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Financial burden of child births is rising in India -- even in free public health facilities -Prem Shankar Mishra and TS Syamala

-ThePrint.in ISEC Bangalore researchers studied NFHS data to find that out-of-pocket expenditure for a normal delivery at a public facility is higher for rural households (Rs 5,368) than urban (Rs 4,330). Maternal and child healthcare services in India – INCluding antenatal care, natal care (institutional delivery, or births delivered in a medical facility), postnatal care, and childcare – are meant to be free of cost in public health facilities. Several policies and...

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The shaky foundation of the labour law reforms -KR Shyam Sundar

-The Hindu It could be a long wait before employers and workers enjoy the so-called benefits extended by the labour codes The National Democratic Alliance government enacted the Code on Wages in August 2019 and the other three Codes, viz., the Industrial Relations Code, the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code and Code on Social Security (CSS) in September 2020. Later, it had framed the draft rules albeit INCompletely under all...

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An urban job guarantee scheme is the need of the hour -CP Chandrashekhar and Jayati Ghosh

-The Hindu Business Line Millions of urban Indian residents are struggling without livelihood opportunities. A national urban employment scheme needs to be put in place immediately At long last — and more than a year after the need for such a scheme became obvious — a Parliamentary committee has recommended the institution of an urban employment scheme at the national level. The Standing Committee on Labour stated in its report of August 3,...

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Can a large volcanic eruption slow down global warming? Here’s what the latest IPCC report says -Preetha Banerjee

-Down to Earth  Before the end of the century, there will be at least one large volcanic eruption, the scientists predict Amid the grim predictions emerging from the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there is a ray of hope: A major volcanic eruption can counteract anthropogenic global warming to a small extent.  All statements about global warming breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius rise over pre-industrial levels assume that no...

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IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global heating, warns UN chief

-United Nations News Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, according to the latest much-anticipated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released on Monday. Human-induced climate change is already affecting many weather and climate extremes in every region across the globe. Scientists are also observing changes across the whole of Earth’s climate system; in the atmosphere, in the...

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