diga Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Not happy with deregulating prices of essential drugs. Prices of generic medicines are still under the control... Take the anti-cancer drugs for example nolvadex: generic names Tamoxifen/ Istubal/Valodex/Genox https://www.healthkartplus.com/detai...moxifen-100-mg costs about 38 for 100mg tablets Gleevec: generic names Imatib Alpha https://www.healthkartplus.com/detai...b-alpha-100-mg Rs. 850 for 1 Strip(s) (10 Capsules each) Geftinate:generic names Iressa/Gefitinib https://www.healthkartplus.com/detai...eftinat-250-mg MRP:Rs. 3400 for 1 Pack(s) (30 Tablets each) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Not happy with deregulating prices of essential drugs. https://twitter.com/VidyaKrishnan/status/517215150864990208 Check this series of tweets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 That was a total bizarre move,. First, add the, to the list. Next, remove them. Later say, they were removed but under price control. I mean complete confusion. Currently, essential drug prices have increased and their availability is running very low. HIV patients might not have access to an essential drug for 1-month. check what number and diva posted. i think its not as bad as what i thought of it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 PSUs like Coal India and NTPC to construct 50,000 toilets across the country Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/44008861.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst more important than constructing toilet is also maintenance. what steps will govt take for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 check what number and diva posted. i think its not as bad as what i thought of it before. I have seen those numbers. I want to make two points - (1) The govt has stripped the regulatory body to control prices of non-essential drugs in the future. In other words, pharma companies are free to increase prices (2) My previous post was with the confused state of the govt. First, add then remove then say under control -then say not under control. Bhai kehna kya chahte ho? Businesses don't like uncertainty and that too one which crops up one every month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 PSUs like Coal India and NTPC to construct 50,000 toilets across the country Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/44008861.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst more important than constructing toilet is also maintenance. what steps will govt take for that? Wrong news. It's 100,000 by Enery PSUs :) One Lakh Toilets in Schools to be constructed by Energy PSUs within a Year : Piyush Goyal http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=110246 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Swachh Bharat is an excellent and much needed campaign :nice: In his speech today, Modi invited Goa governor Mridula Sinha, Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, actor Kamal Haasan, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, actress Priyanka Chopra, actor Salman Khan, business honcho Anil Ambani and the team of Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma to take up the campaign. Again, excellent choices in terms of their reach and popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Full on ASL ishtyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Swachh Bharat is an excellent and much needed campaign :nice: In his speech today, Modi invited Goa governor Mridula Sinha, Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, yoga guru Baba Ramdev, actor Kamal Haasan, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, actress Priyanka Chopra, actor Salman Khan, business honcho Anil Ambani and the team of Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma to take up the campaign. Again, excellent choices in terms of their reach and popularity. this is all cosmetic. where are the concrete measures? instead of an all-India campaign, i would like it if they start with one or two states where you can implement measures more effectively and make it serve as a role-model. also pick states where there are a lot of migrants from other states so word can spread into other states about the good work done by government. this is one of reasons modi became popular outside of gujarat during his tenure as CM because migrants made him popular in their respective home states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 this is all cosmetic. where are the concrete measures? instead of an all-India campaign' date=' i would like it if they start with one or two states where you can implement measures more effectively and make it serve as a role-model. also pick states where there are a lot of migrants from other states so word can spread into other states about the good work done by government. this is one of reasons modi became popular outside of gujarat during his tenure as CM because migrants made him popular in their respective home states.[/quote'] The concrete measure would be to design a system such that people don't litter. We talk so much about design in electronic equipments but urban design is as much important. I never knew of this aspect until very recently a colleague of mine from Ecuador introduced me to the area of "Urban Computing". It takes extreme foresight to design such systems but we have years, years of knowledge (all over the world including India itself) to design efficient littering and urban spaces. I might do some work in this space too - lets see how this goes. Here's a nice publication on what factors (personal and environmental) promote littering Littering in Context: Personal and Environmental Predictors of Littering Behavior http://eab.sagepub.com/content/45/1/35.full.pdf+html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboysfan Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Let me blunt,Indians have no concept of cleanliness and they are no different in the US too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veer Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 this is all cosmetic. where are the concrete measures? instead of an all-India campaign' date=' i would like it if they start with one or two states where you can implement measures more effectively and make it serve as a role-model. also pick states where there are a lot of migrants from other states so word can spread into other states about the good work done by government. this is one of reasons modi became popular outside of gujarat during his tenure as CM because migrants made him popular in their respective home states.[/quote'] That's not PM's job.. he created awareness and initiated a campaing.. now it is upto states, local govt, and individuals to come up with the design.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky wicket Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 This clean campaign is all political drama Need stricter laws to punish offenders of littering, too many times I have seen the hypocrisy of pilgrims all across India, chucking away plastic containers, bottles, nappies on to road, on their way to temples. Need to introduce strict laws and penalty Singapore style to change attitudes w.r.t to littering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FischerTal Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 The concrete measure would be to design a system such that people don't litter. We talk so much about design in electronic equipments but urban design is as much important. I never knew of this aspect until very recently a colleague of mine from Ecuador introduced me to the area of "Urban Computing". It takes extreme foresight to design such systems but we have years, years of knowledge (all over the world including India itself) to design efficient littering and urban spaces. I might do some work in this space too - lets see how this goes. Here's a nice publication on what factors (personal and environmental) promote littering Littering in Context: Personal and Environmental Predictors of Littering Behavior http://eab.sagepub.com/content/45/1/35.full.pdf+html :nice: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticky wicket Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 And plus, clean india needs technology and waste management investment, from sanitary water treatment systems to waste recycling units and disposable incinerators A bunch of Backward class boys pulling a trailer and scraping waste using hoes around city won't clean anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crookbond Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 ^ We have excellent case studies and systems on this. Adoption rate is damn low. Sulabh International IIM-A Case study http://www.sulabhinternational.org/admin/config/media/file-system/SISSO%20Case%20Study%20-%20IIM%20Ahmedabad.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The Swacch Bharat program is even worse than the Nirmal Bharat program. The politicians and beaurecrats don't simply understand that the underlying problem is not one of infrastructure - for which enough support is already available. It is about a Sasur to go into the same loo as his bahu, about a thakur to take a dump where a Dalit did, about cleaning toilets where neighbors took a dump etc. I am not even getting into the environmental issues and problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sachin=GOD Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I still think it is a very good initiative. The problem, as with many other good campaigns in India, is the (lack of) proper implementation. What happened yesterday was just a media stunt. If this campaign can be properly implemented then it can being about a lot of positive change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkt.india Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The Swacch Bharat program is even worse than the Nirmal Bharat program. The politicians and beaurecrats don't simply understand that the underlying problem is not one of infrastructure - for which enough support is already available. It is about a Sasur to go into the same loo as his bahu, about a thakur to take a dump where a Dalit did, about cleaning toilets where neighbors took a dump etc. I am not even getting into the environmental issues and problems. Dont know in which world you live. Lets talk about my village in UP, most number of houses there have toilets and every family member uses the same toilet whether a sasur or a bahu. Most of the dump is collected at one place in villages and cow dung is used as natural fertilizer for agricultural purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Foreign Direct Investment to India has picked up.... As has remittances. IE the picture for inflows is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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