-The Times of India NEW DELHI: UPA is likely to miss the target of constructing 20 km of highway per day during the election year, with the latest road transport and highways ministry data showing just 1,183 km has been constructed in the first quarter of the current fiscal. At the current pace, the per day construction is little over 13.14 km as against 15.7 km in 2012. During 2012-13, 5,732 km...
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Understanding the poverty line-Mihir Shah
-The Hindu What it signifies, what it does not tell us and what it will definitely not be used for Great shrillness has marked the current furore over the Planning Commission's latest poverty estimates. No surprise, therefore, that understanding and wisdom have flowed in an inverse proportion. Surprising and sad, however, is the fact that some political leaders have at times spoken in a manner deeply hurtful to the aam aadmi and...
More »Attappady water schemes wasted: study
-The Hindu Palakkad (Kerala): Only 36 out of 108 schemes implemented by Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (KRWSA) during 2002-04 are functioning or partially working either due to source failure or institutional mismanagement. This was revealed by an evaluation study by Investigation, Planning and Design wing of Kerala Water Authority (KWA) on the performance of ‘Jalanidhi' schemes in Attappady. These projects incurred an expenditure of around Rs. 10 crore....
More »Private care? -TK Rajalakshmi
-Frontline The National Advisory Council recommendations seem to be making a strong case for a major role for the private sector in the delivery of health care. THE recommendations for universal health coverage drawn up by the National Advisory Council (NAC), headed by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, push for public-private partnerships (ppps) in the health delivery system but not for any inbuilt mechanisms for accountability. The NAC also...
More »Unpalatable truths -K Srinath Reddy
-The Hindustan Times The recent release of The Lancet's special edition on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Delhi provided an occasion to debate the relevance of its recommendations for India. The discourse was enlivened by a statement, released ahead of the event by several Indian health experts, challenging the content and intent of some of the suggested interventions. Three authors of The Lancet series and many of the critics who issued that statement...
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