Itanagar: President Pranab Mukherjee has lauded the Chief Minister’s Universal Health Insurance Scheme launched in Arunachal Pradesh and termed it as one of the most benevolent ever launched.

Despite liberalization of the insurance sector, only around 21.6 crore people ­ less than one-fifth of India's population ­are covered under health insurance.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the scheme would allow patients from lower income categories to avail quality healthcare from private hospitals, which were otherwise out of their reach.

France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor.

In a major relief to farmers, the crop insurance scheme for ginger, pea and tomato will be extended to more districts now.

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