Governance Newsletter

‘Reduce Stigma To Make Women Comfortable Accessing Safe Abortions’
New Delhi: Abortion was legalised in India almost half a century ago, yet unsafe abortions--performed in unhygienic...
Centre On Course To Meet 2025 Goal Of Spending 2.5% Of GDP On Public Health
New Delhi: The Centre is on course to meet the 2025 target of spending 2.5% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) on...

Delaying Babies, Using Toilets Could Roll Back Anaemia Crisis Of Indian Women
Jaipur: Improved sanitation facilities and delayed pregnancy in India could reduce the rates of anaemia in pregnant...

Expenses Fell, Usage Rose After Public Healthcare Improved In 3 TN Blocks
Mumbai: Strengthening rural public health systems in three Tamil Nadu blocks made more people utilise their services...

Better Nutrition In Early Life Could Give India 3.17 Million More Graduates
Mount Abu (Rajasthan): Ensuring supplementary nutrition for children in the 0-3 years age bracket could raise the number...

Conditional Cash Transfer Improves Maternal, Infant Health Care In Odisha: New Study
There was a 5-percentage-point increase in the possibility of receiving antenatal services--such as full body check ups,...

India's Millets Makeover: Set To Reach Poor, School Meals
A pearl millet farm in Raichur, Karnataka. A new government proposal seeks to put millets--which have higher iron,...

How India Can Cut Rampant Antibiotic Misuse In Food Animals
In the absence of clear regulations, most poultry farms keep chickens in confined areas lacking proper sanitation and...
