-The Hindu State has the worst patient-doctor RATio and most number of centres without electricity, water supply or good roads New Delhi: Facing a shortfall of 2,277 doctors — against the required strength of 3,621 — and with 942 primary health centres (PHCs) working without electricity, regular water supply and all-weather motorable approach road, Uttar Pradesh’s PHCs have the worst patient:doctor RATio and infrastructure in the country to cater to the poorest...
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GDP slump will hit $5-trillion economy target, warns NITI Aayog -TCA Sharad Raghavan & Sobhana K Nair
-The Hindu The Hindu has accessed a presentation made by NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant to the Standing Committee on Finance; 12.4% growth needed to achieve the figure, Mr. Kant said. The road to a $5 trillion economy by 2025 is beset with many speed breakers, the NITI Aayog has warned the government. To begin with, the think tank has said the nominal GDP growth — a measure of growth without accounting for...
More »In variance with the official growth story -R Nagaraj
-The Hindu Surveys, including the recently leaked one on consumer expenditure, point to the economy’s dire state How fast has India grown lately? And, what are the yardsticks on which the country’s performance is being measured? These have remained contentious questions. Following the last decade’s boom, the economy was slowing after 2011-2012, but apparently turned around under the National DemocRATic Alliance (NDA) regime. Until very recently, the government claimed the economic success...
More »The country has miles to go in reducing maternal deaths
A high maternal mortality RATio (MMRATio) indicates low status of women in the society apart from poor functioning of the health services delivery system. Recently released data by the Sample RegistRATion System (SRS) bulletin indicates that for the country as a whole the MMRATio has steadily declined from 398.0 in 1997-98 to 122.0 in 2015-17, which is a fall by -69.3 percent. Table-1 shows that India's MMRATio was 398.0 in 1997-98,...
More »Skills study: Over next 5 years, just 1 in 5 entrants to labour force a woman -Aanchal Magazine
-The Indian Express While the NSO’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) 2017-18 had estimated female labour force participation RATe for 15 years and above at 23.3 per cent, the compaRATive numbers of other countries highlight the labour market’s gender skew. Just one out of five persons — in the 15-30 years age bracket — entering the labour force is expected to be a female in the five years ending 2023, when...
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