Panaji: The directorate of health services (DHS) in collaboration with three centres have developed a mobile app for real-time testing and surveillance of malaria among migrant labourers. Health services face challenges to check the spread of malaria among labourers as they are constantly on the move across the state. “Contractors move labourers from south to … Read more
Single-person migration is mostly male, but we have women who come as construction workers, teachers and nurses for the rest of their families. (Photo source: IE) On need for policy interventions AJOY MEHTA: What are the kind of policy interventions that we are looking at when we look at the health of migrants? First and … Read more
Prasad further said that the increase in Coronavirus cases around the country during the second wave would again cause hardships for the labourers and it remains to be seen how they find a way to cope with that. (Credit: Gajendra Yadav, The Indian Express) There are no official records however experts have pointed out a … Read more
New Delhi: The government has cleaned up 43.9 million bogus and ineligible ration cards from public distribution system to ensure that the subsidised food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) is distributed among genuine beneficiaries. “There were a large number bogus and duplicate ration cards before 2013. In last seven years, we have … Read more