{"id":85044,"date":"2020-10-13T13:07:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T07:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17864"},"modified":"2021-06-25T16:05:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T10:35:04","slug":"indias-health-budget-spend-fourth-lowest-globally-oxfam-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-health-budget-spend-fourth-lowest-globally-oxfam-report\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s health budget spend fourth lowest globally: Oxfam report"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Oxfam has released a report titled \u201cCommitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index,2020\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>About the index: <\/strong>The index ranks 158 countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Public services(health, education and social protection)\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Taxation and\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Workers rights.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Topped by: <\/strong>The index has been topped by Norway followed by Denmark and Germany.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>India: <\/strong>It has been ranked 129 overall in the index.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Public Services: <\/strong>In terms of its public services such as health, education and social protection,India has been ranked 141.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Taxation: <\/strong>In terms of taxation, India has been ranked 19th in the index.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Workers Rights: <\/strong>India has fared poorly in protecting labour rights and has slipped to rank 151.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Other Facts Related to India:\u00a0<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>India has spent just 4% of its budget on health going into the pandemic \u2014 fourth lowest in the world.<\/li>\r\n<li>Only half of India\u2019s population have access to even the most essential health services while over 70% of health spending is being met by people themselves.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Most workers earn less than half of the minimum wage.Further, only around 10% of the workforce in India is formal with safe working conditions and social security.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Oxfam has released a report titled \u201cCommitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index,2020\u201d. Facts: About the index: The index ranks 158 countries measuring their policies and actions in three areas that it said are proven to be directly related to reducing inequality: Public services(health, education and social protection)\u00a0 Taxation and\u00a0 Workers rights. Key Takeaways: Topped&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-health-budget-spend-fourth-lowest-globally-oxfam-report\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s health budget spend fourth lowest globally: Oxfam report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2177,2178],"class_list":["post-85044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-commitment-to-reducing-inequality-cri-index","tag-oxfam","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}