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Modi govt’s affordable medicines scheme fails second audit in less than a year

A second audit of the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana finds several irregularities, a year after the government's own auditors found lapses.

No one to control quality, jan aushadhi forced to recall 6 batches of drugs in 3 months

Centre’s flagship scheme for affordable medicines has been under a cloud, with allegations of fraud, and top officials’ resignations.

Govt orders immediate audit after suspicion of scam in medicines-for-all scheme

An internal audit found many irregularities in the implementation of the PMBJP, and minister Mandaviya says he’s ordered another one to probe them.

Affordable drugs scheme in crisis: 3 CEOs quit in 3 years, no replacement found since

BPPI, the bureau that runs the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, has been looking for a CEO since November last year.

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.