Goaltide Daily News 2020
News 1:
5 hospital beds/10k population: India ranks 155th in 167: Times of India
Syllabus Reference: GS-II
Issues Relating to Development and Management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
An important article covering many facts regarding the loopholes in the health sector of India. It tells the data related to bed availability in India and compares it with other countries as well. Can be helpful both in prelims as well as mains.
News 2:
The long road to food security: The Hindu
Syllabus Reference:
GS-II
Issues relating to Poverty and Hunger.
GS-III
Issues of Buffer Stocks and Food Security
Article says, It is a grim failure that 73 years after Independence, India continues to be gripped by a paradox of plenty in the realm of food security. The country reached self-sufficiency in agricultural production some time ago, and yet, mass hunger is rampant across States. It also covers some important facts and gives the way forward. Read without fail.
News 3:
With 1 in 5 workers ‘skilled’, India ranks 129 among 162
Syllabus Reference: GS-III
Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment.
Barely one in five Indians in the labour force is “skilled” according to the recently released Human Development Index, 2020. There is a comparison of major countries in the article, just read it once.
