The 4-day camp is held under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Bayu Swasthya Seva’ initiative, with a team of doctors from Cuttack airlifted to the location for specialised treatments including surgeries.
ASHA workers in Kerala are demanding a raise in their honorarium from current Rs 7,000 to Rs 21,000, a one-time retirement benefit of Rs 5 lakh, and clearing of their pending dues.
Small & Medium Enterprise hospitals deliver 60% of healthcare services & are growing at 12.9% CAGR. But infra gaps, financial constraints & competition from premium chains are top challenges.
Global media also takes note of how decades of caste discrimination has resulted in higher levels of child stunting rates in India & SC’s outlaw of ‘bulldozer justice’.
Comprehensive Annual Modular (CAM) survey covered 3,02,086 households (1,73,096 in rural areas and 1,28,990 in urban areas) across India, except for some villages in Andaman & Nicobar.
Out-of-pocket expenditure is key indicator of level of financial protection available towards healthcare payments. National Health Accounts is in its 9th edition.
Additional financial outlay of Rs 3,437 crore has been approved for the expansion. The cashless hospitalisation benefit of up to Rs 5 lakh is provided annually on per family basis.
A report by Centre for Social and Economic Progress & analysis by ThePrint finds India’s healthcare spending as a share of total spending has been falling since 2017-18.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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