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By Dr S Jayaprakash, Dr Arjun Kumar, Micael Ha, Dr Simi Mehta* The Ayushman Bharat—Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY)- the signature health insurance scheme announced in the budget of 2018-19, was launched in Ranchi, the capital city of the…
Both a counter to the Belt and Road Initiative and an arena for economic co-operation, the Free and Open Indo-Pacific strategy presents a versatile tool for democracies to grow together in the region, Simi Mehta writes. In his address to…
While the whole of the globe is and would be affected by climate change at different levels and stages, the Bay of Bengal is one region which is extremely vulnerable and susceptible to the phenomenon and its variability. This paper…
The latest jobs data released by the government showed a record high unemployment rate of 6.1% in 2017-18, but a rise in the share of workers with a regular job in urban areas. In this post, Mehta and Kumar argue that…
Radhika Pandey* One of the biggest challenges facing India, since even before the pandemic, is the state of unemployment in the country. While the unemployment rate in the country has been gradually increasing since 2017, it came to the attention…
Dr Gurinder Kaur* The data of the first round of National Family Health Survey-5, 2019-20 has recently been released by the Union Health Minister Harshvardhan. According to the released data, the rate of malnutrition in the country has increased as…
Dr Ian Prates* The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic is diverse and every nation is combating it in its own fashion. It is important to note that the policy measures implemented during the pandemic are strongly related to the state…