Irregularities surfacing in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Uttar Pradesh seems to have come as a wake up call for Himachal Pradesh.

It’s a village of 250-odd houses, mostly farming families. The population is around 1,000. People here may be born healthy but, chances are, many will die crippled.

Shillong, July 17: Villagers of Khliehriat, a civil subdivision under Jaintia Hills district, about 100km from here, did not know about the existence of the National Family Benefit Scheme, though the same had been introduced throughout the country by the Centre since August 15, 1995, till they were enligtened about it through an interactive meet.

Chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee, who is also looking after health and family affairs department, has decided to frame a new health policy within three months keeping in mind the upgrade of infrastructure of state-run medical colleges and rural hospitals.

Senior health officials said that as health has been a neglected area, the new chief minister has decided to keep the portfolio with her a

BHAWANIPATNA: The benefits under the Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojana (RSBY) have failed to trickle down to the beneficiaries the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.

Though launched as a pilot project in Kalahandi in November 2009, poor management and lack of awareness among the BPL beneficiaries have marred the cashless treatment provision.

Out of the surveyed 2,24,859 BPL families, 1,03,083 f

Planning Commission member Syeda Hameed today said it had been her decision to include human rights activist Binayak Sen in the steering committee for health for the 12th Plan. Hameed heads the committee.

Thiruvananthapuram: