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The Food Security Act has revamped the PDS
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The Food Security Act has revamped the PDS

The Hindu  

During the discussion on the National Food Security Act 2013, there was nervousness about guaranteeing food security through the Public Distribution System. Leakages are estimated by matching NSS data on household PDS purchases with “offtake” data reported in the Monthly Food Grain Bulletin of the Food Ministry. To arrive at the estimates presented here, offtake under NFSA including tide-over rations, …

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India needs the anchor of a national security strategy
5 months, 4 weeks ago

India needs the anchor of a national security strategy

The Hindu  

The new National Democratic Alliance government faces some thorny old problems in national security. Equally valuable, an NSS would also clarify India’s policy for its partners, highlighting areas of converging interests, or explaining the limits on cooperation — to help mitigate instances of mismatched expectations. Within the military, an NSS would give the Integrated Defence Staff and future joint organisations …

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"Historically Linked With Militant Groups": Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Naming Of Youth Festival As 'Intifada'
9 months, 3 weeks ago

"Historically Linked With Militant Groups": Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Naming Of Youth Festival As 'Intifada'

Live Law  

A plea has been moved beofre the Kerala High CO challenging the naming of a youth festival, 'Intifada' being conducted at NSS College, Nilamel.The petitioner, a first-year student at the NSS College, Nilamel submitted that naming the youth festival 'Intifada', an Arabic word which translates to 'shake off' cannot be used as it has been “historically linked with the militant/ …

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Measuring hunger across States
1 year, 3 months ago

Measuring hunger across States

The Hindu  

Despite being a major food producer with extensive food security schemes and the largest public distribution system in the world, India still grapples with significant levels of food insecurity, hunger, and child malnutrition. The GHI provides a composite measurement and tracks undernourishment and hunger at the national level across three dimensions: calorie undernourishment, child malnutrition, and under-five mortality. The State …

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Data | India’s Cancer Crisis: Rising Prevalence of the Most Expensive Disease to Treat
1 year, 8 months ago

Data | India’s Cancer Crisis: Rising Prevalence of the Most Expensive Disease to Treat

The Hindu  

On March 14, the Minister of State for Health said cancer cases in India will cross the 15 lakh mark by 2025. A Parliamentary Standing Committee report on cancer, released in September 2022, expressed concern about the “inaccessible and increasing cost of cancer treatment.” For instance, according to the National Sample Survey 2017-18 report, the average medical expenditure per hospitalisation …

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The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine
2 years, 2 months ago

The flaws and fantasies of the new Biden doctrine

Al Jazeera  

The US president’s new National Security Strategy is ambitious — and delusional about America’s role in the world. It even underlines an America First approach that prioritises domestic spending and investment — borrowing from the man Biden dismissively refers to as the “former guy”. “Around the world, the need for American leadership is as great as it has ever been,” …

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First steps in the journey to universal health care
3 years, 10 months ago

First steps in the journey to universal health care

The Hindu  

About 20 years ago, Thailand rolled out universal health coverage for its population at a per capita GDP similar to today’s India. While the allocations still leave a lot to be desired, these could make the first steps of a journey that steadily builds towards sustainable universal health coverage through incremental strengthening of grass-root-level institutions and processes. Large expenditure projections …

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Employment, finally an election issue
4 years, 1 month ago

Employment, finally an election issue

The Hindu  

Jobs are rarely far from the minds of citizenry. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 | Full coverage Myths and reality Unfortunately, debates on youth unemployment did not attract much political/electoral attention until the 2020 Bihar election campaign. There has been a massive decline of government sector job growth from 1.3 million per annum from 2005 to 2012 to only 0.4 million …

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