-Press Note (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) There have been reports in the Media that private Hospitals on the panel of CGHS are denying credit facilities to the eligible CGHS beneficiaries for delay in settlement of Hospitals bills. Lower package rates and inadmissible deductions etc. have also been reported to be the other reasons for withdrawal of agreed cashless /credit facilities. In this regard, the CGHS beneficiaries are advised not to...
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Why women aren’t taking up farm jobs -Pramit Bhattacharya
-Live Mint Mint examines why millions of women are missing from farms, factories, colleges, and offices in India, which has one of the lowest ratios of working women in the world Mumbai: Every monsoon, minivans ferrying women labourers can be seen making their way from the small sleepy town of Wardha to Waifad village, 18 kilometres away. Urban workers from Wardha have come to occupy an integral part of Waifad's farm...
More »Smuggled Medicines Save Lives -Ashfaq Yusufzai
-IPS News PESHAWAR, Pakistan- They are contraband, yet a large number of Pakistanis have come to depend on drugs made in India and smuggled into Pakistan. Patients as well as doctors say these are cheap and effective, even as law enforcers look the other way. The two countries do not have a trade agreement on drugs, but markets in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in the north of Pakistan do brisk business in India-made...
More »Private Hospitals to stop CGHS cashless scheme from March 7 -Sunitha Rao R
-The Times of India BANGALORE: In a blow to government employees, including those who have retired, the Central Government Health Service has announced withdrawal of cashless medical service in private Hospitals empanelled with the CGHS scheme from March 7. Patients will henceforth have to cough up Hospital charges and later claim the amount from the government, according to the new rule. The move will affect 50 lakh serving employees and over 30...
More »GHMC launches Rs. 5 meal scheme
-The Hindu Fifty centres to offer subsidised lunch to 300 persons each between 12 noon and 1 p.m. Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Sunday launched a pilot project offering hot and hygienic meals for the poor at Rs. 5 at Nampally Sarai close to the railway station. Earmarked budget A total of 50 such centres offering subsidised meals between 12 noon and 1 p.m. for 300 persons at each location were...
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