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Pills for polls-Kundan Pandey
-Down to Earth The free medicine scheme in Rajasthan may benefit Congress Of the many poll sops that Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot doled out in the past two years, the one scheme that seems to have struck the right chord with voters is the initiative to give free essential medicines at government healthcare facilities. The Mukhyamantri Nishulk Dava Yojna, launched in 2011, has offered some hope to the incumbent Congress government,...
More »What's the point of Aadhaar if one can't vote? -Ankita Lahiri
-Governance Now In spite of having Aadhaar as well as PAN card, many migrants in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar could not get a voter's card, and will not be able to vote Many residents of Sangam Vihar, a constituency in south Delhi with migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in majority, will not be able to exercise their franchise in the Delhi assembly elections. They do not have voter cards despite repeated...
More »Reality Check: In Bihar, every 4th primary, middle teacher failed Class V-level test -Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express Patna: In September, 43,477 primary and middle school contractual teachers recruited by the Bihar government took the mandatory "competency test", which is based on the syllabi of classes 3-5. Of these, 10,614 teachers, or about 24 per cent, failed the test. The state government has recruited over 2.5 lakh contractual teachers since it launched its mega drive to fill the vacancies in 2007. These teachers get two chances to...
More »Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report -Jyotsna Singh
-Down to Earth Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules India is emerging as the favourite destination for alcohol promotion of marketing companies. Their new targets are women and youth, who at present comprise a very small percentage of alcohol consumers in India. These are the observations made by a report-Alcohol Marketing and Regulatory Policy Environment in India-put out by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). It...
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