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 …
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of a government insurance program covering tertiary care for people below the poverty line in Karnataka, India, on out-of-pocket expenditures, hospital use, and mortality.
Implementing patient cost sharing in the form of copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles is one of the more reliable methods for reducing health care costs. But imposing cost sharing reduces patients' demand for medical care, which sets the interests of insurers at odds with the interests of health care providers and …
A high-level committee constituted by the state government to prepare a policy framework to help the families of farmers who committed suicide due to debt burden has recommended several measures, including a hike in the compensation for such families. The committee set up under the chairmanship of Punjab Farmers’ Commission …
Recently, many emerging countries have established subsidized health insurance schemes to provide financial protection and support access to health care to poor households. The challenge to ensure the long term sustainability of such schemes is huge. In this paper, the impact of the health environment on the long term sustainability …
Stress-relief is cited single largest reason for picking up the habit The metro has found its way to the top of a ranking of Indian cities with respect to cigarette consumption. A recent study has brought to light several other alarming statistics too. A national survey on tobacco usage habits …
If BJP comes to power, the first thing we will demand from the government is to give the status of full statehood to Delhi, said Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan. Hoping to wrest seven Lok Sabha seats in national capital, BJP on Wednesday made an array of promises like granting …
Despite large gains in health over the past few decades, the distribution of health risks worldwide remains extremely and unacceptably uneven. Although the health sector has a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, its efforts often come into conflict with powerful global actors in pursuit of other interests such as …
The 1.7 million farm labourers in Chhattisgarh have reason to smile on former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birthday today. The state government launched a scheme that will provide them insurance cover. Soon after taking over as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh for the third term in a row, Raman …
Says it will provide healing touch to the needy Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal launched the Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojna amid much fanfare at a state-level function here today. Balbir Singh of Katehra, the native village of Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani, was the first to be given …
India’s sheer size and poverty have meant that addressing the needs of its hundreds of millions of poor and vulnerable citizens has preoccupied Indian policymakers since independence. Unsurprisingly, the mix of strategies, the resulting policy instruments to undergird them and their relative effectiveness have been a matter of contentious debate.
After a second review of the functioning of the Punjab Cancer Rahat Kosh Scheme, at least two more hospitals are to be removed from the list of approved hospitals because of deficient services. At least 19 of the 36 hospitals approved earlier were de-listed in April this year. At the …
Hotel management institute to come up in UP The Union Cabinet today decided to undertake a slew of social welfare measures, including extending the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSYB) to five more categories thereby benefitting around 85 lakh workers in the unorganised sector. The scheme will now cover rickshaw pullers, …
This report analyzes comprehensive 2009 data on government social protection programs in 35 countries in Asia and the Pacific. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) used its Social Protection Index to help assess the nature and the effectiveness of these programs, as well as to facilitate cross-country comparisons. This project based …
Of the total amount, Rs 3,500 cr will be disbursed in the khariff season and another Rs 2,500 cr during rabi plantation Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government on Monday announced to provide Rs 6,000 crore loan to the farmers at two percent interest rate through co-operative societies. This …
Mumbai: The insurance regulator has cleared a hike in health insurance rates for policies issued by New India Assurance, the country’s largest non-life insurer. The new rates are on an average 20% higher than the old ones which were in force from 2007 and will come into effect from next …
Private hospitals refuse treatment under government insurance schemes The Chhattisgarh government has had to accept yet another setback while trying desperately to rope in private players to strengthen public health care services. At least 20 major private hospitals have refused to provide treatment under the Chief Minister’s health insurance scheme …
Presenting the budget for 2013-14, Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather Wednesday announced a slew of welfare measures: health insurance for migrants, hike in daily wages, VAT exemption on flour, rice, paddy as well as for tourism sector for another year. The Rs 38,068 crore zero deficit budget …
This could be the UPA’s worst cut to its beloved aam admi. Healthcare has virtually been handed over to privateers. India is taking firm steps to a certain health disaster. All of 80 per cent of healthcare is now privatised and caters to a minuscule, privileged section. The metros are …
An evening to honour India’s changemakers They took the path less travelled, and on Monday it will lead a group of remarkable men and women to the stage for the second Times of India Social Impact Awards in association with J P Morgan. The awards are being given to changemakers …
Nigeria and Ghana have recently introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the aim of moving towards universal health care using more equitable financing mechanisms. This study compares health and economic indicators, describes the structure of each country’s NHIS within the wider healthcare system, and analyses impacts on equity …
