Ayushman Bharat Yojana

Difference between full and interim Budget: What is a vote-on-account and why is Congress alleging that BJP is violating tradition

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given strong indication that he would like to present a full budget instead of a vote-on-account which is traditionally called for in an election year, by an outgoing government, triggering outrage by the Congress.

Budget 2019: Expect no big surprises, taxes may stay where they are as GST has put a block on most indirect taxes

By dragging the Budget announcement one month earlier to February, technically taking a call on the revised budgeted numbers makes less sense as while 10 months would have passed, information will be available for 9 months.

Fig leaf of PAN would be inadequate as taxman is watching every high value cash transactions

Section 40A (3) disallows cash expenses in excess of Rs 10,000 in toto while computing a person’s income from business and profession

West Bengal pulls out of Ayushman Bharat; Mamata Banerjee accuses NDA of running 'parallel administration' in state

Other than Bengal, the Odisha government in September, had withdrawn itself from joining the central scheme.

Primary Healthcare Centres in rural UP under-stocked, patients forced to buy expensive medicines from private pharmacies

Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country, has only 3621 functioning PHCs — a shortfall of 30%, as there is a requirement of 5194 PHCs in the state. These existing PHCs, as few as they are, are also providing only inadequate services. A Planning Commission report found that 66.67% of all beneficiaries expressed non-availability of medicines as one of their primary reasons for dissatisfaction with the functioning of PHCs.

Monkey menace adds to the woes of already crippling rural healthcare infrastructure in Bundelkhand

The Primary Health Centre in the small village of Chirai, Varanasi has a serious simian problem; monkeys have settled down on its roof and are terrorising the occupants and nearby residents.

India ideal investment destination in the world, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Uttarakhand Investors Summit 2018

The prime minister urged investors to 'make in India' not just for Indians but for the whole world

Narendra Modi in Odisha: PM says previous govt did not take decision on triple talaq 'fearing vote loss'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the Opposition for stalling the Triple Talaq Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

India's healthcare apathy: Poor quality of care kills more than lack of access to treatment facilities

More than one million of 8.6 million preventable deaths were from neonatal conditions and tuberculosis in people who accessed the health system but received poor quality of care in 2016.

Meghalaya govt to implement Ayushman Bharat Yojana; state will merge its health insurance policy with scheme

Meghalaya will implement the Centre's Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), according to the state health minister AL Hek