West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the state has received sanction of about Rs 3,000 crore from the Centre this fiscal for revamping public healthcare, with Rs 500 crore already transferred.…
The West Bengal BJP government, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, has completed 100 days in office and launched a statewide outreach drive to present its performance directly to voters. Over the…
A parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the gap between the landing cost of a medicine or medical device and its maximum retail price (MRP) should not exceed 20%. The panel cited…
The Delhi government is considering a proposed law, the Delhi Parivar Pehchan Act, 2026, to create a centralised family database and issue single family identification cards, officials said on Monday. The card…
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise (SMILE) scheme, an umbrella central sector scheme for comprehensive rehabilitation and socio-economic empowerment of…
An advisor to the Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office has proposed a new economic model that treats farmer health as a direct multiplier on labour productivity in agriculture. The framework, published by The…
West Bengal today launched the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme and its state cashless coverage scheme, Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana, from August 16. Health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said 16 August will be…
The Odisha government has ordered all hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY-GJAY) to set up 24x7 help desks staffed by Pradhan Mantri Arogya…
Karnataka has ordered a phased rollout of SAMASTA, a digital platform that replaces handwritten registers kept by ASHA workers and other community health staff. The platform reduces the 485 data elements in…
The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the 'Sandhya Kiran' cashless healthcare scheme for state pensioners under 70, family pensioners and their dependents. Initially covering 4.93 lakh beneficiaries, including 3.11 lakh pensioners, the…
