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Petrol, diesel prices at record high: Govt may levy windfall tax on ONGC to curb spiralling retail fuel rates
• 7 years agoThe government may levy a windfall tax on oil producers like ONGC as part of a permanent solution for moderating the spiralling prices of petrol and diesel
Cabinet clears 'Modicare': All you need to know about the biggest free health insurance scheme
Fp Staff • 7 years agoGetting state governments to buy into Modicare and execute it by August, 2018, will be a huge challenge, especially in a big election year.
News18 Rising India Summit: Narendra Modi lays out a CEO's assessment of country's rise in global economy
Sreemoy Talukdar • 7 years agoA large part of the prime minister's speech was focused on the development work that his government has carried out in the country's eastern part with a special focus on North East.
End-TB Summit: Narendra Modi sets target for making India tuberculosis-free five years before global deadline
• 7 years agoStating that global efforts to eliminate TB have not been successful, Narendra Modi advocated for a "change in approach" by adopting multi-sectoral engagement and participation of all stakeholders to eliminate tuberculosis
Budget 2018 has taken steps in the right direction to increase penetration of insurance in India
Parag Gupta • 7 years agoThe government-insurance partnership will drive the crop and health insurance schemes announced.
West Bengal becomes first state to opt out of 'Modicare'; Mamata Banerjee says state already provides free healthcare
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWest Bengal has become the first state in the country to opt out of 'Modicare', the central government's ambitious healthcare insurance plan, that was announced in the Union Budget earlier this month
Story behind Modi-care: Plan initiated by PM in Jan 2016, took two years in making; not knee-jerk poll sop
Yatishyadav • 7 years agoThe process to implement 'Modi-Care' had begun two years ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a presentation in his South Block office to 11 senior bureaucrats drawn from different ministries
Shatrughan Sinha questions viability of NHPS, asks Arun Jaitley how Centre will fund programme
• 7 years agoJoining fellow disgruntled BJP leader Yashwant Sinha in a protest over farmers' issues, MP Shatrughan Sinha today questioned viability of the health insurance scheme announced in the Union Budget.
NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar calls Modicare scheme 'game changer', says financing not a constraint
• 7 years agoBrushing aside criticism of the newly announced mega healthcare scheme, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said it is a "game changer" and revenue from the 1 percent additional cess would be enough to meet the funding needs
Arun Jaitley defends allocation for new healthcare scheme, says government can take additional measures to fund it
Fp Staff • 7 years agoFinance Minister Arun Jaitley has defended Modi's government's plan to roll out the world's largest healthcare initiative across the country.