Quality of audits has improved in the past few years: NFRA Chairman 

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Friday demanded the termination of 10-minute delivery services offered by quick commerce players, terming the practice as "cruelty" towards gig workers who risk their lives to meet deadlines under extreme pressure.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha said delivery personnel are not robots, but individuals who are someone's father, husband, brother or son.
"I want to tell you that these people are not robots. They are also someone's father, husband, brother, or son. The House should think about them. And the cruelty of this 10-minute delivery should end," he said.
The AAP leader said while consumers hope their food reaches them in 10 minutes, the House should also think about the welfare of gig workers.
Chadha described delivery personnel working for platforms like Zomato, Swiggy, Blinkit, Zepto, ride-hailing services such as Ola and Uber, and home service providers as the "invisible wheels of the Indian ...

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Chadha said delivery personnel are not robots, but individuals who are someone's father, husband, brother or son

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The number of road accident fatalities in India rose 2.3 per cent to over 1.77 lakh in 2024, resulting in the death of 485 persons every day, Parliament was informed.
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, in a written reply to Lok Sabha, said that the Stockholm Declaration on Road Safety, adopted at the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in February 2020, sets a new global target to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries by 50 per cent by 2030.
"As per the information received from States/UTs, total number of road accident fatalities reported in the country on all categories of roads during the calendar year 2024 were 1,77,177, which includes data in respect of West Bengal taken from eDAR portal," Gadkari said.
A total number of 4,80,583 road accidents have been reported by Police Departments of States and Union Territories (UTs) in the country during the calendar year 2023, claiming 1,72,890 lives and causing injuries to 4,62,825 persons.
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Gadkari said the government has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on 4E's

Healthcare industry body NATHEALTH has asked the government to increase public spending on healthcare to over 2.5 per cent of GDP with urgent action to tackle non-communicable diseases, including tax deductions of up to Rs 10,000 on individuals for preventive health check-ups.
In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage.
The recommendations call for a balanced mix of fiscal support, structural reforms, and public-private collaboration to build a robust, future-ready health system, it said in a statement.
In its recommendations, NATHEALTH asked the sector to be declared 'core infrastructure' and create a healthcare infrastructure fund of Rs 50,000 crore, saying currently there is limited access to long-term, lower-cost capital for hospitals and diagnostic networks.
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In its pre-Budget recommendations to the government, NATHEALTH said it outlined a roadmap to strengthen healthcare delivery, foster innovation, and expand insurance and preventive coverage

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Quality of audits has improved in the past few years: NFRA Chairman

Quality of audits has improved in the past few years: NFRA Chairman

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