-Newsclick.in Healthcare professionals and experts have raised concerns about the impact of the digital health mission’s framework on data PRIvacy and access to health. PRIme Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), which he said would “strengthen health facilities” in the country. via video conference. Currently, the project is being implemented in a pilot phase in six Union Territories. In his Independence Day speech in 2020, Narendra Modi...
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Centre extends mid-day meal scheme to 24 lakh pre-PRImary students
-The Hindu Centre rebrands mid-day meals scheme PM POSHAN; no progress on National Education Policy’s recommendation to start offering breakfasts. The Centre has rebranded the 26-year old national mid-day meal scheme to give a hot cooked meal to 11.8 crore government school students from Class 1 to 8, with the Cabinet approving a proposal to rename it as the PM POSHAN (Poshan Shakti Nirman) scheme on September 29. From the next financial year,...
More »Number Theory: Understanding the business of farming in India -Abhishek Jha and Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times Supporters of the three farm laws have been arguing that the new regime will help farmers receive better PRIces by selling products in the open market rather than the APMCs. SAS data does not support such a claim That Indian agriculture has been distress-ridden is an accepted fact in post-reform India. However, this is often discussed more in terms of farmers’ suicides, especially during the last decade, or abysmally low...
More »In spite of RBI’s warning, Centre invested Rs 250 crore in Yes Bank in 2019-20
-Scroll.in The RBI had first flagged serious lapses in the bank’s governance in 2018. The Centre invested Rs 250 crore with PRIvate lender Yes Bank in the financial year 2019-’20 even though the Reserve Bank of India had deemed the bank as risky in 2018, shows the financial statement of the PRIme Minister’s National Relief Fund. The investment in Yes Bank Fixed Deposit Receipts was made even as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman last...
More »Mizoram shows why centre’s palm-oil plans will be disastrous for farmers, environment -Kimi Colney
-CaravanMagazine.in On 15 August 2021, marking India’s 75th Independence Day, PRIme Minister Narendra Modi addressed a crowd-packed Red Fort. “Just as we are making sure that no person or no class should be left behind in the development journey of society, similarly no part of the country, no corner of the country, should be left behind,” he told the crowd. “Development should be all-round, development should be all-pervasive, development should be...
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