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India limits cough syrup sales to pharmacies after contamination cases
The government has now removed cough syrups from the exemption...
Govt allocates over Rs 9,500 crore for AB-PMJAY in FY27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi The government has also expanded...
Budget-26-27:Allocation for PM-JAY raised 5.56% to ₹ 9,500 crore
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance minister Allied Health Professional Institutes in 10 key disciplines will be set up and upgraded to create nearly one lakh skilled professionals over the next five years, through public and private sector participation. Additionally, a...
Budget 2026–27:Interest awarded by MACT to a natural person exempted from income tax
The tax holiday period on business income earned by a unit in International Financial Services Centre has been increased from 10 to 20 years (out of a block of 25 years. The FM also proposed to set up five hubs for medical tourism and a Rs 10,000-crore outlay for...
Eco Survey 2025-26: Rising lifestyle diseases due to nutrition gap
The survey noted that concerns of rising lifestyle diseases, rising burden of cancers, increasing antibiotic resistance, and falling general immunity levels have exacerbated as a consequence of nutritional deficiencies Dietary reforms should be treated as a public...
WHO sees low risk of Nipah virus spreading beyond India
"The WHO considers the risk of further spread of infection from these two cases is low," the agency told Reuters in an email on Friday, adding that India had the capacity to contain such outbreaks.There is no evidence yet of increased human to human transmission,''...
Economic Survey 2025-26:Towards a healthy India
Obesity is rising at an alarming rate and is today a major public health challenge in India. Driven by unhealthy diets, lifestyle changes, including sedentary lifestyles, increased consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs), it is affecting people across all age...
Insurance sector remains constrained by a high-cost distribution model inflating protection cost:Economic Survey
Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs The insurance sector stands at a pivotal juncture, as it remains constrained by a ‘low-penetration, high-cost’ equilibrium driven by a high-cost distribution model that has inflated the cost of...
Budget-26-27:Improving insurance affordability and access
Recent policy measures, such as the exemption of insurance premiums from GST, have laid a strong foundation for sectoral growth, and the Budget 026-27, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Feb1, can build on this momentum through thoughtful,...
NHA chief emphasises strategic importance of building a trusted, federated AI ecosystem for healthcare
Citing AB PM-JAY (Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana) and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), Barnwal underscored the importance of developing AI solutions that are context-ready, inclusive, and reflective of India’s demographic and regional...
167 drug samples flagged ‘not of standard quality’ in December 2025
Seven drug samples were identified as spurious during the month. These included four samples from the North Zone (Ghaziabad) and one each from FDA Ahmedabad, Bihar and Maharashtra. The spurious drugs were manufactured by unauthorised entities using brand names owned...
Lancet report outlines roadmap for citizen-centred universal healthcare coverage in India
Author Poonam Muttreja, executive director, Population Foundation of India, said, "Recognising people as partners rather than merely patients is essential to bringing the public into public health. Health systems become more responsive, equitable, and compassionate...