Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
This Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India contains results of the Performance Audit on Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) covering the period September 2018 to March 2021. Ayushman Bharat is a health scheme of the Government of India launched on 23 September 2018 …
The Covid-19 pandemic proved to be a global disaster that took countless lives, many of whom were frontline functionaries deployed to contain this crisis. As a result, the Indian state, unlike before, had to acknowledge the risk that accompanied their workers in this crisis. They promised them vaccination, health & …
Africa bears 24% of the global burden of disease, although it is home to only about 15% of the world’s population and accounts for 50% of global deaths from communicable diseases. An estimated $2.4 trillion in annual output is lost due to poor health. Against a backdrop of large and …
NITI Aayog released a comprehensive report titled Health Insurance for India’s Missing Middle, which brings out the gaps in the health insurance coverage across the Indian population and offers solutions to address the situation. The report, highlights the need for health insurance coverage for all and says, significant challenges will …
NITI Aayog released a report outlining the range of investment opportunities in various segments of India’s healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical devices and equipment, health insurance, telemedicine, home healthcare and medical value travel. India’s healthcare industry has been growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of around 22% since 2016. …
Texas Women’s Foundation has released the findings of its Economic Issues for Women in Texas 2020 report, which examines the economic status of Texas women in regard to gender, race, and ethnicity. It showed that women make up half the population in the state—a significant part of the workforce—but still …
Finance Minister announces Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for the poor to help them fight the battle against Corona Virus. The Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Niramla Sitharaman on 26 March announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore relief package under Pradhan Mantri …
The National Digital Health Blueprint (NDHB) focuses on providing an efficient and affordable health coverage through a wide range of data and infrastructure services by leveraging open digital systems that will ensure security and privacy of personal information. The need of the hour was to create an ecosystem which could …
From providing health insurance policyholders an option to choose third-party administrators (TPAs) to proposing a hike in the fees it levied on such firms, insurance regulator IRDAI has mooted multiple changes in the regulations governing TPA-Health Services. For greater competition, it is proposed to allow the policyholders to choose the …
Union Budget 2019: Over the last two decades, the use of health insurance has increased many folds in the country. But it amazes me to see that in India the premium for health insurance per lakh of money is far less than car insurance premium per lakh. India is a …
Researchers point to sharp divergence in economic prosperity and social development A comprehensive analysis of the social impact of rising inequality released on Monday by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has blamed State policies for catastrophes like the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) that has resulted in 120-plus deaths …
Cognate Health Services is voluntarily providing multiple health care services with a unique concept of enabling preventive health care services accessible and affordable for everyone. The company is effectively managing to assist people of India to procure good health and lead a happy life. Cognate Health Services has a strong …
NEW DELHI: When it comes to the dreaded ‘C’, even the poorest of the families spend over Rs 50,000 towards treatment of their wards at public hospitals where consultation, surgery and key medicines are provided for free. This was revealed in a cost-analysis published in the journal, Psycho-Oncology. Researchers from …
Despite efforts by federal and state governments to ensure that Nigerians embrace health insurance scheme, only nine percent of the country's population have subscribed to the scheme, a survey has shown. As many as 89 per cent of Nigerians pay for their health care services out-of - pockets, a situation …
Rural communities in South Africa, which make up 40% of the population, face immense difficulties in accessing adequate healthcare, according to a report titled Protecting Rural Healthcare in Times of Economic Crisis. Health expenditure per person in real terms has been shrinking since 2012, according to the report. Austerity measures …
Healthcare experts from India and the UK gathered for a first-of-its-kind conference in Birmingham to explore opportunities emerging after the Indian government's Ayushman Bharat initiative. The conference, which was organised at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham by the Indian High Commission in the UK, Consulate General of India in …
NEW DELHI: Raising concerns over low penetration of health insurance, especially in the hinterland, and high ‘out of pocket’ expenditure on health, the insurance regulator has urged private insurance providers to reach out to the uninsured in remote areas and asked healthcare providers to devise mechanisms to keep cost of …
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) released draft guidelines on standardisation of individual health products. According to the guidelines, the standard indemnity health product should have basic mandatory covers and shall be uniform across the market. No additional add-ons or optional covers will be allowed along with …
MUMBAI: With India seeing a high incidence of diseases spread by mosquitoes, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched a health cover that is specifically targeted at seven vector borne diseases - dengue, malaria, chikungunya, Kala Azar, Japanese encephalitis, filariasis and Zika virus. While the focus is on mosquito-borne diseases, the …
