Lowering age to 18 yrs for vaccination, decisive step to restore confidence, says ASSOCHAM
Apr 21, 2021, at 12:19 am
Kolkata: Lowering the vaccination age to 18 years would give much- needed confidence to our people who have been going through challenging times with great courage, said ASSOCHAM Secretary General Deepak Sood.
Jun 05, 2018, at 07:23 pm
New Delhi, June 5 (IBNS): The Government must set up a financial mechanism for municipal solid waste management (MSWM) which makes an agency responsible, will ensure that the system works with the necessary revenue collection that it was deemed to make, suggested an ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study.
88% of Delhiites suffer from lack of Vitamin D: survey
Apr 13, 2018, at 09:34 pm
New Delhi, Apr 13 (IBNS): Concerned over the alarming rise of insufficient Vitamin D in India, about 8 in 10 people in Delhi suffer from Vitamin D deficiency which causes chronic muscle pain, spasms, low energy levels, depression etc, according to ASSOCHAM Healthcare Committee report brought out by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) here on Friday.
Demanding targets make employees sleep less than 4-6 hours: ASSOCHAM
Feb 26, 2018, at 09:41 pm
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IBNS): Nearly 56% of corporate employees sleep less than 6 hours in a day due to high stressed levels that arise out of tough targets set for themselves by employers and cause diseases like hypertension, sugar etc., according to ASSOCHAM Healthcare Committee report brought out by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): Affordability of health insurance is the need of the hour; this was stated by K. Sanath Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Insurance Company Ltd at an ASSOCHAM organized day-long conference on “National Insurance ASSOCAHM Summit-Connecting Wellness to Insurance” here on Tuesday.
Delhi-NCR generates 5900 tonnes of medical waste per annum: ASSOCHAM
Feb 09, 2018, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): With a increase in the number of healthcare facilities, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad collectively generate over 5900 tonnes medical waste annually, most of which remain untreated and dumped with municipal waste and thus cause serious health and environment hazard, reveals the ASSOCHAM.
Only 3% workers worry their health care: ASSOCHAM Survey
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): Despite increase in life-style diseases, only 3% of workers are worried about their future health since majority of it is hardly able to spare resources beyond meeting their daily needs and the absence of any affordable health services provided by corporates to majority of its employees, reveals ASSOCHAM survey.
Delhi-NCR will generate 1,50,000 MT e-waste by 2020: ASSOCHAM study
Jan 10, 2018, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IBNS): Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to generate about 1,50,000 metric tonnes (MT) of e-waste per annum by 2020 from the current level of 85,000 metric tonnes growing at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25%, reveals ASSOCHAM Council on Climate Change & Environment latest findings.
Delhi’s toxic smog may hit tourism badly: ASSOCHAM
Nov 11, 2017, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IBNS): The ongoing tourism season which is yet to pick up, could see a maximum hit with the Delhi and NCR pollution likely to economic impact in sectors like tourism, transport, automobile and real estate, an ASSOCHAM paper has said.
Delhi smog: ASSOCHAM sends SOS to govt. seeking innovative solutions
Nov 08, 2017, at 09:39 pm
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IBNS): Expressing anxiety over the dangerously unhealthy air quality levels in the National Capital Region (NCR), apex industry body ASSOCHAM on Wednesday urged the Centre and governments of Delhi, Haryana and Punjab to establish a clear strategy for aggressively tackling air pollution.
Nov 03, 2017, at 10:21 pm
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IBNS): Over the decade, there has been an overall reduction in the infant mortality rates and under-five mortality rate in India, yet the country is housing about 50% of undernourished children of the world, reveals the joint study undertaken by ASSOCHAM–EY.
Fire crackers ban in NCR: Responsibility for clean air lies on all, says ASSOCHAM
Oct 23, 2017, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IBNS): Expressing concern over poor implementation of the Supreme Court ban order on sale of fire crackers in the Delhi–NCR, the ASSOCHAM today said ensuring a clean environment should be a combined responsibility of the Centre, state governments, civil society and public at large and not of the apex court alone.
India would need to bring 88 km2 land under waste disposal by 2050: Study
Jun 25, 2017, at 10:42 pm
New Delhi, June 25 (IBNS): Considering the present scenario of waste management in India, where most of the waste is dumped without treatment, it would require an estimated 88 square kilometer (km2) of precious land to be brought under waste disposal through landfilling by 2050, which is equivalent to the size of area under administration of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), noted a recent joint study by ASSOCHAM and PwC.
Overweight kids in Delhi-NCR are more prone to diabetes: ASSOCHAM study
Nov 13, 2016, at 12:54 am
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IBNS): One in every ten children between the age of 5-16 yrs are overweight and are more prone to diabetic, reasons for rise in childhood diabetes are high calorie diet, junk food, inactivity, less outdoor games and more of indoor games, according to a recent study conducted by ASSOCHAM Health committee council on the occasion of ‘World Diabetic day’ on November 14.
Smog hitting employees at India Inc. hard and fast in Delhi-NCR: Survey
Nov 08, 2016, at 10:40 pm
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IBNS): Smoggy atmosphere across Delhi-NCR has started taking a toll on people’s health and is hampering their ability to do their jobs efficiently, according to a just-concluded quick survey by ASSOCHAM.
School kids face backache threat under heavy weight bags: ASSOCHAM
Sep 03, 2016, at 11:29 pm
New Delhi, Sept 3 (IBNS): As many as 68 per cent of school going children, especially between 7-13 years of age, face the risk of backaches and other related problems, courtesy heavy loads of books and sporting kits, they carry in their school bags which weigh between 40-45 per cent of the weight of the kids, according to an ASSOCHAM Healthcare Committee findings ahead of Teacher's Day.
Malaria claims 50K lives in India per year: ASSOCHAM
Apr 24, 2014, at 07:51 pm
New Delhi, Apr 24 (IBNS) As about 50,000 people in India and about one crore across the world die of mosquito-borne diseases every year, apex industry body ASSOCHAM under the aegis of its CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Foundation has planned to launch an awareness campaign with an aim to spread information about malaria, its causes, prevention and treatment on the eve of World Malaria Day commemorated globally every year on April 25.