The health budget of 2021 is extremely important given the backdrop of pandemic-induced disruptions in the social and economic lives of the people. This year’s Economic Survey emphasiz...

There has been an exorbitant rise in out-of-pocket expenditure and its subsequent impact on the consumption basket and intra-household allocation of resources has not gone unnoticed. In 2015, the Worl...

A government analysis has bolstered suspicions that some private hospitals may have provided inappropriate treatment to sections of cancer patients to increase the amounts claimed under the nationwide...

Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday described a network of state government-funded primary healthcare clinics in Delhi as an “utter flop”, intensifying a duel with Delhi chief minister...

The newly-launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is set to cover 10.74 crore needy families. It is said to come with a robust mechanism to avoid fraud — in contrast to its antecedent, the Rashtri...

India’s 2019-20 economic survey has underscored a decline in out-of-pocket healthcare spending by households over a three-year period, but experts say the fall is likely linked to expanding private ...

A three-state study has found that India’s government-funded or private health insurance schemes that pay for hospitalisation have not adequately protected households from catastrophic health expend...

The bill for the Narendra Modi government’s flagship programme that provides up to Rs 5 lakh hospitalisation cover yearly to poor households could balloon to unforeseen levels and threaten other hea...

Chief minister Raghubar Das stressed his commitment to “New Jharkhand” after unfurling the Indian Tricolour at Morabadi grounds here on Thursday, the 73rd Independence Day.Addressing around 5,000 ...

The 2020-21 Union budget has proposed Rs 65,011 crore for health services, a 3.75 per cent rise over last year that analysts said was no increase in real terms and inadequate to meet the Narendra Modi...