-ThePrint.in Vitamin D deficiency is a public health problem. India gets surplus sun, yet a large percentage of Indians suffer from significant vitamin D deficiency. And this number is only growing – it’s a public health problem of epidemic proportions. What could be the possible reasons? Dietary insufficiency is an evident cause, and nutrition policymakers are looking into food fortification as a major intervention to combat this public health problem. However, scientists...
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Health account numbers that require closer scrutiny -Indranil
-The Hindu The reduction of out-of-pocket expenditure that the NHA highlights is essentially due to a decline in utilisation of care Low public spending on health in India has meant that people depend heavily on their own means to Access health care. It causes rich-poor, rural-urban, gender and caste-based divides in Access to health care, pushes people to poverty, and forces them to incur debt or sell assets. As a result, our...
More »Army Unit Named In Nagaland Op Deaths, "Intention To Murder," Allege Cops -Ashutosh Tripathi
-NDTV.com Thirteen villagers and a soldier were killed at an Indo-Myanmar border district in Nagaland on Sunday as a counter-insurgency operation went horribly off script. One more villager died in the clashes that followed. The 21 Para Special forces of Army "blankly opened fire" resulting in the killing of many Oting villagers in Mon district of Nagaland near Assam border, the state police has alleged in its FIR against the Army unit....
More »Beyond India @75: Growth, Inclusion and Sustainability -S Mahendra Dev
-Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai There have been many successes and failures in economic and social development of India in the last 75 years. The recent covid-19 pandemic had also an adverse impact on growth, employment, health and education etc. In this paper, issues and policies are discussed beyond India@75 for achieving growth, inclusion and development. As India is integrated with the world, global issues are also important for...
More »Right to Food Campaign Secretariat demands for increasing the quota under PDS to include those without ration cards
-Press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 3rd December, 2021 In its press release dated 3 December, 2021, the Right to Food Campaign welcomes the Central Government's decision to extend Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), and reiterates the demands for increasing quota and universalisation of PDS. Please click here to Access the press release by the Right to Food Campaign Secretariat dated 3rd December, 2021. For further information,...
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