-Macroscan.org Data from the recent survey show that Health insurance coverage in India has not expanded at all between 2014 and 2018. Moreover, the benefits of Health insurance disproportionately accrue to relatively richer households while the poor are left high and dry. Please click here to read more. ...
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Data: How lack of Health insurance is affecting the poorest in India -Vignesh Radhakrishnan & Sumant Sen
-The Hindu Owing to low Health insurance coverage in India, especially for the poor, households have to dip into their savings or borrow to meet hospital bills A majority of Indians did not have Health insurance as of 2017-18. Coverage levels varied widely based on ‘wealth classes’. The poorest were the least covered as they mostly depended on government schemes, while the richest fared better and relied more on private insurance Abysmal coverage Among...
More »Satellite imagery, artificial intelligence to improve farm yields in Maharashtra -Kavitha Iyer
-The Indian Express The Maha Agri Tech project attempts to mitigate agricultural risks by using data anlytics to plug gaps. Launched in January this year, the Maha Agri Tech project seeks to use technology to address various cultivation risks ranging from poor rains to pest attacks, accurately predict crop-wise and area-wise yield and eventually to use this data to inform policy decisions including pricing, warehousing and crop insurance. When farmers in...
More »PMJAY to offer teleconsultation to boost coverage -Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu The move is part of the Centre’s plans to widen the coverage of the scheme and thus reduce the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures. The Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) Health insurance scheme is set to offer teleconsultation services to its patients soon. The move is part of the Centre’s plans to widen the coverage of the scheme and thus reduce the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures, and improve...
More »On sale: Your personal data is worth 50 paise or less -Mahender Singh Manral
-The Indian Express The Indian Express checked one of the websites, which was found to be active hours after the arrests. Investigation into two women arrested for allegedly duping more than 350 people on the pretext of providing Health insurance at a low premium has revealed they were procuring database of customers from employees of call centres after paying 5 paise to 50 paise per contact. Last week, two women identified as...
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