-Economic and Political Weekly Drawing from the 60th and 68th rounds of National Sample Survey Office, this study evaluates the impact of different (social, commercial and target-oriented) Health insurance schemes on access to Healthcare use, and cost of care and financing of medical expenses. The results show that though these schemes promote access to Healthcare, they also increase the costs manifold. The commercial insurers have not been effective at pooling financial...

-The Hindu Business Line Indian corporates are just settling in to the regime of mandatory spends on CSR activities. The Centre has so far been lenient and has allowed them to spend less than the required amount as long as they disclose the reason. Many companies, which have fallen short, have listed a variety of reasons for this short-fall. This varies from the need for more time to identifying the right CSR...

-The Telegraph Gaijara (Bundu): There is no approach road to this village of 200 families. Some electricity poles were erected around one and a half years ago, but electrification work remained abandoned. All three hand pumps are defunct since long. The one on the primary school premises is also non-functional. For drinking water, a nearby waterfall is the only option. The nearest Health centre at Taimara village is around 8km away. Although...

-The Hindu GNR notes that there has been a big increase in the number of countries on track to meet global nutrition targets, and encourages countries, including India, to establish specific and time-bound targets for malnutrition reduction that are consistent with the new Sustainable Development Goals. Two reports released on Thursday, The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) and India Health Report on Nutrition, 2015 (IHR), offer a critical analysis of the state of...

-IANS Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday said there was a need to set up a special task force comprising both government and private Healthcare sectors to ensure quality Healthcare for every citizen of India. "Our vision is to provide universal Healthcare coverage despite several challenges in the Health sector. It can better be done by a special task force comprising the ministry and representatives of private Healthcare sector," Nadda said. He...