-The Times of India RAIPUR: With an aim to provide iron-free drinkable water to natives of Bastar region and provide additional employment scope for women and potters, Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology (CGCOST) conducted training for 80 women of self-help groups and potters of Jagdalpur, Narayanpur and Dantewada region to make low cost water-filters. This water filter is an innovative design of Pune-based Tata Consultancy Services developed at Wardha based Center...
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Caught in the eddies -Nivedita Khandekar
-The Statesman It's the same story every year. Heavy rains, huge volume of water spilling over the water channels and mismanagement of rivers in spate, leading to heavy floods inundating large parts of India. This year too the story is no different. Even as this article goes to print, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur, Odisha, Gujarat and Rajasthan almost a third of India is either facing floods or coping with a trail...
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-Business Standard More money, better governance needed in public health care India's poor health outcomes are well known. Not only have China and Sri Lanka forged far ahead, in recent years Bangladesh and Nepal have overtaken India from behind. As things stand, in South Asia, India remains ahead of only Pakistan. The state of health is a reflection of both what is spent and how it is spent. The twin endeavours must...
More »NITI Aayog against free health care, bats for more private sector role -Nitin Sethi
-Business Standard Wants the draft National Health Policy revised yet again to include its ideas The NITI Aayog has objected to increasing investments and focusing on the public health sector as well as providing free drugs and diagnostics, as suggested in the updated draft National Health Policy of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Asking for a revision, it has recommended that the private sector and insurance-based models be given a greater role...
More »Centre mulls universal health insurance product
-The Hindu Business Line Discussions are on with insurance companies: official New Delhi: The government is considering the launch of a universal health insurance product, a government official said, adding that the Department of Financial Services has already held discussions with insurance companies for the launch of such a product. The government is also considering ways to incentivise providers to encourage good health rather than hospitalisation. “So far, health schemes are pushing for hospitalisation...
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