-Newsclick.in A plethora of evidence shows that in India, public-private partnerships have either been rolled back or have led to poor health outcomes. Recently, government think-tank NITI AAYog came up with a proposal for running district hospitals in public-private partnership (PPP) mode. Under the proposal, new and existing private medical colleges will be linked with functional district hospitals. According to sources, the proposal is open to public comments till February 10, 2020. There...
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How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer -Kiran Pandey
-Down to Earth Latest NITI AAYog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states towards cutting poverty dipped With every fifth Indian still below the poverty line, the country needs to take huge strides to alleviate poverty. For most states, though, it did not seem the priority, going by the poverty score card in the SDG Index 2019-20 released by the NITI AAYog just before 2019 ended. The index...
More »How the states, UTs scored on various goals in SDG Index
-The Indian Express Kerala is in the top slot with a score of 70, while Bihar is at the bottom with 50. NITI AAYog has released its latest SDG India Index 2019, which assesses each state and Union Territory’s achievement on 16 sustainable development goals (SDG). Kerala is in the top slot with a score of 70, while Bihar is at the bottom with 50. Each of the 16 SDGs — ranging from...
More »A persisting variance: On sustainable goals index
-The Hindu Even better performing States have not fared well in achieving gender equality The NITI AAYog’s Sustainable Development Goals Index for 2019, released on Monday, does not reveal any surprising information. The South’s Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka are joined by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Goa as the best performers while the northern/north-central and north-eastern States have been laggardly in achieving the U.N.-mandated goals by 2030. Poor performers...
More »Hunger, gender bias challenge
-The Telegraph Female labour force participation in India is declining and currently stands at 17.5% Hunger and gender inequality pose two key challenges as India tries to achieve the objectives pledged under the Sustainable Development Goal, a report released by the Niti AAYog said on Monday. India is one of 193 countries that have pledged to end, among other things, poverty, hunger and gender inequality by 2030. Since last year, the Niti AAYog...
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