Topic: Medical insurance
Medical bills and debt are bankrupting Indians already ravaged by Covid
Roughly two-thirds of Indians don’t have any health insurance. Overcrowded govt hospitals & poor facilities prompt them to spend out of pocket for better treatment in private hospitals.
Modi govt’s last full budget: Health, agriculture, education to get boost
One of the major moves could be a national scheme to extend medical insurance worth Rs 5 lakh each to over 20 crore people.
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Confused, aimless—why Opposition parties live up to Ronen Sen’s ‘headless chicken’ remark
From ‘compromising national security’ to 'playing havoc' with institutions, the Opposition continues to attack Modi while failing to reflect on own actions.
You thought power subsidy is a Delhi-Punjab problem? Check out Tamil Nadu’s power sector mess
RBI data shows Indian discoms owe power generation firms over Rs 4.5 lakh crore, almost a third of which is owed by Tamil Nadu, where power subsidy cost is twice that of food subsidy.
Defence
First batch of 19 women cadets join NDA, set to begin training this week
The cadets will train for three years at NDA, Khadakwasla for the 148th course. The Supreme Court last year paved the way for women to take the NDA test for the first time.
In Kashmir 3 years on, 3 positive changes, 3 things that should’ve happened & 3 that got worse
Kashmir as a crisis has fallen off our headlines and from the top of our collective minds. Which is precisely the most important change for the better.