2,20,000 health and safety complaints, and 75,000 overworking conditions complaints of employees and workers in 2023; However, 944 of 1,062 Indian listed companies received no complaints, indicating lack of systematic capturing and recording of complaints: Prime Database Study.
Healthcare costs are rising by 14% p.a. In India: ACKO India Health Insurance Index 2024.
68.9% of the 38,000 workers in hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks were SC, 14.7% were OBC, 8.3% were ST and 8% from the General Category: Central Government data.
The Women and Child Development Ministry, will soon launch a refurbished portal to integrate the child protection services available under various portals.
Only 38% of the legacy landfill sites of big cities have been remediated so far, 3 years into the 5 year target of clearing all legacy landfill sites: Swachh Bharat Mission data.
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