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Healthcare for all: Don’t rely on insurance alone
Health insurance in India serves a vital purpose and the government’s push to ease claims is welcome. For equitable outcomes, however, India should gradually shift its welfare emphasis to high-quality public services. It may offer an actuarial advantage too.
2 min read16 Apr 2025Centre to train joint directors for Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
The idea is to transform India’s digital health system so that universal health coverage is accessible, affordable, and safe for the public.
2 min read28 Feb 2025Budget 2025: Gig workers to receive health insurance under govt's flagship scheme
Including gig workers – part of India’s “missing middle” – in Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be a step towards achieving universal health coverage.
2 min read1 Feb 2025Beyond health cover: Why Ayushman Bharat has still not aced its true test
The government’s decision to provide health cover to the elderly is timely as India’s population will start ageing. But the scheme needs a redesign to cater to the health demands of the elderly and make it more attractive for private players.
3 min read15 Sep 2024Poverty falls, Govt health insurance scheme PM-JAY has positive impact on credit market outcomes
A total of 248.2 million Indians escaped multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23.
3 min read22 Jul 2024Free health insurance for senior citizens makes it to the Budget priorities checklist
The BJP-led NDA had promised in the run-up to the general election that it would seek to cover all people above 70 years under its flagship health insurance scheme if it returned to power at the Centre.
6 min read4 Jul 2024Ayurveda, alternative medicine to get an accreditation nudge
The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH) has requested stakeholders’ views on common accreditation standards it plans to issue by June, chief executive Atul Mohan Kochhar said.
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Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared