The government aims to cover around 60 million people in the age category, irrespective of income, with an assured 5 lakh annually to be shared within the family. IMAGE: Senior citizens aged 70......
With elections to local bodies looming, the Maharashtra cabinet took 21 decisions on Tuesday, an unusual number for a single meeting, including the closure of the state's asset reconstruction......
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved health coverage to all persons aged 70 years and above under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana irrespective of their income, benefiting......
'It is good for us if the JMM contests. That will divide the Opposition and give us the upper hand.' IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the Pragati Yatra in West Champaran. Photograph:......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been nominated for Noble Peace Prize 2019 by Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu president Dr Tamilisai Soundarajan. Soundarajan has nominated Prime Minister Modi......
The government on Thursday announced the extension of healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to all ASHA and anganwadi workers. Photograph: Babu/Reuters Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya......
Industry experts believe that health insurance companies are unlikely to experience business cannibalisation due to the central government’s decision to extend health coverage to people aged......
There were concerns that simply opening a bank account wouldn’t constitute meaningful financial inclusion, as the poor would rarely use these accounts. However, recent data submitted to......
Railway hospitals will offer postgraduate courses for medical students.Shine Jacob reports. IMAGE: Surgery aboard the Lifeline Express. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The Indian Railways has......
On the heels of the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), which revealed new demographic trajectories including the replacement level of fertility, the government will, on Monday, unveil......