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8,000 health and wellness centres operational across 35 states, UTs

These centres will be equipped to provide treatment for diseases such as blood pressure, diabetes, cancer and old age-related ailments

Countdown to Ayushman Bharat scheme: Gujarat expects seamless transition

Intended for tertiary services for BPL families, it gradually evolved to cover families above the poverty line who have an annual income below Rs 300,000 under the extended MA Vatsalya Scheme

NHA, IRDAI recommend measures to check frauds, data standardization

In the report, the experts recommended building a national repository of empanelled hospitals under insurance/government schemes with defined standards for quality and package rates and codes

No proposal to review prices of packages under Ayushman Bharat, says govt

West Bengal government rolled back the Ayushman Bharat scheme in January 2019

Will not accept renaming of Ayushman Bharat scheme in Rajasthan: Centre

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also accused the Ashok Gehlot government of failing to implement the Centre sponsored schemes in Rajasthan properly

NSO data paints a dismal picture of health insurance in the country

While households across income groups are borrowing less to pay for medical costs, the insurance sector has progressively ignored the poor and focused instead on the more lucrative upper-income groups

China's crackdown on illegal meat puts India's $2-bn trade at risk

Tighter border controls in China have hurt a black market meat trade that's normally worth about $2 billion a year

Rape, POCSO case probes should be completed in 2 months: Law minister

Incidents of rape and crimes against women are unfortunate and highly condemnable, Prasad said

Citizenship Bill a win-win for Modi, but is depriving millions of sleep

This will be the second attempt by the Modi administration to amend citizenship law. In January, the legislation was passed in the lower house of parliament but lapsed as the upper house didn't take i

India's problems were always bigger than Modi, started much before 2014

Long before Modi came to power in 2014, the country's economy had already developed its unhealthy dependence on finance, corruption and inequality were intolerable

Delhi HC issues notices to exporters over non-payment of IGST on imports

Under the GST regime, the exemption was not clearly mentioned till October 13, 2017. During the period, exporters were not allowed to clear their goods unless they pay IGST

States plan political battle over delayed allocation of GST compensation

States are planning to pass resolutions in their legislative assemblies; however, such tactics will be used as the last resort if the Centre continues to stall allocations

Statsguru: Ball in the fiscal court as RBI keeps lending rates unchanged

The MPC underlined the rising consumer price inflation as one of the reasons

Govt plans additions to auditors' rulebook; stricter norms on the cards

Govt plans to revise the Company Auditors Regulation Order 2016 to expand scope of audits and improve scrutiny

India's real GDP growth in FY20 to come slightly below 5%: IHS Markit

For the first half of 2019-20 fiscal, GDP growth slowed to a pace of 4.8 per cent compared to the 7.5 per cent a year back.

India Inc foreign borrowings jump over two-fold to $3.41 bn in Oct: RBI

Indian companies had raised $1.41 billion in borrowings from overseas markets in October 2018

Centre proposes Rs 33 crore to protect Indian satellites from space debris

Scientists say 50 years of human space exploration has led to the creation of junk around Earth's orbit, posing serious traffic risks to man-made satellites

Uddhav Thackeray's big test as Maharashtra CM: Finding money for farmers

The new government will have to factor in the economic slowdown and the dip in tax collection before committing the state's finances to various projects

Fight against terrorism made India one of the strongest nations: Rajnath

As Pakistan couldn't fight a conventional war, it resorted to sending terrorists to attack Indian forces, the Union defence minister said

Bill seeking extension of SC, ST quota in Lok Sabha to be introduced Monday

The reservation for these categories in Lok Sabha and assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020