-The Indian Express A comprehensive employment policy combined with an industrial policy is necessary to address the crisis. A report in this paper (IE, November 1) on various employment estimates for 2017-18, based on the PLFS (periodic labour force survey) data, has received considerable attention. We have received several queries from policy makers regarding the differences in our employment estimates with studies by Laveesh Bhandari and Amaresh Dubey (BD), and Himanshu...
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One in every four TB cases is from India, show a recent international report
The newly released Global Tuberculosis Report 2019 finds that among the five risk factors behind TB cases in the country, undernourishment posed the greatest risk. Close to 7 lakh TB cases in India could be attributable to undernourishment during 2018. The other four risk factors behind TB cases were alcohol consumption (around 3 lakh TB cases), smoking (nearly 2 lakh TB cases), diabetes (more than 1 lakh TB cases) and HIV...
More »Common cancer prevalence may be way higher than estimated -Sumi Sukanya Dutta
-The New Indian Express Government data has revealed that the number of per lakh cancer incidence in India, at nearly 258 per lakh Population, is way higher than what was recorded earlier in 2016. NEW DELHI: The prevalence rate of common cancer in India could be much higher than estimated by national registry for the disease, maintained by the Indian Council for Medical Research. The recently released National Health Profile 2019 has...
More »India needs a more informed debate, better policy design to address Population growth -C Rangarajan & JK Satia
-The Indian Express The UN Population Division estimates that the medium fertility variant, the most likely scenario, will result in a peak Population of 165 crore in the year 2061 and a decline thereafter. The mention of a Population explosion by the prime minister in his Independence Day speech has rekindled debate on Population growth and family planning. The responses have varied. Some have called for a law to limit family...
More »Odisha: 272 families denied full quota of food rations due to lack of Aadhaar-linking, say activists
-Scroll.in A survey by the Right to Food campaign showed that 17 of these families did not receive any ration at all for the months of September and October. As many as 272 families in Odisha’s Nabarangpur district did not receive their quota of foodgrains for the months of September and October because of discrepancies in linking their Aadhaar numbers to the public distribution system, the Right to Food campaign has found...
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