The Swachh Bharat Mission won’t work in Covid times unless it is equipped with wastewater management, better infrastructure and protects sanitation workers better.
In Covid, India needs to develop gender-responsive strategies to strengthen public health preparedness, which do not de-prioritise health needs of women.
The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.
After launching Bharat Taxi, the ministry explores offering insurance products across cooperative banks via IFFCO-Tokio with cooperative banks as corporate agents.
It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.
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