by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 24, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its report tabled in Parliament on Thursday, recommended that all the states and Union territories should emulate Delhi and Puducherry and increase the share of health spending in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 2, 2022 | Health, International News, Workplace/Employee Benefits
Key revisions introduced to the code of practice underline the importance of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management systems, maternity protection and waste and emissions management ILO:More than 229 million construction workers around the globe may benefit...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2022 | Health, International News, Life, Pandemic
The pandemic has increased people’s awareness of the importance of health and wellness. Yet populations in Asia are seeing an increase in lifestyle-related diseases, accounting for more than 70 per cent of all deaths SINGAPORE: AIA Group Limited (AIA)...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 21, 2022 | Health, Indian News, Policy
Finance Secretary T V Somanathan Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said the Centre provides for some ”cross-cutting health infrastructure” and also spends on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which helps people from lower strata of the society to access...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 31, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy
The latest NFHS-5 shows that Total Fertility Rate (TFR), an average number of children per women, has further come down to 2 in 2019-21 from 2.2 in 2015-16. Sex ratio, number of females per 1000 males, in the total population has risen from 991 females in 2015-16...
