India’s health indicators

On health indices, there have been some successes but we still face innumerable, complex challenges

Over the years, we have successfully eradicated diseases such as polio and tetanus, done reasonably well in the fight against malaria and in halting the spread of HIV

Current issues in Indian Healthcare System

Today, the country is grappling with the twin problems of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) due to a variety of causes

With India ranked at an unflattering 154th in a Lancet study on “Healthcare Access and Quality Index” published last year, we need to work hard to make India “Swasth Bharat” in the coming years

Both the public and private sector have a big task on hand as a whole range of issues have to be tackled —
from the problem of malnutrition to providing an inclusive and affordable healthcare to every citizen

Low doctor-population ratio in India

India has less than one doctor for every 1,000 people, which is below the WHO norm

The doctor-population ratio is estimated to be 0.62:1,000 as per the current population, while the number of hospital beds is estimated to be 0.5 per 1,000 people

The public expenditure on the health sector

The first and foremost priority has to be to increase the public expenditure on the health sector

With the economy projected to improve further in the coming years, public expenditure on the health sector has to be enhanced significantly

Need of providing proper healthcare to the elderly people

Ensuring proper healthcare to the elderly is another major area of concern for the governments and all other stakeholders involved in the health sector

The problems associated with geriatrics such as dementia, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases are on the rise, while depression in both the young and old is becoming a major health issue

Perhaps, it might be a good idea to set up special geriatric clinics in different localities in cities under public-private partnership

Ayushman Bharat scheme

 the recently announced Ayushman Bharat scheme to provide health cover to 10 crore families and

the proposal to set up 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres will go a long way in providing the much-needed affordable healthcare to millions across the country

The way forward

There is a need of every individual to make lifestyle changes

Healthcare should be affordable and accessible to the common man so that a healthy and happy India becomes a reality in the coming years

The private sector must follow ethical practices and supplement the efforts of the government.

Was the SC right on the anti-atrocities law : Important Topics for UPSC Exams

Why in News?

In a recent judgment by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court in S K Mahajan vs State of Maharashtra Case, Supreme Court placed certain requirements on investigating agencies and the courts before taking action against the suspects in cases filed under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989.

The Violent protest against the Supreme Court Judgement, caused the loss of 9 lives, shows both state and centre were unaware of the scale and intensity of the agitation.  

Chronology of Events

In 2006, an employee, from a Scheduled Caste, with the technical education department of the government of Maharashtra, was given an adverse entry by his superior officers in Annual performance appraisal and confidential report, offended by this, he filed a criminal complaint under the Atrocities Act against the two officers.

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The investigating officer requested for prosecution sanction against the two accused in December 2010, which was denied by the director of technical education in January 2011 and the complainant then filed an FIR under the SC/ST Act against the director in March 2016 for denying sanction that was beyond his authority, later the director approached the High Court in May 2017 for anticipatory bail and for quashing the FIR but did not get relief.

He then approached the Supreme Court in 2017, and on 20 March 2018, the apex court delivered the order that has led to this huge outburst of public anger and lawlessness.

Supreme Court Judgement

Supreme Court ruled that instead of an immediate arrest in a case of alleged harassment, a preliminary inquiry must first be conducted by a deputy superintendent of police within seven days of an incident before taking any action.

Supreme Court directed that for the arrest of those accused under the Act who are public servants, approval of the appointing authority is required, and for all other accused, the approval of the SSP.

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UPSC Result 2017 announced, congratulations to all those who got selected

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Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB)
 Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is a method of budgeting in which all expenses must be
justified for each new period.
 Zero-based budgeting starts from a "zero base," and every function within an
organization (such as a ministry) is analyzed for its needs and costs. Budgets are then
built around what is needed for the upcoming period, regardless of whether the budget
is higher or lower than the previous one
 3 essential questions which must be answered objectively before going for any
expenditure as per the techniques of ZBB:
 Should we spend?
 How much should we spend?
 Where should we spend?
 Everything including expenditure and receipts begin from a scratch under ZBB. Budget
estimates for each Ministries or heads are provided on the basis of what is needed for
the upcoming period, regardless of the budget activity of the previous years.
 Under ZBB, allocations or funding are based on program efficiency and necessity rather
than budget history. However, ZBB is a time-consuming process that takes much longer
time than traditional, cost-based budgeting.
 Prioritizing the competing needs is another special feature of ZBB. As the
resources/funds are always scarce, in the process of prioritized allocation, the item/
items at the bottom might not get any funds.

What is GAAR?

Each component of the expansion of GAAR will give some idea about it. GAAR is General Anti Avoidance Rule and hence it is an anti-tax avoidance regulation. As the name suggests, it is set of laws aimed at curtailing tax avoidance in general. GAAR is set of rules under the Income Tax Act (under the proposed Direct Tax Code) which empowers the revenue authorities to deny tax benefits transactions or arrangements which do not have any commercial substance or consideration other than achieving the tax benefit. Thus, in nutshell, we can say that GAAR usually consists of a set of broad rules which are based on general principles to check the potential avoidance of the tax in general.

What is tax avoidance?

Tax avoidance is deliberate measures to avoid or reduce tax burden by an individual or a company. Tax avoidance, is by and large not defined in taxing statutes. Tax avoidance is, nevertheless, the outcome of actions taken by the assessee, which is not illegal or forbidden by the law as such. The purpose here is to reduce tax burden.

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(M.Laxmikanth class in Tamil)

https://youtu.be/6Fg-Vvn4rGA (Class1)

https://youtu.be/MDWAtyfHYpM (CLASS-2)

https://youtu.be/4rhtNL7aQeg (Class 3)

https://youtu.be/q6Nqju0UxJ0 (Class 3(1))

https://youtu.be/ajlLx07ERQE (Class 4)

https://youtu.be/OXpWzstoB9E (Class 5(1))

https://youtu.be/eZ6palo9imE (Class 5(2))

https://youtu.be/KUG0XphgDmU (Class 5(2))

https://youtu.be/IcFiX-IPG8s (Class 6(1))

https://youtu.be/H5tFYSujui8 (Class 6(2))

https://youtu.be/Cj55N1gKkB0 (Class 6(3))

https://youtu.be/IXGWveAFxbc (Class 7)

https://youtu.be/YFxJxTBTXBQ (Class 8)

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