-IANS Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said there was a need to set up a special task force comprising both government and private healthcare sectors to ensure quality healthcare for every citizen of India. "Our vision is to provide universal healthcare coverage despite several challenges in the health sector. It can better be done by a special task force comprising the ministry and representatives of private healthcare sector," Nadda said. He...
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Steady growth of women as farmland owners in a decade -Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
-Hindustan Times India witnessed an impressive surge in the number of women owning or managing agricultural land in 2001-11 with landholdings under them registering a faster growth in this period than the ones controlled by men, shows a World Bank-backed study that points to improved gender equity in land rights. Though the amount of farmland controlled by women in the country is still marginal at 10% of the total, the number of...
More »Maneka Gandhi for packaged food under govt’s nutrition plan -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday pitched for providing packaged food under the government's supplementary nutrition scheme ICDS. The ICDS scheme is one of the largest schemes of its kind with an estimated 10.2 crore beneficiaries including children under six years, pregnant women and lactating mothers. However, despite decades of implementation malnutrition levels continue to be very high in India. The World Bank estimates that India...
More »Hundred more flood forecasting stations to be set up
-IANS Tamil Nadu to get 14 stations; stations to be set up during current five-year plan. The Central Government on Wednesday said it will set up 100 more flood forecasting stations across the country. “The Central Water Commission (CWC) under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation will set up 40 flood forecasting stations,” the ministry said in a statement. While Tamil Nadu will get 14 stations, three stations will be...
More »PDS: govt losing crores in paddy processing
-The Hindu Business Line Rice millers are making a killing due to policy gaps and old rates, says report The government is losing thousands of crores while rice mill owners are raking in the moolah, said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday. The report said mill owners are cashing in on lacunae in the government’s policy on the sale of paddy and rice by-products —...
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