-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government's ambitious mega health care programme for 10 crore poor families will roll out by October 2 and is to be funded in a 60:40 proportion by the Centre and states, with the premium per family estimated at Rs 1,000-1,200. Ten crore families or 50 crore beneficiaries, classified as 'dePRIved' in the socio-economic caste census of 2011, will be covered by the scheme. It will...
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I-Day launch goal for National Health Protection Scheme, aims to cover 10 crore poor families -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express The ambitious scheme aims to cover over 10 crore “poor and vulnerable” families — an estimated 50 crore individual beneficiaries — with coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The Niti Aayog is working towards a launch on Independence Day of the government’s latest flagship National Health Protection Scheme, which was announced in the Union Budget Thursday. Top officials in the Aayog said that...
More »Punjab industry gives thumbs down to Arun Jaitley's Union Budget -Mohammad Ghazali
-Hindustan Times The industry termed it a populist budget to reap electoral gains. Ludhiana: The industry in Ludhiana found nothing to cheer about in the Union Budget presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday. Industrialists and traders from across the city, often called the Manchester of India, were expecting tax relief and sops for micro, small and medium enterPRIses. President of the Federation of Industrial and Commercial Organization Gurmeet Singh Kulhar said...
More »'Pink' Economy Survey: Adverse sex ratio has led to 'missing' of 63 million women in India
-PTI NEW DELHI: Breaking from past, the Economic Survey for 2017-18 was PRInted in pink colour as it waded into the problem of gender bias prevalent in India. Indian parents continue to have children until they get the desired number of sons, it said observing that the adverse sex ratio of females to males has led to 63 million "missing" women. The pre-Budget annual document detailing state of economy was in the...
More »Jaitley's farm-inclined Budget promises new agricultural schemes -- but not the funds for them -Mridula Chari
-Scroll.in The agriculture budget grew more than the actual budget in 2018-19. Some of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s promises to the agriculture sector in his Budget speech may be a little difficult to keep. Jaitley on Thursday announced two funds together valued at Rs 10,000 crore to develop infrastructure for the fisheries and animal husbandry sectors. But his Budget has allotted only Rs 10 crore to the Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development...
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