-The Times of India BAREILLY: A mere year after the country was declared polio free, more than 200 samples have tested positive to polio-like symptoms from tehsils here, sending alarm bells ringing in the health department. The samples, from Baheri, Meergunj, Faridpur and Nawabgunj among other tehsils, have been sent to the central laboratory in Mumbai for further testing. Officials have also been informed that the children, between the ages of 5...

-The Indian Express New Delhi: Officials said other dairy products like milk powder, processed cheese, butter and flavoured milks would also be included in the drive. After the scare over detergent being found in some Mother Dairy milk samples in Agra, state health officials said the Delhi Food Safety department will also be collecting samples of packaged and bottled milk for safety analysis. Officials said other dairy products like milk powder, processed cheese,...

-Institute of Economic Growth The paper explores the trends, composition, and incidence of out-of-pocket health expenditure (OOPHE) in India, which has been the predominant means of financing its health care needs. Unit-level data from the National Sample Survey on Household Consumer Expenditure for the years 1993–94, 2004–05, and 2011–12 are used. Results show that the burden of OOPHE has increased steadily over time, but more for the lower economic quintiles. Drugs...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: Tweaks the home ministry has proposed to rules governing foreign funding for NGOs will leave these organisations at the mercy of the government's unilateral interpretations of what violates an undefined idea of "national interest", social activists have said. More than the suggested new rules themselves, put up on the ministry website for feedback yesterday, it's the mandatory declaration proposed for NGOs at the end that critics have termed...

-The Times of India RAIPUR: To enhance the livelihood of tribal farmers in Kanker district, scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) are imparting training for fish rearing and animal husbandry via integrated farming systems (IFS) models in selected villages of Kanker district. They are doing this with social mobilisation through village meetings with farmers and panchayat. In Kanker, rice occupies more than 90% of agricultural area in kharif season. Majority farmers are...