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 …
SHILLONG: The comprehensive State Health Policy is expected to be finalised by the end of this year. "We are committed to finalise the Health Policy at the earliest. Probably, by the end of this year the policy would be ready for implementation," Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma told reporters after …
Pune City anchor: Scheme benefits 6,091 people from below poverty line category; Rs 2.33 crore spent so far on beneficiaries The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has received a good response in the Pune district due to the coordinated efforts of Pune zilla parishad, New India Insurance Company and Dedicated …
The enrolment of the poor in the flagship health insurance scheme, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana in its third year of operation does not show any sign of it covering all the poor by 2012. This article estimates the proportion of the eligible below the poverty line families enrolled for …
Rather than just a medical issue health status of a population is now considered an important economic indicator of development for any economy. Health services have a major influence on the well-being of individuals and societies, and are an important part of a nation's politics and economy.
When the United Progressive Alliance (upa) triumphed at the hustings exactly a year ago, both its supporters and detractors agreed the victory vindicated the government’s social welfare schemes. The upa, in its first avatar, brought a new lease of life in many areas of the social welfare sector. It discarded …
Obamacare is here. As he affixed his signature to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on 23 March 2010, President Obama signed into law what many observers view as one of the most important changes to the American healthcare system since 1965. If all goes as planned, by 2019 …
After three years of soul-snuffing treatment at the local ESI hospital for acute breathlessness and body pain, Jagdish, a factory worker from the Rai block in Sonepat district, Haryana, finally had enough. Egged on by a neighbour, the 52-year-old mustered up the courage to visit a private cardiac care hospital …
Micro health insurance schemes in Bangladesh face a number of challenges. They include financial and institutional sustainability. Apart from challenges the authors assess the importance, evolution and models of micro health insurance in the country.
THOUGH you would be forgiven for thinking otherwise, around half of all Americans get their health care courtesy of the government. There is Medicare, which provides for the elderly; Medicaid, which looks after the poorest; and a big federal programme that covers children in most of the country
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna and National Rural Health Mission have the potential to transform the health and financial security of poor households. The experience of VimoSEWA indicates that health insurance must be firmly linked to an effective public health system. A high percentage of claims for preventable illness, unnecessary …
bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Wednesday decided to introduce from this month the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for the BPL families living in the 30 districts of the state. Under the scheme, which will be continued till 2012-13, the families will be able to avail themselves of health services …
The case for universal health insurance for the entire Indian population is stronger than ever before, and the question now is how to make it workable and feasible To say that everyone falls sick or needs to see a doctor, at some point or the other during life, is stating …
Health insurance companies in the UK, US and Canada own almost US $4.5 billion worth tobacco stocks, a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed. But smokers are handed the short end of the bargain. The companies usually charge a higher premium from smokers for insurance …
Nagercoil: NIRMAYA, a health insurance scheme from the Central Government for the welfare of persons afflicted with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness, etc., was launched by the Lok Sabha Member, A.V. Bellarmine on Friday. Addressing the gathering, the MP said the scheme was intended to provide affordable health insurance to …
Continuing its populist schemes, the BJP Government in Chhattisgarh has now decided to provide health insurance cover for free and cashless treatment facility to 36 lakh poor families in the state. Each of the 36 lakh families will get a health insurance cover of Rs 30,000 per annum under the …
MUMBAI: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Chairman on Tuesday said that low consumer awareness and insufficient healthcare infrastructure are the major hindrances to widen the reach of healthcare insurance in India.
