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19% Punjab MLAs facing criminal cases

Posted on Monday, 12 March 2012 by Punjabi Articles


The hue and cry against criminalisation of politics notwithstanding, the voters of Punjab this time have elected 19 per cent MLAs, who have criminal cases pending against them. The situation is more alarming in Uttar Pradesh with almost half of the 224 newly elected Samajwadi Party MLAs facing criminal cases. Almost 25 per cent of these are facing cases with serious criminal charges like murder, attempt to murder, theft, robbery etc.

In Uttarakhand, 19 of the 70 newly elected MLAs have criminal background, according to Uttarakhand Election Watch.

Of the 117 legislatures in Punjab analysed by Punjab Election Watch, 22 (19%) have criminal cases pending against them. As many as eight MLAs (7 per cent) are facing serious criminal cases. In the Punjab 2007 Assembly elections, 21 (18%) were facing criminal cases.

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India’s First District Health Survey UP worst, U’khand best in child health

Posted on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 by Punjabi Articles

The country’s first-ever district-level health survey has placed smaller states, including Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, on the top for most of the health indicators surveyed and Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh at the bottom.

It finds neonatal mortality as the biggest challenge as seven out of every 10 infant deaths involve neonates. Here, inter-district variations are astounding.

Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand has the lowest neonatal mortality rate (NNMR) of 11 while Orissa’s Bolangir has the highest at 75. The survey proves zero correlation between people’s response to general child and maternal health and their preference for the male child.

So Uttarakhand, which tops on six of the nine health indicators studied in this largest global sample survey (18.2 million persons covered in nine biggest Indian states), stands at the bottom on sex ratio at birth (SRB) table, with Pithoragarh district posting the lowest number (764) of females born per 1,000 males as against Moradabad in UP with the highest 1,030. “This is the first time since Uttarakhand was carved out of UP that separate data is available for the two states,” said Health Secretary K Chandramauli.
Read More:http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110811/nation.htm

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