-Livemint The Health ministry will also digitize various govt-run Health centres including primary Health centres, community Health centres and hospitals New Delhi: The Union Health ministry is rolling out an online database of medicines stocked at government-run Health centres and a centralized agency to procure drugs as patient groups and civil society organizations highlight shortages triggering greater drug immunity and higher treatment costs. The ministry will also digitize various government-run Health centres...

-The Hindu Obamacare and other such examples make a compelling case for seeking the right combination of roles for the public and private sector in Health reform in India Nail or screw? Which is best to join pieces of wood? In carpentry, the answer is that each offers benefits depending on the application. With Health care reform, the choice of public or private sector financing, delivery and regulation is subject to a...

-The Times of India MUMBAI: Debunking the popular belief that the incidence of breast cancer is rising among India's younger women, doctors from Indian's premier cancer hospital in Parel say the typical patient is, more often than not, in her 50s and lives in an urban area. "We have conducted a 20-year analysis of breast cancer rates among the Indian population and found that while the rate of breast cancer is definitely...

-The Business Standard   NC Saxena, a former member of the National Advisory Council believes that the regulatory regime in the states continues to be oppressive. In an e-mailed interview with Aditi Phadnis, Saxena says that the fundamental problem in India is the low tax-GDP ratio and neither the last government nor the current one seems interested in increasing revenues. Edited excerpts: * The new government appears to be watering down a lot...

-The Hindu Study says 10 per cent of Rajasthan's population migrates seasonally in search of work Jaipur: As many as 5.79 million people in Rajasthan, or 10 per cent of the State's population, migrates seasonally in search of employment, says a new study on migration and labour. Approximately 4.38 million households thus send a person or more to other States in search of work seasonally, it adds. The number of migrants per household...