-Livemint.com An analysis of the results shows that the Congress did not perform very well in rural Gujarat—where it was expected to—despite worsening distress among farmers New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a closely contested electoral fight in Gujarat on Monday with a thin margin, upsetting expectations of the Congress that it can wrest back the state after a gap of over two decades. An analysis of the results shows...
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A Dangerous Bill on Banks: Where Depositors Are Made to Pay For Corporate Defaulters -Prabhat Patnaik
-TheCitizen.in FRDI BIll will do irreparable damage to yet another institution of Indian economy NEW DELHI: The BJP government, it appears, cannot remain content without inflicting irreparable damage on the institutions of the Indian economy. Its latest move in this direction is the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill which was introduced in Parliament on the last day of the winter session and is now with a Select Committee. What this Bill...
More »Poor social indicators must make Gujarat rethink its growth model
-Down to Earth Shockingly, the state’s infant mortality rate is worse than Jharkhand; it also has the fourth lowest teacher student ratio in the country “Social development indicators have not been able to keep pace with economic development in this state of over 60 million people," UNICEF had observed about Gujarat back in 2013. Four years later, Maitreesh Ghatak of London School of Economics writes about Gujarat’s development model: “When it...
More »Judges lose 55% of court time in admin work, hearings take a beating: Study -Pradeep Thakur
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Up to 55% of court time is spent by judges each day on tasks such as reissuing summons, fixing dates for future hearings and case administration decisions rather than judicial functions such as hearings, a nationwide survey conducted by Bengaluru-based Daksh has found. The study analysed over 91,000 court hearings involving over 6,000 cases across the country and argued that even without more manpower, the judiciary...
More »Maternal and neonatal mortality rate high despite improvement in childbirth practices -Angarika Gogoi
-Down to Earth A study conducted in public health centres in Uttar Pradesh shows complying to essential childbirth practices did not significantly alter maternal and perinatal mortality & maternal morbidity Despite improvements in the quality of care during labour and delivery, checklists and coaching interventions failed to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths during childbirth, shows a study published on December 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study was conducted...
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