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Topic: Mohalla Clinics

Once on frontline, now ‘disposable’, Delhi mohalla clinics staff in lurch amid BJP’s arogya mandir push

New Delhi: They came in the dozens. Some in white coats, others in plainclothes. The mohalla clinic staffers gathered outside Delhi Secretariat, staged a...

End of AAP’s mohalla clinics? Delhi health minister says ‘flawed’ project to be discontinued

Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh urges public to wait 100 days for launch of a new pilot project, which will bring 'transformative changes' to Delhi’s healthcare system.

CAG’s grim diagnosis of Delhi Mohalla Clinics: ‘30-second consultations’, drugs out of stock for months

CAG has also flagged previous AAP govt's abject failure to meet the target of establishing 1,000 Mohalla Clinics by 2017, it is learnt. Report to be tabled in Delhi assembly Friday.

India’s social policy stuck in freebie-welfare debate. Let Ujjwala, Mohalla Clinics coexist

Modi government's new welfarism is purely defensive. It must factor in future of modern capitalism.

‘Ghost patients, fake numbers, attendance fraud by doctors’ — why Delhi mohalla clinics are under lens

L-G recommends CBI probe based on report by Directorate of Family Welfare after random monitoring of the clinics, a flagship initiative of Kejriwal govt. AAP points finger at Centre.

Karnataka minister Gundu Rao ‘appreciates’ Delhi mohalla clinic, then calls it ‘overhyped’

The minister visited the clinic Friday morning & purportedly told media persons that it was ‘functioning very well’. Hours later, however, he tweeted he was ‘disappointed’.

5 scandals dogging AAP mohalla clinics in Punjab: ‘Rs 30 cr for publicity, holy names dropped’

Arvind Kejriwal Friday launched 400 'Aam Aadmi' clinics in Amritsar, but some of the controversies surrounding these mohalla clinics have snowballed into major political issues.

Photo of garbage pile shared by West Delhi BJP MP is real, but it’s not an AAP mohalla clinic

West Delhi MP Parvesh Verma among others posted a photo of a signboard & a pile of trash, calling it ‘one of AAP’s mohalla clinics’, which went viral. The actual clinic is 50 mts away.

Delhi govt sacks 3 doctors after 3 children died of suspected poisoning from cough suppressant

Centre wrote to Delhi govt asking it to ensure mohalla clinics and dispensaries stop prescribing dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant, for children.

On Camera

How Nehru defended restrictions on freedom of speech and the press

On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.

Andhra proposes Rs 100-cr wealth fund, eyes Norway-style sovereign fund model to drive growth

Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav presented a Rs 3.32 lakh crore budget for 2026–27 in the assembly Saturday.

Top US military commander applauds ‘India’s tactical execution’ during Op Sindoor; adds ‘there’s lessons too’

On bilateral ties, Admiral Paparo said India-US ties have an exponential effect on deterrence, because it demonstrates a unity of purpose among us to maintain the peace.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.