If you are not serious about non-communicable diseases, then this single piece of information is enough to sCare you -- during 2019, almost two-third of deaths in India occurred due to such diseases i.e., NCDs. The newly released report by World Health Organization shows that out of the total deaths in 2019 in our country, about 28 percent were caused by Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), 10 percent by cancers, 12 percent by chronic...
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Jharkhand ration delivery glare -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe are not getting food grains under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana Jamshedpur: The Jharkhand government going high on its doorstep delivery campaign Apki Yojana, Apki Sarkar, Apke Dwar has reasons to ponder on execution of welfare schemes with several families of the particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) denied rations for seven months. Over 19 PVTG families belonging to the Korwa tribe, one of...
More »COVID-19 lockdown meant no MGNREGA work for 39% job Card holders -Himanshu Nitnaware
-Down to Earth Over 2,000 households surveyed across four states; Massive expansion of work scheme needed to meet demand, finds study About 39 per cent of all job Card holders seeking work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 did not get a single day of work during the national lockdown imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. The findings were revealed by a study conducted by Azim...
More »Do not ignore the role of the woman livestock farmer -Madhura Swaminathan and Vijayamba R.
-The Hindu Further, women need to be included in all facets of livestock development — breeding, veterinary Care, extension services, training or access to credit and markets The livestock sector is one of the most rapidly growing components of the rural economy of India, accounting for 5% of national income and 28% of agricultural GDP in 2018-19. In the last six years, the livestock sector grew at 7.9% (at constant prices) while...
More »In All-India Database Plan, A National Register Of Citizens (NRC) Prequel -Sunil Prabhu
-NDTV The government wants to integrate the database with the population register and electoral rolls, Aadhaar Card, ration Card, passport and driving licences and has moved a cabinet note to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act. New Delhi: In what is being seen as the first step towards a nationwide National Register of Citizens, the Union Home Ministry plans to set up a national database of all Indian citizens, registering...
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