-The Hindu Business Line Direct bank transfers plug leakages in food distribution, ensure better nutritional security New delhi: Irrespective of teething problems encountered in places where it was launched as pilot, direct cash transfers are far more effective than food subsidy in reducing food insecurity and nutritional imbalances among the Indian population, a new report has shown. Currently, India spends ?1,45,400 crore — about 1.3 per cent of its GDP — to give...
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Free treatment for poor from private delhi hospitals that got subsidised government land: Supreme Court
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday ruled that private delhi hospitals operating on subsidised government land will have to provide free treatment to patients belonging to economically weaker sections. The SC said that any violation of this agreement between private hospitals and the government - in the matter of how many beds have to be reserved for poor patients - will not be tolerated and it...
More »'Mission Buniyaad' a hit, claims AAP government report
-DNA The delhi government released an outcome report of its ambitious 'Mission Buniyaad Scheme' claiming that the learning ability of government school students has improved significantly over the past years, with 63 per cent of children in classes 3 to 9 is now able to read their textbooks. According to the National Achievement Survey 2017 published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), only 48 per cent delhi government...
More »Despite Nutrition Benefits, Most BJP States Keep Eggs out of Mid-Day Meals -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar
-TheWire.in Eleven BJP-ruled states, three in which it is a coalition partner and three non-BJP states do not serve eggs despite the National Institute of Nutrition making it compulsory under the mid-day meal scheme. New delhi: While eggs have been established to be an excellent source of protein and all essential nutrients, except vitamin C, for young children, the latest “egg map” – which illustrates how many eggs are distributed per...
More »Cost of Modi's demonetisation: IAF raised bills of Rs 29.41 crore to ferry currency notes, reveals RTI
-PTI New delhi: Over Rs 29.41 crore was spent on using the Indian Air Force’s ultra-modern transport aircraft — the C-17 and the C-130J Super Hercules — to ferry the newly-issued Rs 2,000 and Rs 500 currency notes post-demonetisation, according to an RTI reply. The move to scrap the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 8, 2016, and saw 86 per cent...
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