According to research from European non profit Health and Environment Alliance, if India removes its fuel subsidies it can fund almost 24 % of the healthcare needs of the citizens.…
A study has revealed that more adolescents in India are now dying of non-communicable diseases (NCD) than communicable diseases. The research has also shown that NCDs and injuries are responsible…
No disease has captured the satirical imagination of modern India like Dengue.
It has been used in popular songs “Sone ki Chidiya, Dengue, Malaria” From the motion picture Shanghai, used in dialogues in movies and provide good content to the budding stand up comics that have mushroomed all over India of late.
As the years roll by, life seems to go full circle, and we find ourselves taking care of and worrying about those parents and elderly relatives who took care of and worried about us in our childhood. Ironically, one of the biggest individual concerns also goes full circle – trying to encourage them to eat the right things and get all the nutrients they need. Recent research published by Gauhati Medical College provided the shocking statistic that 15 percent of 360 senior citizens assessed in the study were suffering from malnutrition.
“People with physical or mental disability are not only among the most deprived human beings in the world, they are also, frequently enough, the most neglected”
Prof Amartya Sen , Leading Economist and Nobel Laureate, keynote at the World Bank
Sadly, the statement remains largely true in the popular discourse for disability development in India. In a shocking move, the GST Council has decided to completely neglect the needs of citizens with disability and impose tax ranging from 5% to 18% across a range of assistive products including aids, appliances, prosthesis and technologies used by people with disabilities. All these items were earlier exempt from VAT and Customs Duty.