What’s Working... Cashless facility for hospital care, medicine for BPL families Ensures one-point diagnosis, treatment with empanelled hospitals Fixed charges for procedures reduces chances of fleecing Empanelled private hospitals help ease burden on state ones *** ...And What’s Not Lack of awareness leads to under-utilisation of the scheme Flaws in BPL data deprives many of the RSBY card Outcome dependent on regular monitoring of service providers Could shift focus from need to improve...

After ghost employees, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is being haunted by ghost pensioners. According to the civic agency, it pays Rs 1.5 crore per month to ghost pensioners, which add up to Rs 17 crore per year. The civic agency issues cheques of Rs 1,000 each as pension to approximately two lakh widows and old people having no source of income. However, it has come to light that many...

Delhi Police may claim to be a "clean force" but figures tell a different story. Replying to a question in Parliament, the minister of state in the ministry of home affairs (MHA), Mullappallay Ramachandran, on Tuesday said 500 officers of Delhi Police had been arrested for various crimes in the past three years. Though the minister claimed number of crimes committed by police personnel is not rising, he refused to...

The Central budget of 2010-11 is a further step in the realisation of a vision of India vibrant with the income, wealth, saving, education and the entrepreneurial energy of the top 5-10 per cent of the population and the rest of Indians, serving that minority and surviving as barely literate, malnourished multitude.  With the accession of Rajiv Gandhi to power, a vision began to germinate. That vision was that of...

Over 1,500 people comprising farmers, residents and activists who have been affected by the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project around Bangalore, began their journey to the national capital from the City Railway Station on Sunday afternoon to voice their protest. For many, it is their first trip to New Delhi, and as a group, they felt they had a lot of opportunities to exchange ideas and develop bonds. Janata Dal (Secular)...