Health

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding medical negligence in private hospitals, 17/08/2016

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Asit Baran Mondal & Others Vs Rita Sinha & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding medical negligence in private hospitals. The counsel for the Appellant has stated before the Apex Court that neither the Union of India nor the Medical Council of India nor the State Governments are prescribing any guidelines for treatment of the patients in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) or Critical Care Units (CCU). That apart, there is no proper care at the stage of operation or post-operational stage.

Judgement Date: 
18/08/2016
Tags:
Health Care, Private Sector, Supreme Court, India
Energy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Power Generation, 11/08/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Power Generation, 11/08/2016. The details of various power projects commissioned during the last two years and the current year, along with the quantum of electricity generated thereof is given at Annex. The electricity generation in the country increased to 391,163.27 Million Units (MUs) during the year 2016-17 (April, 2016 to July, 2016) from 365,146.09 MUs during 2015-16 (April, 2015 to July, 2015), thus registering a growth of 7.13%.

Publication Date: 
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Power Industry, Electricity, Public Sector, Private Sector, India, Statistics, Parliament
Health

National Health Accounts Guidelines for India 2016

The ‘National Health Accounts Guidelines for India’ details the standard methodology to arrive at health expenditure estimates that are comparable with other countries and also across the States within India and also over time.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC)
Tags:
Health, Health Care, India, Finance, Health Insurance, Private Sector, Public Sector
Water Resources

The Water Report 2016

The Water Report 2016 takes on the highly current, and sometimes parallel, issues of water and migration. While witnessing some of the largest refugee flows since the Second World War, water crises are highlighted as one of the most pressing global challenges.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2016
Stockholm International Water Institute
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Supply, Sanitation, Migration, Food Security, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Private Sector, Climate Change, India, Global, Urbanisation, Economic Development
Economy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 25/07/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 25/07/2016. In addition to 7 Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 11 State/Private Sector SEZs set-up prior to the enactment of the SEZ Act, 2005, approval has been accorded to 412 SEZs, out of which 204 SEZs are functional and remaining 226 SEZs are non-functional as on date. States/UTs-wise details of functional/non-functional SEZs is at Annex-I.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India, Statistics, Parliament, Private Sector
Science And Technology

Is the government justified in reducing R&D tax incentives?

A vast majority of studies assessing the impact of R&D tax incentives provided across the world conclude that such tax incentives spur investments. However, in India only a limited number of fi rms, especially small and medium ones, have actually been taking advantage of the state’s fi scal generosity.

Publication Date: 
23/07/2016
Sunil Mani, Janak Nabar
Economic and Political Weekly
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30
22-25
Tags:
Science And Technology Policy, India, Private Sector, Subsidies, Research
Health

Deepening health reform in China: building high-quality and value-based service delivery

China needs to further reform its health system with a number of critical steps to meet the growing health needs of the population and further control spending increases, despite impressive achievements in healthcare reform and rapid progress toward universal health coverage.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
The World Bank
Tags:
Health, Health Care, China, Aged, Diseases, Medical Systems, Environment, Private Sector, Health Education
Health

Deepening health reform in China: building high-quality and value-based service delivery

China needs to further reform its health system with a number of critical steps to meet the growing health needs of the population and further control spending increases, despite impressive achievements in healthcare reform and rapid progress toward universal health coverage.

Publication Date: 
22/07/2016
The World Bank
Tags:
Health, Health Care, China, Aged, Diseases, Medical Systems, Environment, Private Sector, Health Education
Economy

Development co-operation report 2016: the Sustainable Development Goals as business opportunities

The face of development has changed, with diverse stakeholders involved – and implicated – in what are more and more seen as global and interlinked concerns. At the same time, there is an urgent need to mobilise unprecedented resources to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Publication Date: 
18/07/2016
OECD
Tags:
Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sustainable Development, Private Sector, Public Sector, Finance, Developing Countries, Global, Industry, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Economy

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 18/07/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Special Economic Zones, 18/07/2016. The proposals for setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are approved by the Board of Approval (BoA) on recommendations of the concerned State Government. Approval of SEZs is an on-going process as they are created under the provisions of the SEZs Act, 2005. During the last three years and current financial year, 29 proposals have been received. Out of these, 23 proposals have been approved for setting up of SEZs. Details of the proposals approved including IT/ITES SEZs are at Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 18, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Special Economic Zones (SEZ), India, Statistics, Parliament, Industry, Private Sector

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