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Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Govt health care allocationfar behind UN target: CAG
'There is still a long way to go before the target of public health expenditure is achieved and the central allocation for health for 2019-20 was far short of target. In states, health spending as a percentage of total states expenditure, ranged from 3.29 to 5.32% which shows that this need considerable augmentation,' CAG said in its report. The report, tabled in Parliament on Monday, noted that public health expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had been increasing since 2015-16 but remained within a narrow band of 1.02-1.28 % of GDP. 'While it is recognised that projecting financial resources for achieving the Targets by 2030 is a challenging task, ministry of finance and state governments are yet to integrate SDG related financial resources in national budgeting for implementing SDGs,' it said. According to the auditor, the problems went beyond allocation of funds. 'Data for certain health indicators were not regularly or uniformly available,' the report said. The audit was taken up to ascertain the 'Preparedness of the Government for the Implementation of SDGs', covering aspects such as extent to which the 2030 agenda had been adapted. It selected 'Goal 3- Good Health and Well-Being' for a detailed examination. The 2030 target is being coordinated by the NITI Aayog, which too came under the CAG's criticism. 'A roadmap is yet to be aligned with defined milestones for SDG targets to be achieved in the year 2020, 2025 and 2030,' the report said in the context of the Aayog's role as the coordinator. A key action plan that the NITI Aayog was supposed to prepare was still not complete, the report noted. 'States are yet to prepare policy documents. Mapping of goals/targets undertaken by NITI Aayog and selected states is still ongoing.' Efforts to raise public awareness about SDGs and initiatives in the selected states were not comprehensive, focused or sustained, the report said. The auditor in its recommendations said a comprehensive charter and action plan with well-defined milestones for implementing SDGs should be formulated after due consultations. It also suggested the use of Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) should be expanded and strengthened to avoid leakages and to improve efficiency in usage of financial resources. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttp://www.penninetroutfarmandfishery.co.uk/UserProfile/tabid/61/userId/2032950/Default.aspx
Gandhi departs but uncertainty in the Congress persists
He seems to suggest that victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a result of (only) misuse of institutions and tremendous financial resources. This newspaper has been critical of the Election Commission's conduct during the polls. But it is hard to deny that the election outcome reflected the deep faith a large section of the electorate had in Narendra Modi; the success of his welfare schemes and narrative of nationalism; the inability of the opposition to mount a counter narrative that resonated with citizens and its organisational hollowness and outmoded categories of politics. These are the areas the Congress will have to work on if it wants to mount a challenge. A wrong diagnosis will not lead to the correct prescription. Mr Gandhi can have his assessment of what he sees as the dangers of the BJP's rule - but then should he not have led from the front? It is also not clear what Mr Gandhi's role will be in the future party set up. He makes it clear that he will continue to fight for his idea of India as a soldier of the Congress. But given his pre-eminent status - even without a formal office - will it not result in the emergence of multiple power centres in the party? The resignation may have ended one phase in Congress' turbulent politics, but the next phase may well be more challenging. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.vox.com/users/neervaanaas
Friday, 28 June 2019
Spice Money launches smartphone enabled Micro ATMs
The enterprise's AEPS systems enable thumb-print driven transactions through, while its Micro-ATMs allow users carrying debit cards to do essential financial transactions. The AEPS systems have already reached across 2 lakh customer touchpoints, while more than 10,000 micro-ATM devices spread across the states of UP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa are easing financial operations for millions of Indians every day. Plummeting number of ATMs is a huge crisis facing the country at the moment. The problem is compounded further by the increasing number of bank accounts through initiatives such as Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, which lie unused due to limited accessibility to ATMs. Spice Money's Micro ATMs aim to bridge this growing need gap by allowing users to carry out essential financial transactions by empowering local retailers andkiranastore owners with these devices. The AEPS systems empower even the most marginalized and underserved Indians, bringing the convenience of thumb-print enabled transactions at their doorstep. While India is digitizing rapidly, a major segment ofBharat'spopulation is still underserved, specifically when it comes to financial operations. The rural-urban schism is huge, with only 49 bank branches per million people in rural areas against 139 in metros and only 110 ATMs per million in semi-urban and rural India as compared to a whopping 305 in urban India. Considering the ATM shortage crisis, the situation can only worsen further. Spice Money's twin solutions-Aadhaar Enabled Payment Systems and Micro ATM devices-tackle these problems most efficiently. They allow essential financial transactions such as Cash Withdrawal and Balance Enquiry. Users can swipe their debit cards on the machine and withdraw the respective amount of cash. Balance enquiry through a secure PIN/ID based system can also be done. Through its focused efforts, Spice Money has established itself as one of the frontrunners in strengthening the national banking system by initiating a parallel, and less costly, network of financial empowerment. Commenting on thesame, Dilip Modi, Chairman, DiGiSPICEsaid, 'Bridging the gap between 'Bharat' and 'India' is at the heart of Spice Money's efforts. Our Micro-ATMs and AEPS system have enabled people to put money into their accounts at their convenience and transact more than they ever could before.It is through the power of technologically advanced solutions such asadvanced analytics, AI, and new delivery platforms that the dream of a truly financially inclusive India can be achieved, making 'Bharat' as empowered, and aspirational as the rest of India!' India has the world's second largest number of internet users and is expected to have more than 450 million smartphone users by 2022. Considering the same, the best way to achieve greater financial inclusion is to use the power of digital technology and make every individual a prospective bank, rather than make them travel 15-20km to even locate an ATM!As the formal banking sector becomes more technologically aligned and strategically focused, they are visualizing enterprises like Spice Money as effective partners rather than competitors to be better prepared for the future of banking. ... DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://www.trakyadans.com/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/110870/Default.aspx
2.07 lakh Tamil Nadu labourers migrated to West Asia, North Africa
Four of these districts are in the delta region, and have witnessed distress in the recent times. Issues range from water crisis to shrinkage of agricultural land owning, protests against land acquisitions and natural calamities. "Without sufficient Cauvery water, farm productivity has come down in the delta region over the last two decades," says PR Pandian, president of Tamil Nadu All Farmers' Associations' Coordination Committee. "When cultivation of Samba or Kuruvai crops fails, an average marginal or small farmer incurs a loss of around Rs 3 to Rs 4 lakh. To pay the debts and save their lands, the farmers' family members, including women, migrate to other countries for menial jobs," says Pandian. He added that the intra-state migration has been increasing from Central districts mainly due to dwindling agricultural jobs. Exodus of sorts in 2015 While 22,126 workers migrated in 2014, the numbers were 73,064 in 2015, 42,542 in 2016, 38,337 in 2017 and 31,588 in 2018 While over 2 lakh people migrated between 2014 and 2018, the highest number was recorded in 2015. The number of people who migrated in these years are: 22,126 in 2014, 73,064 in 2015, 42,542 in 2016, 38,337 in 2017 and 31,588 in 2018. Mistreatment and exploitation of labourers in West Asian countries is a problem India has been trying to deal with unsuccessfully. A large chunk of complaints come from southern States. Many manage to return home only during the Amnesty window offered in certain Gulf nations. In Tamil Nadu, collectorates in Madurai, Ramanthapuram and Pudukottai receive complaints from relatives of unskilled workers abroad, about mistreatment by employers. People who have studied up to Class-X are issued an Emigration Check Required (ECR) passport. This category of passport holders require 'Emigration Clearance' from the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs to work in these 18 countries -- Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. This is mainly because these countries neither have stringent laws which regulate the entry of foreign nationals nor provide platforms for grievance redressal. "Only from January 1, did registration with the Home Ministry become mandatory for non-ECR passport holders migrating to these 18 countries. Prior to that there was no official record," an overseas job consultant said. "Since education levels have increased in rural pockets, majority of those travelling abroad for work may have been on non-ECR category, which is why the official data is not showing an upward trend," say industrial sources, explaining why numbers did not deviate much in the five-year period barring in 2015. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.internetpolyglot.com/user/347964
Dhanbad bus service on brink of collapse
f the 70 buses, 45 have been lying idle for the last five years. These are severely damaged, with chassis rusted, windows broken, seats torn, batteries dead and engines stalled."We withdrew 20 buses after the contracts expired on June 16. A bill of around Rs 10 lakh was also pending from the contractors," said DMC programme officer Ravi Kumar, who is looking after the transport department.Kumar said that DMC had fixed a rental of Rs 170 per day per vehicle for buses operating on the Dhanbad-Katras route, Rs 100 per day for each bus plying on the Dhanbad-Sindri route and Rs 45 per day for each bus operating on the Dhanbad-Karmdaha route."But contractors were not paying us on the pretext of losses, compelling us to withdraw the buses. At the same time, we have initiated efforts to retrieve the pending amounts from them," said Kumar, adding that fresh tenders would be issued soon to allot fresh contracts for operating the 20 buses.DMC commissioner Chandramohan Kashyap admitted that over 40 buses were in terrible shape."Although we have repaired around five buses and allotted them to women SHGs, but most of the 45 buses are in poor shape and are beyond repair. Investing money on these buses is not be financially viable," he said.The city bus service was launched in Dhanbad on August 9, 2010 with 24 vehicles as a pilot project with the help Jharkhand Tourism Development Corporation (JTDC). Although the number of buses gradually went up to 70 a host of problems led to the gradual collapse of the service.Among the most common issues plaguing the service ever since it started were delayed salaries, strikes by drivers and conductors, poor maintenance of buses and recurring disputes with police over routes and stops.On September 15, 2014, the state government pulled out JTDC as the primary operator. Since then, several attempts have been made to revive the service from October 14, 2014 by engaging private companies. Only around 25 buses have been plying the roads till recently. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttp://doodleordie.com/profile/sikendergunm
Mukul Chadda on The Office: Didn't change flavour of the jokes
It was a long process and from the very beginning, I was in love with the part,' says Chadda. Sitting in the living room of his Bandra apartment, Chadda, 45, looks a little tired — the afternoon has been packed with interviews, but he gamely answers every question. After all, the Indian remake of The Office, the 10th international remake of the American show, is arguably the most commercial project of his career. In The Office (India), Chadda plays Jagdeep Chaddha, the manager of Wilkins Chawla, a Delhi-based paper company. 'If I had to describe Jagdeep, I'd say that he's naive, almost child-like, with an absurd personality that creates a lag between the Freudian id and super-ego. Normally, the id and super-ego work simultaneously, but in Jagdeep's case, the id works separately, and super-ego only begins to strike after a noticeable lag. This makes his character unpredictable,' he says. A remake of a cult show can be quite a risk — what with The Office's dry and absurd humour and pitch-perfect performances — but Chadda says the upcoming show has not made any attempt to cater to an Indian audience. 'I don't think there's been any attempt to change the flavour of the jokes — they remain the same — as does the mockumentary style, deadpan humour and long pauses,' he says. Having previously worked with Gopal Datt, who plays TP Mishra (the Indian version of Dwight Schrute) and a few other cast members, Chadda was easily able to pick up on the improvisations during the scenes. 'I love Gopal's role. If I hadn't been picked for Jagdeep, I would have definitely tried for his,' he says. In order to get the best out of the takes, the show's creators, Debbie Rao, Vivek 'Bumpy' Bhushan and Rohan Sippy, shot multiple takes. 'After the good take, there was the fun take, where everyone got to do what they wanted. What would invariably happen is that something else would occur and then we would push that line further and end up doing another 10 takes to get the best out of each scene. Sometimes, they wouldn't call cut, they would just elongate the scene and see where it went,' says Chadda. He also chats about the importance of the talented camera crew on set: 'The cameras in any mockumentary are essentially characters themselves; they follow the character's movements and events from the start. Here, the camera crew made sure that when something interesting was happening, regardless of whether it was planned or not, they would follow it and turned it into something special that we could use,' says the actor. Since he began his career in 2004, Chadda has primarily worked in theatre, along with appearances in TV commercials. After completing his MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad, he moved to New York, where he worked as a mortgage debt research analyst at Lehman Brothers, a decade before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2008. 'But theatre has always been a part of my life. I was actively involved in the theatre societies throughout school and college. I even started a theatre group with my friends at work,' says Chadda, who enrolled in part-time classes at The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in the Big Apple. By the early 2000s, he was beginning to lose interest in his corporate job, and in 2004, Chadda went on a year-long sabbatical from work and returned home to Mumbai. 'I've always loved the art of storytelling. It's a talent to be able to engage with an audience while narrating an event. Acting is an important part of that process, with character development and getting the scenes right. Writing is also something that I want to get back to,' says Chadda, who has appeared in several storytelling projects and has also been involved in improve groups. For the past year, he has been working on Fairy Folk, touted as India's first improvised film, with his wife, actor Rasika Dugal. 'I'm really excited about it,' says Chadda. All 13 episodes of The Office will premiere on Hotstar today. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.playbuzz.com/item/c54207d4-f0c4-4f9b-bbce-54fa20db9551
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Manchester City's David Silva hailed as an 'European great' by Pep Guardiola
The 33-year-old has won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the League Cup four times with City while, on the international stage, he won the World Cup in 2010 and the Euros in 2008 and 2012 with an all-conquering Spain side. 'We have to enjoy him in the year that he has left,' fellow Spaniard Guardiola was quoted as saying by Sky Sports. 'He has been one of the greats not only in Spanish football, but in European football as well. 'He has played for 10 years in Manchester and it is not easy to perform in that league for someone with his qualities. He has done incredibly well.' Silva, who has played 396 times for City in all competitions scoring 71 goals, was a key member of their domestic treble-winning side last season. 'He helped me personally, he has helped us a lot in these three years we have been together,' Guardiola added. 'We have another year more and I hope we can live another good year together.' The new season begins on Aug. 9 and the champions begin their title defence at West Ham a day later. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://southmainalliance.org/UserProfile/tabid/57/userId/638853/Default.aspx
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