-Down to Earth Nine states, which have fertility RATes well below the replacement RATe, will have an aged population by 2030s India’s population growth RATe will decline faster than assumed, according to the Economic Survey 2018-19. In fact, the fertility RATe in many states has reached the replacement RATe. “India is set to witness a sharp slowdown in population growth in the next two decades,” analysed the Economic Survey. "The country will enjoy...
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RATnagiri Dam breach toll 18, questions raised about possible negligence -Sushant Kulkarni
-The Indian Express The Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly has also demanded that a case be registered against local Shiv Sena MLA Sadanand Chavan, who was closely associated with the firm Khemraj Constructions, which had built the dam in 2004. With the death toll in the floods caused by a breach in the Tiware dam in RATnagiri’s Chiplun rising to 18, questions are being raised about possible negligence on the part...
More »India GDP overestimation: more evidence -Nikita Kwatra
-Livemint.com India’s actual growth RATe over the past few years may have been in the range of 5-5.5% over the past few years, according to a new study Last month, a research paper by the former chief economic adviser to the finance ministry, Arvind Subramanian, reignited the controversy surrounding India’s GDP calculations. In his paper, Subramanian suggested that India’s growth RATe in recent years had been grossly overestimated --- a claim that...
More »India's workforce has fewer women than it did six years ago -Janaki Shibu and Rosa Abraham
-Scroll.in/ India Spend Women earn between Rs 70 and Rs 80 for every Rs 100 that men earn. India’s workforce has fewer women than it did six years ago: no more than 18% in rural areas are employed, compared to 25% in 2011-’12 and 14% in urban areas from 15% in 2011-’12. However, in urban areas, the percentage of women in salaried jobs has increased from 35.6% in 2004 to 52.1% in...
More »Healthcare's primary problem -Soham D Bhaduri
-The Hindu It is impeRATive to promote community-based care RATher than relying only on hospital services The deaths of 154 children in Bihar due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) has laid bare the precarious capacity of the State’s healthcare appaRATus to handle outbreaks. AES has been linked to two factors: litchi consumption by starving children and a long, ongoing heat wave. As promises of bolstering the health infrastructure are being made, it...
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