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Govt plans joint family accounts to plug gaps in cash transfer scheme

During an audit it was found that the actual needy are not getting benefits of the health scheme because most poor women in rural areas do not have a bank account

2 min read30 Apr 2018
Politics

Why the Indian patient is caught between the devil and the deep sea

A 2014 NSSO report shows that the majority of Indians prefer to consult private practitioners rather than public hospitals and those who do visit public hospitals often do so out of compulsion

4 min read8 Sep 2017
Politics

Why the Gorakhpur tragedy is just the tip of the iceberg

India's healthcare challenges are daunting but the challenges seem to be most acute in Uttar Pradesh, the country's most populous state

3 min read24 Aug 2017
Opinion

Competing for better health?

Poor quality of healthcare, regardless of whether this is provided in the private or public system, is the elephant in the room

5 min read24 Jan 2017
Opinion

The fight against hidden hunger

Prioritizing early childhood nutrition is key to ensuring India's development rests on strong and steady shoulders

3 min read11 Jan 2017
Politics

NRHM scam: SC dismisses HCL’s plea

HCL was named co-accused along with a government official in the Rs9,000 crore NRHM scam in the second chargesheet filed by the CBI

1 min read10 Aug 2016
Politics

Staff under various heads of National Health Mission to be integrated

Health ministry will save funds through rationalisation of services which will be available for other purposes

2 min read2 Jun 2016
Politics

Jammu and Kashmir to provide free medicines in all government health facilities

Jammu and Kashmir is the last state in India to implement free medicine policy

1 min read11 Mar 2016
Politics

Immunization: city kids lag behind rural peers

The Economic Survey 2015-16 calls for expansion of public health facilities in urban areas, as immunization levels there are poor compared to rural areas

2 min read29 Feb 2016
Politics

H.L. Dattu recommends Justice T.S. Thakur to be next CJI

Thakur is the seniormost judge after Dattu, who retires on 2 December

1 min read5 Nov 2015
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