-Hindustan Times India’s public expenditure on health is rising, but not as fast as its burgeoning population of 1.3 billion, which grow by 26 million each year It’s not the lack of oxygen that kills hundreds of children in hospitals of Uttar Pradesh each year, it’s India’s abysmal public health delivery system. “Gorakhpur is the symbol of the collapse of the primary health care system. Why should people be forced to travel 200km...
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Why are over 10 lakh ASHAs and USHAs across the country angry? -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India Over a million Ashas and Ushas across the country are restive and angry, but nobody is listening to them. Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and its urban counterpart known as USHA, are the business end of the gigantic public health apparatus run by the central and State Governments. They are in every village, they visit every home, know every mother, every child, and they are the first 'port...
More »Worried SC calls for robust data protection regime
-The Hindu Capacity of non-state actors to invade the home and privacy has also been enhanced, says nine-judge Bench The Supreme Court on Thursday urged the government to put in place a robust mechanism for data protection. Noting that “informational privacy is a facet of the right to privacy”, a nine-judge Bench, led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar, said dangers to personal data originate not only from the government but also...
More »Panel makes Ponzi firms pay -Lalmohan Patnaik and Subrat Das
-The Telegraph Cuttack: What the State Government failed to do, the Justice Madan Mohan Das Commission did. The commission, which is identifying small investors duped by dubious financial companies, has on its own ensured return of the invested amount usurped by sham companies to more than 1,200 persons even as the government continues to drag its feet on the issue. Some of the investors got their money on Tuesday. Though the number of...
More »Nariman praises bold HC judges who pulled up Centre, Khattar
-The Tribune Noted jurist Fali S Nariman on Sunday congratulated the judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court who pulled up the Centre and the Manohar Lal Khattar government for their failure to prevent the loss of lives and property in the violence after a CBI court convicted Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim of rape. “Heartiest congratulations to the brave judges of the Full Bench of the High Court, who...
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