On Wednesday the Cabinet finally cleared the much-delayed National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) – a move that will help the ruling government bag about another achievement to showcase in next year’s parliamentary polls. The …
The Union Health Minister was in a back-slapping congratulatory mood as he delivered the keynote address at the first convocation of the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS). He said the UPA government had transformed the …
Bowing to political pressure against lowering the age of consent for sex to 16 years, the government on Monday approved the anti-rape bill by agreeing to stick to 18 years, but women activists said the provision could be misused. …
A day before an all-party meet to debate the controversial anti-rape bill, the UPA government Sunday said it would evolve a consensus on the issue. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) have expressed …
In a recent move that aligns with UPA president Sonia Gandhi’s views that the mentally challenged and the disabled have not provided adequate healthcare services and support, the government are considering a new legislation …
Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh uttered some harsh truths when he pointed out India’s public health system had ‘collapsed’. A statement that’s surely not going to go down well with the Congress or its allies, …
The UPA II report card claims that they have brought about a perceptible change in the overall health scenario of the country, by reducing crude birth rate and infant mortality, eradicating polio and launching the National Rural …
