Centre’s role in extending PM-JAY to the non-poor? Healthcare being a state subject, the centre can partake in it by…
India’s public health spending goal is a classic example of this.
Is healthcare spending a consumption expenditure or an investment expenditure?
Draw clear boundaries between political interests and professional conduct.
13,000 hospital claims were submitted in just six days of the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Abhiyan…
PMJAY has all the necessary ingredients needed for its success—a strong leadership support, good initial design, assured public funding, support…
Anti-graft efforts can either exploit the tension built by providing for punishment for the bribe-receiver, but not the giver, or…
Ayushman Bharat, which is one of the key initiatives of the Narendra Modi government, can necessitate a huge step up…
Govt’s key schemes can be packaged into three categories of inclusive growth, human development and security.
The Modi government’s strong push to building infrastructure projects—not only to new projects but also to kick-start the stalled projects…
NHPS is different from RSBY scheme in one fundamental way. RSBY was based on enrolment whereas NHPS is an entitlement-based…
Health allocation may have belied expectations, but the evidence indicates that central health spending has grown significantly higher under the…
Demonetisation by itself will not protect the rights of the poor; nor will it prevent the middle class from getting…
If one changes the medium of exchange, the exchange comes to a grinding halt! This is what we’ve seen over…
Prioritisation of primary care is not just a question of more public funding
Improvement in passenger amenities should have preceded introduction of surge pricing
Just as with organised purchase of medicines, organised purchase of care can bring down prices
Policymakers should not lose sight of comprehensive solution that India needs
