New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India has significant progress on multiple Sustainable Development Goal indicators, with social protection coverage and installed renewable energy generating capacity in the country nearly tripling in ten years, an official statement said on Monday.The data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on SDG indicators showed that the proportion of the population covered by social protection systems rose from 22 per cent in 2016 to 65.3 per cent i…
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Guwahati, June 26 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Friday said the state’s Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) has witnessed a dramatic decline from 480 deaths per one lakh live births to 84, describing the achievement as a landmark in Assam’s healthcare transformation and a reflection of sustained investments and reforms in the public health sector.Referring to the latest Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin 2022-23 and findings of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), S…
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) India, which has a population of more than 700 million women and girls, has made concerted efforts to uplift their status since its Independence. The Constitution of India laid a strong foundation with principles of equality, a report has detailed. Article 14 of the Constitution provides equality before the law, Article 15 prohibits discrimination based on gender and Article 16 provides equal opportunity in public employment. Article 39 and 42 of India’s Constitution pr…