-Press release by World Bank dated November 14, 2022 NEW DELHI: A new World Bank report estimates that India will need to invest $840 billion over the next 15 years—or an average of $55 billion per annum—into urban infrastructure if it is to effectively meet the needs of its fast-growing urban population. The report, titled “Financing India’s Urban Infrastructure Needs: Constraints to Commercial Financing and Prospects for Policy Action” underlines the...
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Despite increased budget, estimated TB deaths rise in India: WHO's Global TB Report 2022 - Neetu Chandra Sharma
-BusinessToday.in This is the first time in many years an increase has been reported in the number of people falling ill with TB and drug-resistant TB, it said. Despite an increase in the budget to tackle Tuberculosis (TB), the interim estimated number of deaths due to the infectious disease in India rose by 10 per cent, from 500,000 in 2020 to 505,000 in 2021, noted the Global TB Report 2022 released by...
More »Government expenditure on early childhood education a mere 0.1% of GDP: report -Jagriti Chandra
-The Hindu The study calls for raising it to 1.6% to 2.2% of GDP The government expenditure in India on early childhood education (ECE) for children between the age of three years and six years is a mere 0.1% of the GDP, and the average spend per child of ₹8,297 per annum is at least a fourth of desired levels, according to a new study. The research conducted jointly by the Centre for...
More »Rajasthan launches 100-day job scheme for urban areas
-Hindustan Times Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday launched the ‘Indira Gandhi Urban Employment Scheme’ to provide 100 days of employment in a year to families residing in urban areas. Launching the programme at a state-level event in Ambedkar Bhawan, Gehlot termed it a “historic initiative”. He added that the new scheme was mirrored along the lines of MGNREGA, which was started during the UPA government’s tenure for employment in rural areas...
More »More than half the funds for POSHAN Abhiyaan unutilised: NITI Aayog report -Taran Deol
-Down to Earth The scheme has an earmarked three-year budget of Rs 9,046.17 crore from 2017-18, when it was launched Less than half the funds set aside for the POSHAN Abhiyaan have been utilised by India’s states, according to the fourth progress report released by the NITI Aayog September 1, 2022. States and Union territories (UTs) with poor distribution of mobile phones and growth monitoring devices emerged as those with low fund utilisation....
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