-Livemint.com New government data show India saw fewer cases of farmers taking their lives in 2018 than the year before. But this doesn’t mean rural distress is down. Much needs to be done It is tempting to relate the decline in the number of farmer suicides in 2018, as reported by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), to an abatement in rural distress. Such a temptation should, however, be tempered. There have...
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India's growth projected to 'deceleRATe' to 5% in 2019-2020: World Bank
-PTI The World Bank said India's growth RATe was likely to recover to 5.8 per cent in the following financial year. Washington: The World Bank has projected a five per cent growth RATe for India in the 2019-2020 fiscal, but said it was likely to recover to 5.8 per cent in the following financial year. The growth RATe for Bangladesh has been projected to remain above seven per cent through the forecast horizon...
More »It's official: GDP RATe seen slumping to 5% -Aanchal Magazine
-The Indian Express Manufacturing growth is seen slowing to 2.0 per cent in 2019-20 from 6.9 per cent last year, while construction is expected to post a growth of 3.2 per cent in 2019-20 from 8.7 per cent last year. WITH A sharp slowdown in manufacturing and construction, and the only major support coming from government expenditure, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth RATe is seen slumping to 5.0 per cent, the...
More »Taking stock of infant deaths: in Rajasthan, GujaRAT and the rest of India -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express As outrage continues over the deaths of babies in J K Lon Hospital in Kota, Rajasthan, and in the civil hospital in Rajkot, GujaRAT, the fact remains that India has the most child deaths in the world. In 2017, UNICEF estimated 8,02,000 babies had died in India. Every day, India witnesses the death of an estimated 2,350 babies aged less than one year. Among them, an average 172 are...
More »Pia Oberoi, senior advisor on migRATion, UN Human Rights Office, interviewed by DVL Padma Priya (Suno India podcast)
-Suno India podcast/ TheWire.in In conversation with Pia Oberoi, senior advisor on migRATion, UN Human Rights Office. A few days ago, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued a statement condemning the “fundamentally discriminatory” Citizenship (Amendment) Act. While welcoming the goal of protecting persecuted groups, the UN Body called out against the exclusion of Muslims including minority sects. The statement pointed out that the new law “undermines” the commitment to equality enshrined in...
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