Finally, there's some good news for the United Progressive Alliance government. Consumption numbers for the past six years show that real incomes have grown much faster under the Congress-led coalition than during the National Democratic Alliance era. What's more, poverty is trending down and rural wages are growing smartly. The 2009-10 survey by the National Statistical Survey Organisation (NSSO) shows real spending by each person in rural India rose 6.3%...
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Too many hollow promises by Arvind Kejriwal
In government schools in the villages, teachers rarely turn up. They collect their monthly salaries and pay a part of it to Basic Shiksha Adhikari for marking false attendance. Medicines are diverted to the black market before they reach government hospitals. Poor people are turned away when they go to hospitals. There is endless corruption in the work done by various panchayats. Rations meant for people living in extreme poverty...
More »Maruti, workers on warpath again by Pankaj Doval
Maruti Suzuki is once again headed for a confrontation with the rebel workers' body at its Manesar plant that witnessed the 13-day strike last month. Fresh trouble is brewing at the plant as the rebel body Maruti Suzuki Employees Union (MSEU) has decided to boycott the union election slated for July 16. The company has said it neither recognizes the rebel body nor is ready to talk to them. MSEU has...
More »Now, The Oil Stain by Lola Nayar
By exposing its lesser arm, is the petromin hiding bigger sins? Petro Fallout * Murli Deora, who as petroleum minister sought the CAG audit and sanctioned a CVC probe, offers to quit his ministerial post * CBI action reinforces CAG draft report findings blaming DGH for oversight in implementation of production-sharing contracts * Unease in market, as yet another CBI probe into charges of DGH having favoured RIL in its...
More »Private plan for rural health care by Sanjay Mandal
The Mamata Banerjee government has initiated an ambitious project to bring specialised health care to rural Bengal, asking private hospitals to set up “super-speciality” units alongside state-run hospitals in the districts. As a start, the chief minister has taken up with cardiologist and Asia Heart Foundation chairman Devi Shetty a plan to set up six such hospitals that would provide the sort of critical care that is now missing in most...
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