Unique identity crisis
Biometric-based unique identity or Aadhaar is leading to huge problems for people working for the rural employment guarantee scheme and for …
Universal health scare
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …
Health activists call for roll back of flagship health insurance scheme
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is asymmetrical and increases corruption, they said on releasing their new manifesto
30 health clinics in East Champaran face action for performing illegal hysterectomies
District authorities suspend their registration under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana; raids revealed some nursing homes had engaged unqualified …
Nursing home in Dhanbad operates on patient’s attendant
Relatives allege forced surgery was conducted to avail insurance money under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
Why cancer survival rate in India is a low 30 per cent
Study published in The Lancet indicates what the country will need to spend to provide basic cancer screening and care to patients
What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?
In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & sick? Kundan Pandey travels to …
Unmasking the Budget
The last full budget presented by Arun Jaitley was overwhelmingly focused on agriculture and public health. The catch lies in what he did not say
Another poll sop: MGNREGS wage to be hiked from April 1
Move was preceded by series of initiatives to woo rural voters; these include money to construct toilets and insurance benefits