A meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday decided to increase the total expenditure on health to 2.5 per cent of the GDP from the current 1.4 per cent by the end of the coming 12th Plan period.

Chaired by Pulok Chatterji, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, the meeting decided to request the Planning Commission to allocate adequate resources to achieve the target and motivate and incentivise the States

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture led by its chairman Prof Ram Gopal Yadav is visiting Vidarbha on Friday to understand the impact of the genetically modified (GM) cotton on the p

The long-pending drainage basin project involving the Kaliaghai, Kapaleswari and Baghai rivers in the flood-prone East and West Midnapore districts in West Bengal has got the green signal.

Signalling increasing emphasis on healthcare, the government has decided to boost public spending in the sector to 2.5 per cent of GDP from the current 1.4 per cent over five years.

Bowing to a long-pending demand of the mineral-rich states, the coal ministry has sought the Union Cabinet’s approval to implement a new ad-valorem regime for collecting royalty of coal and lignite

Power tariffs for agricultural consumers have more than doubled in the past five years even in pollbound states as regulators and utilities have taken steps to control mounting distribution losses,

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementati

Admitting that the healthcare system was “overwhelmed” by inequities, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the government would provide universal healthcare in the 12th Plan and take steps to ensure free generic drugs at all public health facilities so as to reduce out of pocket expenditure of patients.

“In the 12th Plan, in our attempt to provide universal health care, steps would be taken to provide free generic drugs at all public health facilities for reducing financial burden on the patients,”

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and implementation.

Observing that the project has already been delayed resulting in an increase in its cost, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia said the Centre and the concerned State governments should participate for its “effective” implementation “in a time-bound manner”.

Instead of giving medicines free only to its own certified poor, the government should subsidise essential drugs for everyone-----------The public distribution system and the employment guarantee s