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India to provide free medicines and better health care
The Indian government has taken a step closer to better healthcare. The government has proposed to give away free medicines through government hospitals and health centres. This was announced here by...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthcare sector
The much awaited PC budget kicked off with the Finance Minister assuring all the different ministries that he had provided enough funds to all and it was up to them to use the funds properly. He...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: Health gets Rs 37330 crore
India’s health budget gets a hike by over 28 percent in 2013-14 with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram proposing Rs.37,330 crore (Rs.373 million) to healthcare, with special focus on medical education,...
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Why Chidambaram’s budget won’t excite the healthcare sector
The Budget session is always something of a disappointment. Dreams and hopes are shattered every time the Finance Minister reads out the current year’s allocations and plans. The healthcare industry...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More funds needed, insiders feel
The increase in allocation for the health sector was welcome but more funds were needed, insiders said on Thursday. The union budget, presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has hiked health...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More for women and children
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed to hike the allocation to the women and child development ministry by 15 percent from Rs.17,263 crore ($3,219 million) to Rs.20,350 crore ($3,795...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthy or not so healthy?
The Union budget proposal to integrate rural and urban heath missions has been received well though experts lamented the rather ‘poor’ outlay under the combined scheme. Finance Minister P....
View ArticleNew health mission for Urban areas on the cards
The government would soon launch a National Urban Health Mission to address healthcare needs of the urban population. The new scheme has been formulated by the ministry of health and family welfare as...
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