FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

Independence Day speech will sound poll bugle

Expect Modi to speak about internal security, terrorism, agriculture, the Triple Talaq Bill, the SC/ST Bill and, of course, the controversial NRC. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi,......

He transformed India's healthcare

At a Delhi hospital, a feeble old lady bumped into him.She told him how she was absolutely alone in the world, severely ill, with no money for treatment but she did have a RSBY card.She told him......

Govt to set up 4000 dialysis centres across India, will be free for poor

Free dialysis will be provided free dialysis for those below the poverty line as part of free healthcare for the poor, reports Veena Mani. Union Health Minister J P Nadda said that 4,000 dialysis......

GST for Covid medicines pegged at 5%: Govt

COVID-19 medicines and instruments are being sold at a GST rate of five per cent while other medicines are sold at a GST rate between five and 12 per cent ever since the pandemic started, Union......

Ayushman frauds pile up: How govt plans to tackle the menace

Government officials have lodged FIRs and slapped fines to the tune of Rs 1 crore on hospitals involved in frauds. Since the launch of Ayushman Bharat - the flagship heath care programme of the......

With Rs 62,398 crore, health budget sees a 19% rise

The budgetary allocation of Rs 6,400 crore was earmarked for the centre's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY). The health outlay this......

In a major push to Ayushman Bharat govt allots Rs 61,398 cr for health sector

Ayushman Bharat aims at providing a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually and is aimed at benefitting more than 10 crore poor families across the country. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......