-Newsclick.in LIC’s bad loans bulged by 145% in the last five years to Rs 30,000 crore in September 2019. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has been struggling with rising non-performing assets (NPAs) and downgraded investment portfolio of Rs 67,387 crore, reveals the insurer’s latest public disclosure figures. The biggest public insurer has been witnessing a deteriorating Health since 2014, significantly due to massive investments in cash-strapped public and private entities pushed...

-The Hindu NITI Aayog will develop draft policy, which will be circulated to the Ministries for consultations Urban areas are likely to receive a renewed focus under the government’s ICDS programme, which provides for anganwadis or day-care centres across the country for delivery of nutrition and pre-school education. The government’s think tank, the NITI Aayog, has prepared a draft working paper, which once approved would be circulated to different ministries for consultations. These...

-The Indian Express As India inches towards its goal of universal Healthcare, there is a need for the budget to try to ensure that Healthcare sector requirements are well funded and the budget contains provisions that energise accessible, affordable and quality Healthcare. Here's what the government can do to boost the Healthcare sector. India’s annual Healthcare spend hovers around 4 per cent of GDP with high out of pocket expenditure and low...

-The New Indian Express The committee recommended that the number of MBBS and PG seats in the country be made equal by 2025, along with shifting Healthcare from the state list to the concurrent list in the Constitution. NEW DELHI: A high-level panel on reforms in the Health sector has come up with radical suggestions like shifting Healthcare from the state list to the concurrent list in the Constitution, opening over 3,000-5,000...

-Down to Earth Activists voice concern about some recommendations by panel The subject of ‘Health’ must be transferred to the Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution from the State List, the high level group (HLG) formed for the Health sector by the 15th Finance Commission has said. Since issues like medical education and family planning fall under the concurrent list, Health also should, the panel said in a report submitted recently to...