This paper focuses on the usage of accounts to avail various financial services under the financial inclusion drive by the Government of India. It examines the factors affecting the use of financial services by 500 respondents from three districts of Punjab, namely Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, and Sangrur. It investigates financial services such as deposits, withdrawals, loans,
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First Covid, now McKinsey - how austerity hit EU healthcare
While private hospitals increased, numbers of intensive care beds fell, as they are less profitable for private companies (Photo: gob.mx)
Brussels, 28. Jan, 07:13
From hospitals to care homes, the outsourcing and privatisation of healthcare – in combination with various austerity policies promoted by the European Commission during the past decade – have significantly degraded EU member states capacity to deal effectively with COVID-19 - needlessly costing extra lives.
A new report by Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) clearly shows neoliberal reforms weakened public healthcare systems all over Europe, with dramatic consequences in terms of Covid-19 death, disability rates, and many other social impacts.