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भ्रष्ट एमसीआई पर भारी एनएमसी

भ्रष्ट एमसीआई पर भारी एनएमसी

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भारत में स्वास्थ्य सेवाओं की स्थिति से हर भारतीय पूरी तरह वाकिफ है। पूर्ववर्ती सरकारों ने स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा के विषय को कभी राष्ट्रीय महत्व समझा ही नहीं। जिसका दुष्परिणाम यह हुआ कि आज हम चांद पर तो जा रहे हैं लेकिन अपने देश के लिए जरूरी चिकित्सकों की संख्या की आपूर्ति करने में असफल रहे हैं। मजबूत इच्छाशक्ति हो तो हर मैदान फ़तह की जा सकती है। मोदी सरकार-2 मजबूत राजनीतिक शक्ति के साथ इस बार मैदान में उतरी है। इसका अंदाजा इस बार के संसद सत्र में पास हुए बिलों के देखकर सहज ही लगाया जा सकता है। जिन बिलों पर दशकों से राजनीति होती आ रही थी आज वे कानून बन चुके हैं। इसी कड़ी में 8 अगस्त, 2019 का दिन स्वास्थ्य शिक्षा के लिहाज से महत्वपूर्ण बन गया है। राष्ट्रपति ने 8 अगस्त को राष्ट्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान आयोग बिल-2019 पर अपना हस्ताक्षर कर दिया है। इस हस्ताक्षर के बाद अब राष्ट्रीय आयुर्विज्ञान आयोग के गठन का ...
अचानक क्यों बढ़ रही हैं देश की आर्थिक हालत की चर्चाएं

अचानक क्यों बढ़ रही हैं देश की आर्थिक हालत की चर्चाएं

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देश की आर्थिक स्थिति को लेकर मीडिया में चर्चाएं अचानक बढ़ गई हैं। पिछली तिमाही में कार और दो पहिया वाहनों की मांग में तेज़ी से आयी गिरावट के बाद तो कुछ ज्यादा ही चिंता जताई जाने लगी है। उधर विश्व में सबसे बड़ी अर्थव्यवस्थाओं में भारत का ओहदा घट जाने की खबर ने भी ऐसी चर्चाओं को और हवा दे दी। अंदरूनी तौर पर वास्तविक स्थिति क्या है, इसका पता फ़ौरन नहीं चलता। हकीकत बाद में पता चलेगी। लेकिन फिलहाल सरकार उतनी चिंतित नहीं दिखाई देती। उसके पास कुछ तर्क भी हैं। मसलन जीएसटी से कर संग्रह पर असर पड़ा नहीं दिख रहा है। दूसरा तर्क यह कि अपने देश में उत्पादन में सुस्ती का एक कारण वैश्विक मंदी है। बहरहाल, आर्थिक हालत अभी उतनी बुरी न सही लेकिन आगे के लिए सतर्कता बरतना हमेशा ही जरूरी माना जाता है। सकल घरेलू उत्पाद में आधा पौन फीसद की घटबढ़ एक रूझान तो हो सकता है लेकिन यह किसी आफत का लक्षण नहीं कहा जा सकता...
Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

Study highlights need to avoid landscape changes near forest areas

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 A new study by CSIR’s Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has emphasised the need to avoid changes in land use patterns near forest areas to prevent transmission of parasites and infections between human settlements and wildlife.    Manmade landscape changes such as land use change and fragmentation of habitat are known to alter the diversity of wildlife. These changes are also likely to change the diversity of parasites in the wildlife with implication for their health, since host and parasite diversity are strongly connected. However, research on the subject is limited. The effects of land use change and habitat fragmentation often co-occur but may affect the parasite diversity substantially differently.    In the new study, the researc...
Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases

Air pollution linked with cardiovascular diseases

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Air pollution is emerging as one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular deaths in developing countries, according to a new study.  A large proportion of cardiovascular disease events and mortality can be attributed to a small number of modifiable risk factors. This cohort study has been carried out in 21 countries where the researchers have examined 14 modifiable risk factors.  Approximately 70% of cardiovascular disease cases and deaths in the overall study population were attributed to modifiable risk factors. The modifiable risk factors are tobacco use, alcohol, diet, physical activity and sodium intake. Metabolic factors include lipids, blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Socioeconomic factors included are education, symptoms of depression, besides household and ambient po...
सुस्त पड़ी अर्थव्यस्था को मिलेगी रफ्तार!

सुस्त पड़ी अर्थव्यस्था को मिलेगी रफ्तार!

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केंद्र सरकार ने सुस्त पड़ी देश की आर्थिक गतिविधियों को तेजी देने के लिए बैंकों को 70 हजार करोड़ देने, इसके अलावा करीब पांच लाख करोड़ की दूसरी सहायता देने के साथ ही उद्योग जगत और मध्यवर्गीय लोगों के लिए कई तरह के उपायों का ऐलान कर दिया है। सरकार ने जो उपाय किए हैं, उनकी तफसील से जानकारी हासिल करने के पहले जानना जरूरी है कि मंदी की आहट किन-किन क्षेत्रों में सुनाई दे रही है। भारत में खेती-किसानी के बाद जो क्षेत्र सबसे ज्यादा लोगों को रोजगार देता है, वह है टेक्सटाइल सेक्टर। यह सेक्टर 10 करोड़ लोगों को रोजगार देता है। लेकिन इन दिनों इसकी हालत खराब है। इस सेक्टर की बुरी हालत को लेकर आर्थिक अखबारों ने जितनी बड़ी खबरें नहीं की, उससे ज्यादा बड़ी खबर बनी नॉर्दर्न इंडिया टेक्सटाइल मिल्स एसोसिएशन के इश्तेहार ने। जिसमें उसने कहा है कि कपड़ा उद्योग में 34.6 फीसद की गिरावट आई है, जिसकी वजह से इस सेक्टर स...
Rajasthan High Court orders vacation of government-bungalows from former Chief Ministers of state

Rajasthan High Court orders vacation of government-bungalows from former Chief Ministers of state

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Rajasthan High Court orders vacation of government-bungalows from former Chief Ministers of state: Supreme Court should sue-motto decide for all states: Even Central government will get massive public-support if subject is transferred to centre from states It refers to order dated 04.09.2018 from yet other High Court when Rajasthan High Court also decided against retaining government-bungalows by former Chief Ministers of the state. Similar decisions have been there from High Courts of other states also like including UP, Uttarakhand and previous one in Bihar in February 2019. It is noteworthy that MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath provided government-bungalows to former Chief Ministers Digivijay Singh (Congress) and Shivraj Singh Chauhan (BJP) in Bhopal where his predecessor  Shivraj Sin...
Postal cash-receipts should carry stickers for users of postal-services as well

Postal cash-receipts should carry stickers for users of postal-services as well

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Presently system at Department of Posts is to issue computer-printed cash-receipts where the portion used by Department of Posts has sticker while the portion given to consumer is without sticker. Department of posts for convenience of users of postal-services should have sticker also in the portion given to the consumers so that they may not require gum at their end to affix it on their despatch-registers or documents etc. It will be benefit to public-exchequer also presently appreciable man-hours and gum are utilised by various public-authorities to paste postal cash-receipts on their despatch-registers. Department of Posts will not be burdened extra because even presently one of the dual-portion of same cash-receipt still has sticker on back for the portion kept by Department of Post...
Accountability be fixed on Chairpersons of three public-sector General Insurance for their rating-downgrade, with merger-plan implemented soon

Accountability be fixed on Chairpersons of three public-sector General Insurance for their rating-downgrade, with merger-plan implemented soon

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It refers to downgrading of rating of three out of four public-sector-undertakings PSUs engaged in business of General Insurance namely National Insurance United Insurance and Oriental Insurance as announced by global rating-agency AM Best with two of them even having an erosion in their capital. The downgrade has come after Union Budget 2019-20 proposed the enabling provision for merger of non-life insurance firms by seeking to amend the General Insurance Business Nationalization Act. It is noteworthy that these three companies are continuously showing losses in past several years, and have become a white-elephant on public-money invested in these companies. Accountability should be fixed on highly paid Chairpersons (apart from too much facilities at public-cost) of these three PSUs for l...
On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN – 512N333V01) will save lot on commission

On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN – 512N333V01) will save lot on commission

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On-line exclusive booking of new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN - 512N333V01) will save lot on commission, but should also be available through all branches of public-sector banks It refers to public-sector LIC of India for the first time booking a new LIC Tech-Term plan 854 (UIN - 512N333V01) available only through on-line booking thereby cutting heavy cost paid to intermediaries as brokerage. Policy has new feature like lower premium for ladies and non-smokers. But since all the probable buyers of the plan may not be knowing or access to internet, experiment of selling LIC policies including Tech-Term policy should be available through special counters set up at all branches of various public-sector banks with nominal commission of half-percent. Presently nominal commission of just .0...

Mandatory linking of repo-rate with interest-rate should be for NBFCs also

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Recently reserve Bank of India RBI has made it mandatory for banks to compulsorily link repo-rate with interest-rate, so that loan-takers rather than loan-providing banks may be beneficiary of repo-rate cut announced by RBI. But there is no clarification in regard to Non-Banking-Financial-Companies NBFCs which continue to charge earlier increased interest-rates despite repo-rate cut announced by RBI. Earlier also RBI in its recent circular announcing total waiver of foreclosure-charges on pre-payment of loans in respect of banks deliberately and traditionally avoided applying the much-awaited decision in respect of NBFCs. Vigilance-enquiry is needed at concerned RBI division regulating NBFCs why RBI patronises NBFCs in their wrong-doings and not applying public-interest regulatory me...