Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, July, 15
Social Activist and senior PDP leader Narinder Sh arma continuing social service today provided wall fans at Govt Hospital RS Pura as a part of feeling and fulfilling his continuous social responsibility towards needy and poor especially marginalized sections of society.
The staff at Govt hospital appreciated Sharma’s good-will gesture saying that wall fans were need of hour in this scorching heat.
Speaking on the occasion, Sharma said that one among the numerous challenges in the healthcare sector in rural areas has been the lack of access to quality services for the poor and marginalised communities.
The healthcare infrastructure came under considerable strain during the Covid-19 pandemic and exposed its shortcomings. But thanks to several NGOs and social activists which are identifying the root causes of healthcare challenges and are coming up with innovative solutions. They are working in various areas such as child and reproductive health, nutrition, early identification of diseases, and treatment of communicable diseases.
Sharma asked govt to make healthcare accessible to the poorest and the most deprived sections and continue improving the health and lives of the underserved who face social and financial challenges besides ensuring healthcare and nutrition intervention for women and children in vulnerable communities. The majority of the population in India lives in villages.
The village is the back bone of the country. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Rural entrepreneurship is not only important as a means of generating employment opportunities in the rural areas with low capital cost and raising the real income of the people, but also its contribution to the development of agriculture and urban industries, added Sharma.
Sharma observed that rural entrepreneurship can be considered one of the solutions to reduce poverty, migration, economic disparity, unemployment and develop rural areas and backward regions.Rural entrepreneurship is one of the newest areas of research in the entrepreneurship field. By understanding the root causes and perpetuating factors of poverty, we can develop targeted interventions that address the specific needs of vulnerable communities, including the provision of financial aid, said Sharma.
Sharma further said that leaving no one behind needs to become the way we operate as a global community. In order to overcome the barriers that hamper both human development and progress towards the sustainable development goals, inclusiveness must guide policy choices,” said Sharma.
The world has come a long way in rolling back extreme poverty, in improving access to education, health and sanitation, and in expanding possibilities for women and girls,” said Sharma. “But those gains are a prelude to the next, possibly tougher challenge, to ensure the benefits of global progress reach everyone.
