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Reforming the health care sector -Ian D Spatz

-The Hindu Obamacare and other such examples make a compelling case for seeking the right combination of roles for the public and private sector in health reform in India Nail or screw? Which is best to join pieces of wood? In carpentry, the answer is that each offers benefits depending on the application. With health care reform, the choice of public or private sector financing, delivery and regulation is subject to a...

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Of Millstones, Milestones & Millionaires -P Sainath and Ananya Mukherjee

-GRIST Media If hard work and enterprise inevitably made you prosperous, every rural woman would be a millionaire. These women have borne the brunt of the radical, often brutal transformation of rural India these past two decades. Our writers examine the hardships they continue to face as well as their remarkable vision to solve some of the greatest problems of our times such as food security, environmental justice and developing a...

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Now, Centre to cap subsidy on cooking gas -Jyoti Mukul & Sudheer Pal Singh

-The Business Standard So far, there was a cap on the number of subsidised cylinders alone, not on the subsidy Taking the next step in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pricing reforms, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has decided to cap the subsidy on domestic gas cylinders. So far, there was a cap on the number of subsidised cylinders alone, not on the subsidy. Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Business Standard a...

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Geo-mapping to speed up green approvals -Vishwa Mohan & Sidhartha

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre's ongoing efforts to streamline green clearance process for industrial, infrastructure, mining and power projects will soon get another boost with the environment ministry planning to launch a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based decision support mechanism this month which will help decision-makers in taking informed decision quickly and in a transparent manner. The GIS-based decision support system (DSS) will contain high resolution satellite imagery and ground...

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Rural women still unempowered, fight uphill battle to access education, healthcare -Gaurav Bisht

-The Hindustan Times Shimla: Even as the Himachal government boasts of having achieved women's empowerment in the state, everyday hardships are leading to stress and other mental and physical health problems among females in rural areas. Women have been the backbone of the state's Economy but a host of vexatious issues they have to continually struggle with still make their life difficult. Poor healthcare facilities, lack of teachers, water scarcity...

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