-Outlook New Delhi: The Delhi Government is working on an ambitious health plan for the city to boost its medical infrastructure and provide better facilities to public. Chief Minister ARVind Kejriwal made this announcement today at a press conference, stating that details of the plan is being worked out. Kejriwal, at the same time, also hinted at scrapping a few hospital projects which have been lying in the cold storage for many years...
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A protest before PM pays -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu Benefits elude minorities, says RTI activist New Delhi: Inspired by ARVind Kejriwal's recent dharna outside the Rail Bhavan, Delhi resident Faheem Baig staged a dramatic protest, to catch the Prime Minister's attention, during the launch of the National Waqf Development Corporation here on Wednesday. Manmohan Singh had just finished his address when Mr. Baig got up and said government schemes for religious minorities had never reached the beneficiaries. The Unani practitioner and...
More »India is still a hunger hotspot -ARVind Virmani and Charan Singh
-The Hindu Business Line Malnutrition, lack of clean water and prevalence of poor sanitation are the main causes of high child mortality in India. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Welt Hunger Hilfe (WHH) recently. According to the GHI, the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since the early 1990s and the millennium development goal of halving the share of...
More »Delhi govt. withdraws approval for FDI in retail -Vishal Kant and Puja Mehra
-The Hindu The policy reversal could impact Delhi's FDI-friendly image with the city's consumers being amongst the top spenders in the country. The ARVind Kejriwal-ruled Delhi government has decided to withdraw Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multibrand retail. On Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government informed the Centre of its decision to renege on its predecessor, the Sheila Dikshit dispensation's approval of the policy. Monday's policy reversal could impact Delhi's FDI-friendly image....
More »Have a phone? Go sting the corrupt, CM ARVind Kejriwal tells Delhi -Pragya Kaushika
-The Indian Express New Delhi: In a step unprecedented in governance, Delhi Chief Minister ARVind Kejriwal, while announcing an anti-corruption helpline on Wednesday, said each citizen armed with a phone could "use audio or video to perform a sting" to entrap corrupt officials. "Today the people of Delhi will have to cooperate with us to abolish corruption. Each citizen of Delhi will be an anti-corruption inspector. Your phone will be your...
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