Planning Commission frames universal health insurance plan

The Planning Commission said it is framing up a blue print for a universal health insurance scheme which would provide a minimum cover to everyone in the country.

Tax Benefit for Employee Health Cover?

[This article was published in the October 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The 4th International CII Health Insurance Summit 2010 was focussed on drafting policies for the futuristic industry development that is poised to grow in the country

Universalising healthcare through telemedicine

[This article was published in the June 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Millions of people in India do not have access to essential healthcare. Can telemedicine be the answer?

India’s public healthcare in serious decline: Planning Commission

India’s public healthcare is in “serious decline” due to non-availability of medical and paramedical staff, diagnostic services and medicines, says a Planning Commission report.

2% of GDP of India to be spent on health

Stressing the need for better healthcare facilities in rural India, Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said the country will spend two per cent of its GDP on health in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12).