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Capturing crime - on the NCRB data for 2016

-The Hindu The increase in crimes against women must prompt better policing and all-round reform The National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016 on two important aspects, violent crime and crime against women, should prompt State governments to make a serious study of the underlying causes. Not all States are equally affected; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar record the maximum number of murders. The national tally on crimes against women, which includes rape,...

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Return to Alma Ata -Ritu Priya

-The Indian Express India’s healthcare debate should go back to the 40-year-old declaration that accords centrality to the local medical worker. India’s healthcare crisis has evoked a policy debate with arguments being made in favour of and against the public and private sector. S.N. Mohanty (‘Fixing healthcare’, IE, November 11) summarises the arguments of both sides very well. He concludes that there is a need to “design the public health system around...

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Woman spend more time doing unpaid work than men

-PTI According to the research, not only more women engage in unpaid work as compared to men, they spend two to ten times more time on unpaid work. In addition to their paid activities, this creates a double burden for them. Women spend two to ten times more time doing unpaid work than men, according to a research released today by an NGO. It said one of the major manifestations of the...

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Only those not skilled enough lost jobs: Prasad

-The Times of India BHOPAL: Union IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday that only those people who did not enhance their Skills lost jobs after demonetisation at a press meet in Bhopal on the eve of demonetisation. Prostitution, too, Prasad claimed, had declined. Replying to questions on demonetisation, the minister said, "There's a difference between job and employment. Only those who were not able to enhance their Skills with...

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Forget fast growth, India is barely holding on. Just look at the data -Chaitanya Kalbag

-The Economic Times Those of us in our sixties, including our prime minister, will remember the goli soda. You used a little wooden gizmo to push in a marble stuck in the mouth of a bottle and guzzled the sweet, fizzy drink with the marble dancing around inside. Then you felt full and happy. But it was mostly gas. It’s feeling a lot like that these days, and PM Narendra Modi must...

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