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Young population suffers Hearache
Daily News & Analysis – September 30, 2007
Also, a recent study presented by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) has pointed out that 74 per cent of overall health expenditure by a family is on curative care. |
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Is Gen Next stressed out due to work?
CNN-IBN – September 29, 2007
Sushmit is not alone. A survey by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations has found that 25 per cent of Indian firms lose about 14 per cent of their annual working days due to employee sickness. |
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Icrier wants STP, EOU sops to stay
Business Standard – September 25, 2007
A study commissioned by the finance ministry and carried out by economic thinktank Icrier has recommended that income tax exemptions to export oriented units (EoU) and under the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme should continue beyond the phaseout date of March 31, 2009. |
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Private sector asked for ways to boost US-India trade
Economic Times – September 25, 2007
Members of the PSAG who attended the meeting included Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Chairman, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (Co-Chair); V. Govindarajan, Member Secretary, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council; Lt Gen (ret) S S Mehta, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry and Habil Khorakiwala, President, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry from India. |
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Commodity players concerned over delayed reforms
Economic Times – September 24, 2007
However, Surabhi Mittal, an economist with the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, said the commodity futures market should grow slowly as it impacts food- and other livelihood-related issues in India , where majority of the population does farming. |
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'Lifestyle' diseases hit India's IT workers
Guardian Unlimited – September 14, 2007
The study by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations says that although India 's boom has brought spiralling corporate profits and higher incomes for employees, it has also led to a surge in workplace stress and lifestyle diseases. The health minister, Anbumani Ramadoss, said his biggest concern was the IT industry, which has grown rapidly on the boom in international outsourcing in recent years. |
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Manufacturing, consumer durables drag down growth
Hindu Business Line – September 13, 2007
Analysing the reasons for the July performance, Mr Rajeev Kumar, Director and Chief Executive of ICRIER, told Business Line that he did not see any demand. |
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'Blue-collar workers more prone to AIDS, TB'
Times of India , September 13, 2007
Indian Council For Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) in its study based on a survey of disparate companies across 15 states of India, showed 12% of blue-collar workers were at a high risk of getting a debilitating disease compared to 4% of the medium and senior-level employees. |
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Diseases knock billions off India’s income
The Times of India , India – September 13, 2007
While the Indian economy is in robust health, the same cannot be said about the country’s workforce. In 2005 alone, the estimated loss to our national income from diseases like heart ailments, stroke and diabetes, was a staggering $9 billion. |
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‘Diseases take their toll on national income’
Hindu – September 13, 2007
The estimated loss in India ’s national income as a result of heart diseases, stroke and diabetes in 2005 was $9 billion, and it is projected to exceed $200 billion over the next 10 years. |
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Some companies fail to deliver on staff health check-ups, study says
Livemint – September 13, 2007
Companies in India are not big on offering annual health check-ups to employees, despite most mentioning preventive health care as an area of focus in their corporate governance strategies. |
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Preventive Healthcare in India is still at early stages : Dr. Ramadoss
Press Information Bureau – September 13, 2007
Inaugurating the seminar on Impact of Preventive Healthcare on Indian Industry and Economy organized by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), today, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss said preventive, as opposed to curative health care has become the preferred option in most developed countries as it allows employees to be more productive. However preventive healthcare in India is still at early stages. I think we need to confront this problem with more compassion, commitment and concentration. It is my belief that the Health Policy should be even more forthcoming on this point and take firm steps to achieve this objective. |
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Only 57% cereal investments
Indian Express - September 5, 2007
Only 57 per cent of the money invested per hectare in coarse cereals is recoverable, on an average, according to a new study on horticulture by ICRIER. |
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India and China to lead global growth: Unctad
Livemint - September 5, 2007
However, according to Rajiv Kumar, chief executive of Indian Council of Resarch on International Economic Relations, “A new global financial arragement is essentially a pie in the sky at this stage. Even the Asian Currency Unit, which is in the realm of possibility, will take a long time to happen.” |
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