-Livemint.com As of October, 10 of the 16 indicators were in red and four were in green —a deterioration from six months ago. Launched in October 2018, Mint’s macro tracker provides a monthly comprehensive report on the state of the economy, based on trends in 16 high-frequency indicators. For each indicator, the value in each month is assigned a colour-coding (red, amber and green) to denote where it lies relative to the...
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Nobody approved India's 'Precautionary' doses -Banjot Kaur
-TheWire.in * Neither the CDSCO nor the national advisory group on immunisation was taken into confidence before Prime Minister Modi announced the rollout of booster doses. * In reply to a series of RTI applications by The Wire Science, the PMO and the health ministry refused to divulge details of the government’s decision-making. * One reply indicated that the government had misled the Supreme Court about the availability of the minutes of an...
More »India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report -Madhumita Paul
-Down to Earth More than half of population without access to banking lives in 7 developing countries: World Bank India is among seven countries home to half the world’s 1.4 billion adults without access to formal banking, a recent World Bank report has flagged. The report also noted that in Sub-Saharan Africa, young adults (ages 15–24) make up almost 40 per cent of those without access to banking. But in some European and...
More »Why Telangana’s inflation is high compared to other states -Paul Oommen
-TheNewsMinute.com Telangana is among four states that have recorded the highest inflation in terms of Consumer Price Index, as per data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO). In April, when the country’s retail inflation surged to an eight-year-high of 7.79%, state-wise data showed that Telangana had one of the highest inflation rate in the country: 9.02%. It was behind two other states—West Bengal which had 9.12% and Madhya Pradesh with 9.10%....
More »Serving those who serve: On WHO honour for ASHA workers
-The Hindu Health workers need better remuneration and safety guarantee, not just awards Recognition very often goes to those at the top of the pecking order, and stays there. Credit seldom trickles down to the worker at the bottom. The World Health Organization’s act of recognising India’s ASHA (accredited social health activists) and the polio workers of Afghanistan is an attempt to right that wrong. It is a rare, and commendable doffing...
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