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If MSMEscontinue to be chained with around it, suggesting the government of specialists in district hospitals and in
inappropriate yardsticks and outdated will make sure Xi’s order is strictly en- rural India, the health ministry has al-
technologies, it will not be possible for forced. lowed two year postgraduate (PG) di-
India to achieve the goals of ploma courses that applicants can pur-
Atmanirbhar Mission or $5-trillion Minimum wage criteria sue after completing their MBBS.
economy.
rules 'ambiguous': ILO pa- This will enable National Board of Ex-
Uppal is of the view that if the root per amination to start eight postgraduate
cause of the problem is addressed, Terming the current minimum wage speciality diploma courses in obstetrics
other things such as securing capital fixing criteria in the draft minimum and gynaecology, anaesthesiology,
and cheap credit would fall in place wage rules as ambiguous, the Interna- paediatrics, tuberculosis and chest dis-
and solve most of problems of MSMEs. tional Labour Organization (ILO) in a ease, family medicine, ophthalmology,
He has one suggestion for banks, too. discussion paper has called for refining radio diagnosis, and ENT. The health
There should be one key parameter of the rules and suggested relying on ministry issued the order after consul-
that banks should take into account the evidence-based approach as sug- tation with the board of governors in
while extending credit to MSMEs – suppression of the Medical Council of
gested by the expert committee on
they must ensure that MSME units India.
determining the methodology for fix-
have a basic digital education. ing the national minimum wage ear-
lier. Candidates can pursue these courses by
Otherwise, banks would have signed clearing the NEET-PG exam after com-
their death warrant on the day they “The wage rules do not outline the pleting MBBS. Hospitals with a mini-
are born. Digital empowerment is es- exact criteria and methods for fixation mum of 100 operational beds are eli-
sential in the MSMEsector for their of floor wage rates by the Central Gov- gible to seek accreditation with NBE
future growth and survival, he said. ernment, except for stating some for the diploma courses. This proposal
broad components such as food, cloth- being considered by the government in
Xi Jinping wants 1.4 billion ing, housing and any other factors. In- March.
diners to wash their plates dia, with more than 70 years of expe-
rience in implementation of minimum The move assumes significance in view
Chinese President Xi Jinping wants 1.4 wage regulation and 24 years of imple- of the pandemic which has restricted
billion diners to clean their plates. But menting the NFLMW, cannot afford to
his campaign against food waste risks leave the floor wage fixation criteria movement because of fear of infec-
touching a third rail in a country where ambiguous in the wage rules,” the pa- tion. The dearth of specialist doctors in
meals are a cornerstone of private life. rural and remote areas have become
per, co-authored by ILO Wage Special- more challenging for the healthcare
This week, Xi rolled out a new push to
ist Xavier Estupiñan, VV Giri National system. The Medical Council of India
curb the “shocking and distressing” Labour Institute’s faculty Anoop
problem of discarded leftovers, as he Satpathy and Indian Economic Service had in 2019 converted its diploma
seeks to fortify a fragile food supply courses into degree courses to over-
officer Bikash K. Malick, said. come the shortfall of teaching faculty.
strained by floods, epidemics, locusts
and trade wars. The Expert Committee had earlier rec-
ommended setting the national floor PM calls for global toy play
He cited a Tang Dynasty poem implor- wage at Rs 375 per day (Rs 9,750 per Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged
ing people to “know that each grain on month) as per July 2018 prices, which startups and entrepreneurs to “team
your plate comes from the labour of if now updated to January 2020 prices, up for toys” and said that the country
peasants.” The response to the “Clean will be Rs 413 per day (10,738 rupees needs to leverage its rich tradition of
Plates Campaign” has been swift, even per month), it said. local toys and grow its share in the glo-
by the standards of China’s vast state- bal toy industry.
directed media apparatus, with edito- Govt revives two-year PG
rials, exposes and even catering asso- In his radio talk, Mann Ki Baat, he said
ciations joining in. The national legis- medical diploma course whether in the field of computer
lature is also fast-tracking legislation With an aim to address the shortage games or toys, all sectors will need to

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