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Vinita Deshmukh
Veil of Secrecy? RTI on Aarogya Setu Draws a Blank, Only Reveals Rs 4.15Cr Spent on Publicity
14 Sep 2020
Members of the Internet Freedom Foundation have been driven up the wall since April this year, trying to procure information on transparency and accountability under RTI from multiple government…
Tikender Singh Panwar
Ventilator Controversy: PMCares or PMCareless?
28 Aug 2020
PMCARES, a “public charitable trust”fund created by the Prime Minister on March 28, 2020, has been facing strong criticism since its inception, not just by the Opposition parties but also by all…
Arun Kumar Das
NITI Aayog Questions Railways Safety Data on Zero Deaths
19 Aug 2020
It has also questioned the significant expenditure incurred from the specially created fund to strengthen the safety mechanism and observed the absence of any advanced "technologies introduced by…
Newsclick Team
Let’s Talk: The Real Story Behind Bank Privatisation
07 Aug 2020
In this episode, we talk to journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty on the arguments made by pro-government sources on privatizing banks.
Ravi Nair, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Adani’s Plans to Privatise Airports May Go Awry
23 Jun 2020
New Delhi: After signing a binding concession agreement on February 14, 2019, to take over the operations of the international airports at Mangaluru (Karnataka), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Ahmedab
Neelambaran A
Tamil Nadu: State-owned Vaccine Manufacturing Unit on Verge of Shutdown
04 Mar 2020
While the Finance Ministry has rejected the sanctioning of additional funds for the HLL project, around 200 employees have not been paid their salary for the past eight months citing financial…
Jyotsna Singh
Will Burden of User Charges in Healthcare Lead to Pauperisation?
07 Feb 2020
What has gone missing from the analysis of NITI Aayog’s proposal to use PPP models at district hospital is its blatant advocacy for user charges in various forms.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Will NITI Aayog’s Proposed PPP Model Make District Hospitals Inaccessible for the Needy?
31 Jan 2020
JSA has said that this division of patients into two categories based on their ability to pay goes against both national policy as well as international commitment of the country towards universal…
Sandeep Pandey
NITI Aayog Must Not Try to Privatise Public Health
17 Jan 2020
The NITI Aayog has unveiled a plan to allow private players to take over district government hospitals.
Jyotsna Singh
Public Health: Why NITI Aayog’s Push for PPP Model Won't Work
14 Jan 2020
A plethora of evidence shows that in India, public-private partnerships have either been rolled back or have led to poor health outcomes.