-PTI FRDI Bill: Jaitley says no need to create fear psychosis, government will consider what panel recommends The Money of all depositors in public-sector banks will be protected and the level of protection will be “much higher than the level which existed till today,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told Lok Sabha Thursday. Talking about the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill 2017 during his reply to the debate on Supplementary...
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A toolkit to think local -Soumya Swaminathan & Lalit Dandona
-The Hindu The findings of the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative will aid in decentralised health planning Policymakers in India need reliable disease burden data at subnational levels. Planning based on local trends can improve the health of populations more effectively. Till now, a comprehensive assessment of the diseases causing the most premature deaths and ill health in each State, the risk factors responsible for this burden and their time trends have...
More »Non-communicable diseases emerge as the biggest killer, says new health report
Although life expectancy at birth for both the sexes has improved over the last quarter of a century, a recent report points out that ‘non-communicable diseases’ (NCDs) now account for a larger proportion of total deaths vis-à-vis ‘communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional disease' (CMNNDs). The report entitled India: Health of the Nation’s States - The India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative, which has been prepared after two years of intense collaborative...
More »A Dangerous Bill on Banks: Where Depositors Are Made to Pay For Corporate Defaulters -Prabhat Patnaik
-TheCitizen.in FRDI BIll will do irreparable damage to yet another institution of Indian economy NEW DELHI: The BJP government, it appears, cannot remain content without inflicting irreparable damage on the Institutions of the Indian economy. Its latest move in this direction is the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill which was introduced in Parliament on the last day of the winter session and is now with a Select Committee. What this Bill...
More »Farm researchers urged to make use of ICAR's digital resources
-The Hindu Business Line Kochi: A training-cum-awareness workshop on Consortium of e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) called for promoting ICT-driven technology and information dissemination systems to improve agricultural research in the country. Keeping pace with the current knowledge diffusion trends, the new-generation researchers should come forward to utilise the digital knowledge resources maintained by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the workshop proposed. The workshop was held at the Central Marine Fisheries Research...
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