-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...
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Key steps to kick-starting the economy -C Rangarajan
-The Hindu Getting financial institutions to a Healthy state when they can begin to lend confidently is most crucial for faster growth We bid goodbye to 2019 with a sigh of relief. Anything that could go wrong went wrong during this year. Growth rate plummeted. From the level of 8.1% in the fourth quarter of 2017-18, quarterly GDP growth fell to 4.5% in the second quarter of 2019-20, a fall of 3.6...
More »South has higher prevalence of mental disorders: study -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu Report finds one in seven Indians suffered from mental Health issues in 2017. Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh account for a higher prevalence of mental disorders that manifest primarily during adulthood in depression and anxiety, according to the first comprehensive estimates of disease burden attributable to mental Health from 1990 prepared by the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative and published in the Lancet Psychiatry. The study finds that...
More »Claims versus Reality: Who benefits from government funded Health insurance? -Ankur Verma
-Macroscan.org Data from the recent survey show that Health insurance coverage in India has not expanded at all between 2014 and 2018. Moreover, the benefits of Health insurance disproportionately accrue to relatively richer households while the poor are left high and dry. Please click here to read more. ...
More »Fortis, Max hospitals to stop cashless treatment if Modi govt doesn't clear dues in 15 days -Himani Chandna
-ThePrint.in The government is yet to settle dues of Rs 650 crore and the hospitals have claimed to be hard-pressed for resources. New Delhi: Top private hospitals, including Fortis, Max, BLK and Medanta, warned the Narendra Modi government Thursday of suspending the cashless treatment under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) and Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) if their dues are not paid within the next 15 days. The government is yet...
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