-TheWire.in The bench led by retired Justice Arun Mishra supported classification of the SCs as 'more backward' and 'backward', and preference to the more backward castes for reservation in appointments. However, different views on the matter have emerged. In State of Punjab and Others versus Davinder Singh and Others (August 27, 2020), the bench led by retired Justice Arun Mishra supported the classification of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) into “more backward” and...
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Stopping the slide of health care in India -Satya Mohanty
-The Hindu Policymakers need to focus on the larger picture with steps being taken to reclaim the space under public care India’s health care is a dark echo chamber. It is 70% private and 30% public in a country where 80% people do not have any protection for health and the out-of-pocket expense is as high as 62%. With public spending at 1.13% of GDP and a huge shortage of health-care workers...
More »India’s children are not getting the nutrition they need. Here is a measure that could help -Anjana Thampi & Ishan Anand
-Scroll.in The National Family Health Survey revealed gains made in the last two decades have been reversed. The key indicators of health and nutrition from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey, conducted in 2019-’20, paint a disconcerting picture. Gains in child nutrition, reflected in the previous rounds, conducted in 2005-’06 and 2015-’16, have been reversed in several states. With the pandemic and the economic crisis, nutritional indicators are likely...
More »By amending Model Mandi Act, MP has pushed its agricultural sector into throes of uncertainty -Sunit Arora
-The Indian Express The state has posted high growth rates in the agricultural sector in recent years, but the growth has been skewed in favour of the state's irrigated parts and a small number of crops. Madhya Pradesh is primarily an agricultural state. One third of its gross state domestic product comes from this sector, half of the state’s area is used for cultivation, and 70 per cent of the total workers...
More »Delhi cold intensifies but protesting farmers undeterred
-PTI/ The Hindu The city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the mercury dipping to 3.4°C. Thousands of farmers protesting at Delhi borders against the Centre's new agricultural laws remained firm in their demands of repealing the legislations, even as the city recorded its coldest morning this season, with the mercury dipping to 3.4°C on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department, a cold wave swept Delhi on Sunday. The Safdarjung Observatory, which...
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