-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may introduce a Health cess to fund free Health care services and launch seven preventive campaigns to curb illnesses under a draft Health policy unveiled today. Some analysts, however, said the draft of the National Health Policy 2015 lacked emphasis on regulating India's private Health industry, necessary to curb the high cost of Health care. The draft says the government has the "political will" to...

-The Hindu The policy also makes denial of Health care an offence The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has suggested making Health a fundamental right, similar to education. This key proposal in the draft National Health Policy, 2015, suggests making denial of Health an offence. Thirteen years after the previous Health policy, the draft, now in the public domain for stakeholders' suggestions and comments, has addressed the issues of universal...

-Vikalp Most countries in the world spend a sizable amount of public fund on Health, though delivery of Health services is organised through a mix of government and private providers. The countries recording high level of public spending in Health have secured better Health outcomes compared to the countries with low spending, barring few exceptions like the US, where high public spending co-exists with high exclusion. Some however have also...

-Business Standard The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly. After a failed winter session of Parliament, the government recommended promulgating an ordinance for changes to the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. Justifying the use of ordinance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government had to...

-The Times of India KOLKATA: It's a patch of green, a wondrous vegetable garden that has sprung up at a height of about 50 feet on the fast-expanding concrete maze of neighbouring New Town. With a produce of more than 70kg since it came into existence last October, it is no less than an efficient rural farm. In fact, it looks cleaner and far better designed and yields only organic vegetables that...