-Financial Express The Survey ends up using an array of inapposite health indicators in studying the scheme’s impact Universal health coverage (UHC) has received an unprecedented systemic push over the past decade, reinforced greatly by the Sustainable Development Goals. In India, the public health insurance (PHI) route has been strongly advanced as the prime agency for attaining UHC—founded on the experience of the multitude of state and national PHI schemes stretching since...
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Budget 2021: Funds for anganwadis under ICDS reduced. Only 40% anganwadis in India have tap water connection; lowest in Assam at 2%, Jharkhand 2.5% -Shivani Gupta
-GaonConnection.com Latest data by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry shows that only 39.8% anganwadis are covered with tap water connections. Despite poor infrastructure and lack of basic facilities, such as tap water, the Budget for anganwadis is reduced. To provide tap water supply to rural households, including anganwadis and rural schools, the Narendra Modi Government launched its flagship scheme of Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019. The aim is to cover all rural...
More »Expenditure secy: Chose capex over handouts, will trigger growth -Aanchal Magazine
-The Indian Express Somanathan said the Government is trying to reach the target group of unskilled and semi-skilled workers through increased Government expenditure in the construction sector. Working with a “constrained resource envelope” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of Budget 2021-22, the Government essentially had to make a choice between two policy options: handouts and capital expenditure. “We chose capex,” TV Somanathan, Expenditure Secretary, Ministry of Finance, told The...
More »Govt aims to increase MSME contribution to 40% of GDP: Nitin Gadkari -Jahnavi Nidumolu
-Livemint.com * The Union minister said that industries in village and Khadi generate as much as Rs.88,000 crore on an annual basis * So that the rural poor are benefited, he said the Government's aim is to increase the contribution of the MSME sector to 40% from 30%, stating that there are 6.5 crore units Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport & Highways, has suggested to...
More »Fiscal indicators of Tamil Nadu deteriorated drastically: Finance Commission
-The Hindu ‘It moved from a revenue surplus to a revenue deficit State’ Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s fiscal indicators have deteriorated drastically from 2012-13 to 2018-19 and most borrowings in the recent years have gone to fund its revenue deficit, instead of capital expenditure, the 15th Finance Commission report tabled in the Parliament recently said. Tamil Nadu moved from a “revenue surplus” to a “revenue deficit” State after 2012-13, it noted. A revenue deficit...
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