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To the next government, listen to the experts on making health for all a reality

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When the results of the Lok Sabha polls are announced on May 23rd, the ramifications will be immense and felt across every stratum of Indian society. No matter the victor, the aftermath will determine the future direction of the world’s largest democracy. With this in mind, Health Issues India calls on the incoming government to […]

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Delhi government under fire as High Court says no to launching Ayushman Bharat

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The Delhi High Court has ruled against a petition seeking to order the implementation of the Government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme in the national capital. The state has refused to roll out the much-touted blockbuster scheme launched by the Modi government last year. Economist Abhijit Misra filed the legal suit . He claimed that

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Health For Polls: The panelists

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On Monday, April 29th, Health Issues India will be hosting in New Delhi a roundtable discussion featuring experts at the top of their field, who will be talking about the place of health in the political discourse against the backdrop of this year’s Lok Sabha elections. We are, today, unveiling those will be putting their

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The Modi government launched last year the world’s largest health insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana – better known as ‘Ayushman Bharat’ or ‘Modicare’. It offers a Rs 5 lakh annual cover per family for secondary and tertiary healthcare at public and empanelled private hospitals. While the government claims the scheme has also

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Villagers boycott election over pollution

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Amidst India going to the polls to determine the composition of the 17th Lok Sabha, by-elections took place in Tamil Nadu to fill eighteen constituencies in the state’s Legislative Assembly. And in one village, residents are refusing to participate. The reason? Pollution. A polling booth established in the village of Nagaraja Kandigai has not seen

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As polls begin, Government touts progress under Ayushman Bharat

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Elections for the 17th Lok Sabha polls began yesterday, commencing the largest election in world history, which will pan out in seven phases over the next month. The first phase witnessed an overwhelming turnout in 91 constituencies across twenty states, where 140 million Indians were eligible to vote. Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda took

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Let’s talk about malnutrition

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Elections begin this week, and it is worth appraising India’s diversity: not only evident in its cultural landscape but also in the distribution of wealth and wellness. Even as 22 percent of its population lives below the poverty line, India is home to 84 of the world’s billionaires according to Forbes 2016. India is the

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#HealthForPolls: The BJP’s health promises versus reality

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Two days ahead of the first phase of elections to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha, the BJP has released its manifesto, calling it their Sankal Patra (Pledge Document) 2019. The party aims to fight the Lok Sabha polls with 75 goals for 2022 – the year India celebrates its 75th year of independence. Prime Minister

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#HealthForPolls: Congress makes health a priority

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Congress has put healthcare back on the electoral discourse by making it one of its topmost priorities in its manifesto 2019. Perhaps the party has been forced to push up the rhetoric regarding health to counter the BJP government’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme. Sticking to its decade-long promise of Right to Healthcare, Congress aims to increase

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#HealthForPolls: CPI(M)’s vision for health

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Elections are less than a month away. So far, the campaign has been fought on the high-pitched war of words over the BJP’s nationalism warcry and the Congress Party’s self-professed ‘surgical strike on poverty’, with a minimum income scheme for farmers’ poll ploy. Amidst all this, Health Issues India is campaigning for healthcare. With an

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