-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today ticked off the government for "dilly dallying" on an affordable drug pricing policy, following a petition that said the delay was aimed at pushing through suggestions of the powerful manufacturers' lobby. A bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Gopala Gowda asked the Centre to respond within six weeks. The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) had filed the application saying the government was delaying a...
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As onion prices soar, Delhi govt may again open outlets
-PTI NEW DELHI: Concerned over escalating prices of onion, Delhi Government today said it is considering setting up of outlets across the city to make available the vegetable at reasonable rates. "We may open stalls, like we did before, to make available onions at reasonable rates in case prices continue to soar," Development Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan, who looks after functioning of wholesale vegetable and fruit markets in the city, said. He said...
More »Friendly design, but unfriendly bus conductors-Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-The Hindu New Delhi: It was to meet the commuting needs of the differently-abled, like Nitin (name changed) who is a wheel-chair user and resides in Vikaspuri in West Delhi, that low floor buses in Delhi were specially designed by a team of IIT-Delhi, Tata Motors and NGO Samarthyam. But with their drivers and conductors often not bothering to stop for the disabled and those in need of assistance, the entire...
More »Dole to check TB treatment dropouts -Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Union government is for the first time mulling a policy to use cash and food incentives to encourage patients with tuberculosis to complete treatment and reduce the risk of spread of drug-resistant TB. The ministry of health and family welfare, concerned at the large number of patients who discontinue free treatment provided by the government, is preparing a proposal to provide free ration and compensation for missed...
More »Let’s talk about the growth strategy, stupid -Jayati Ghosh
-Tehelka.com The Sen-Bhagwati ‘debate' on economic policy is focussing on the wrong issues Several things are quite remarkable about the recent debate between Professor Amartya Sen and Professor Jagdish Bhagwati. The first surprise is that such a debate could become a major news item at all, making headlines and filling screen time on news channels, when it is about economic strategies that are normally discussed only in relatively small academic and policy...
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