the crop fell to rates as low as Rs 2 per kilogram. Dharmapuri: After the PRIce of tomatoes plummeted to figures as low as Rs 2 per kilogram, farmers from some parts of Tamil Nadu threw their harvest on the roadside or allowed it to rot in the field. Three months ago, the PRIce...
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