-The Hindu This exercise will then be considered in the Advisory Committee on National Accounts Statistics and subsequently by the National Statistical Commission. The government on Sunday clarified that the back-series GDP data purportedly released by the government was just a draft using one of several possible calculation methods, and that the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) would announce the results when it settles on a final method. “It is clarified...
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No child left behind -Vinita Bali
-The Hindu To get good nutrition to all Indians, we need delivery models that are collaborative across domains The urgency to address poor nutrition in India, especially among children, adolescent girls and women is compelling, and re-confirmed in virtually every survey — from NFHS-4 in 2015-16 (the latest available information), to the Global Nutrition Report 2016 and the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017, which ranks India at 100 out of 119 countries,...
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-The Hindu Business Line New Delhi: The income of agricultural households, which account for nearly half the rural households in the country, surged to Rs 1,07,172 in 2015-16 at a annual compound growth rate (CAGR) of 12 per cent since 2012-13. According to a rural survey carried out by the National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Development (Nabard), while the average annual income levels of non-agricultural households in 2015-16 stood at Rs...
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-The Hindu The ongoing south-west monsoon has wreaked havoc in Kerala, with as many as 20 people killed in rain-related incidents on Thursday, taking the overall toll to 87. Here’s a look at how relentless rains over the past two months led to a chain of events which resulted in the floods. Hitting a high This year, the south-west Monsoon brought three spells of rains to Kerala — first during mid-June, second during mid-July...
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-The Hindu Health protection scheme for 10.74 crore beneficiary families and 50 crore Indian citizens The healthcare sector has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement in his Independence Day address that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, also known as Ayushman Bharat or the National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), will be launched on September 25. The government-sponsored health insurance scheme will provide free coverage of up to ?5 lakh a family a year...
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