-The Hindu 198 existing dams in seven States will benefit The government has approved a 65% hike, and extended by two years, a project to improve the stability and working of dams in 11 States. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Dam Rehabilitation Improvement Project (DRIP) project on Wednesday. Out of the Rs.3,466 crore cleared, Rs. 2,628 crore would be funded by the...
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Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics, interviewed by Tathagata Bhattacharya (National Herald)
-National Herald Maitreesh Ghatak, Professor of Economics at London School of Economics, in an interview to Tathagata Bhattacharya says the government has failed on many counts At the end of the day, it is growth and employment generation via new investment that is key to long-term economic progress. Various welfare schemes are a way of providing a social safety net to the poor in the short-run. It is performance along these two...
More »A child under 15 dies every 5 seconds around the world: UN -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Most children under five die due to preventable or treatable causes, says report An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to the new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group on Tuesday. The report notes that for children everywhere, the most risky...
More »First time, under-five mortality rate same as global average -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express The under-five mortality of the girl child is 2.5 per cent higher (40 deaths per 1,000 live births) than the under-five mortality of the boy child (39 deaths per 1,000 live births). New Delhi: In what is a major milestone in reduction of child deaths in India, the country’s under five mortality rate, for the first time, has been estimated at 39 deaths per 1,000 live births, the same...
More »Six million people quit jobs in 10 months till June, shows govt data -Prashant K Nanda and Asit Ranjan Mishra
-Livemint.com While 10.7 million additional employees joined EPFO between September 2017 and June 2018, at least 6.04 million stopped subscribing to it: Government New Delhi: At least six million people, about 4.6 million of them under 35 years of age, left their formal jobs in the 10 months ending June and may or may not have rejoined work, according to payroll data released by the government on Friday. This is the first time...
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