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Govt should provide quality health, education to public
The NDA governments directions exempting new age startups from labour laws for a period of three years goes against the constitutional rights of working class, pointed out Ramon Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey.
Warangal: The NDA government's’ directions exempting new age startups from labour laws for a period of three years goes against the constitutional rights of working class, pointed out Ramon Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey.
He said the conditions of workers which were already in a bad state in the country could worsen following the Central government decision to prevent Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation Employees (EPFO) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) from inspecting the startups.
Delivering the 5th P V Narasimha Rao memorial lecture at Kakatiya University in Hanamkonda on Wednesday, he accused the BJP government at the Centre of slashing budgetary allocations to education and health sector.
He spoke on the topic ‘The paradox of high growth and worst social indices in the world’. Stating that ‘It would have a detrimental effect on the nations’ developmental dreams,’ he added India has been going up in terms of per capita income while sliding down in terms social indicators. India was lagging behind on many fronts in comparison to Bangladesh and South Asian countries.
While suggesting that the State government should own the responsibility of providing education and health to public, he said Sri Lanka which stands ahead of India in social indicators has banned private schools since 1960s. Promoting private universities was a bad idea,
he added.
Drawing comparison between Indian and its neighbouring nations, Pandey said Sri Lank boasts of 99 percent literacy rate. In Sri Lanka for every 1.4 kilometres there was a health centre. Participation rate of women in workforce in Bangladesh was twice than in India.
Further he stated that infant mortality rate in India was 47 per 1000 live births whereas in China, Brazil and Russia it was 13, 14 and 10 per cent respectively in 2011. Similarly India spent only 1.2 percent in proportion of GDP on health.
‘These are all outcomes of corruption of policies and the Modi government is encouraging it’, Pandey said. PV Memorial Trust office bearers Surabhi Vani Devi, Prof K Sitarama Rao, Lok Satta leader Parcha Kodandarama Rao, Dr V Viswanatha Rao, University Registrar Prof Altaf Hussian, professors N Rama Swamy, G Damodar and others were present.
