-The Hindu Only 71% of rural households had access to toilets at a time the Centre was claiming 95% The latest National Statistical Office (NSO) survey on sanitation debunked the claims of an open defecation-free or ODF India made by the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat scheme, although it did record great progress in toilet access and use in rural areas. The survey, released on Saturday, showed that about 71% of rural households had...
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The country has miles to go in reducing maternal deaths
A high maternal mortality ratio (MMRatio) indicates low status of women in the society apart from poor functioning of the health services delivery system. Recently released data by the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin indicates that for the country as a whole the MMRatio has steadily declined from 398.0 in 1997-98 to 122.0 in 2015-17, which is a fall by -69.3 percent. Table-1 shows that India's MMRatio was 398.0 in 1997-98,...
More »Simply Put: What is driving onion prices -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Government has called for import of 1 lakh tonnes of onion to help control rising prices. What has been causing the increase in prices since May, and how far can the new move be expected to reverse the trend? Pune: LAST WEEK, Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, directed the state-owned trading corporation MMTC to import 1 lakh tonnes of onions to help ease...
More »Four pillars of Indian justice system miss one major force- Women -Shreehari Paliath
-India Spend/ Business Standard The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the police 10 per cent of prison staff At the current rate, nine Indian states will take more than 50 years to increase the share of women in their police forces to 33 per cent, as recommended, a new report estimates. While Madhya Pradesh will take...
More »11,379 farmers committed suicide in 2016; Modi govt finally releases data
-BusinessToday.in As per the data in the NCRB report, the number of farmer suicides in the country has plunged to 11,379 in 2016 from 12,360 in 2014 and 12,602 in 2015 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Friday said that 11,379 farmers committed suicide in India in 2016. The NCRB in its latest Accidental Death and Suicide report for 2016 says that there were 948 farmer suicides every month, or 31 suicides...
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