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The focus should now turn to quickly getting the bill converted into law and implemented on the ground!

Surrogacy Bill: Renting a womb is not like renting a bike!

The need for a legal framework for regulating surrogacy has been widely recognised.

31 Dec 2018 6:37 AM

Systems thinking doesn’t come naturally to public administrators. So, getting a group of experts in a room to deliberate and develop a blueprint is a progressive step. But the real test of it will depend on achieving a necessary coordination between the Centre and states.

Systems design thinking needed to solve development problems

To illustrate, Delhi’s public transport system is a good example of lack of systems design thinking.

05 Dec 2018 12:12 AM

Prime Minister Modi launching health protection scheme PMJAY.

PMJAY: Develop metrics to track supply side response

Short term imperatives may be keeping the implementers busy for now but a longer-term view on the supply side is inescapable.

07 Nov 2018 12:06 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in a cleanliness drive. (Photo: Asian Age)

Swachhta Hi Sewa: Public must be involved to make drive successful

The idea behind SHS actually goes beyond selfish behaviours that drive people to cooperate.

21 Sep 2018 2:08 AM

On the implementation front too, the government has been quick to constitute the National Health Authority to move things forward.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Abhiyan through a political lens

PMJAAY has the advantage of the lessons that came from the previous efforts.

13 Sep 2018 1:09 AM

Devotees near the flooded Aluva Siva Temple in Kochi on Monday, as heavy rain continued to lash Kerala (Photo: PTI)

Who funds the rebuilding of Kerala?

Refusing foreign aid is fine if the Central government were to provide adequate financial assistance to rebuild Kerala.

30 Aug 2018 5:11 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the World Bio-Fuel Day 2018 function in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Let’s talk development: Why the system needs fixing

Availability of resources need not constraint our understanding of linkages and our ability to come up with effective solutions.

22 Aug 2018 12:14 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presents cooking gas connection to a woman of a Below Poverty Line family during the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia on May 1, 2016 (Photo: PTI)

As NDA govt chants ‘we’ve done it, yet again’, Opposition fails to ask right questions

A development economist, formerly with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank.

08 Aug 2018 1:51 AM

The scheme is meant to provide financial protection to the poor and the vulnerable households against hospitalization expenses.

National Health Protection Mission: Set it up for success

The fact that the national health scheme is being accorded the top most priority is quite evident from the speed with which things are moving.

21 Jun 2018 5:34 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks during a plenary session on the occasion of World Environment Day in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Modi govt’s report card: An evolving document that can be improvised

The report card also includes performance dashboard consisting of 20 indicators to track progress on selected initiatives on a real time basis.

07 Jun 2018 6:08 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits an anganwadi centre in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, on April 14. State chief minister Raman Singh is also seen. (Photo:PTI)

Health and wellness centres: Some concerns remain

HWCs are designed to provide wide array of primary care services: preventive, promotive, palliative, rehabilitative and basic curative care.

20 Apr 2018 1:38 AM

For the primary healthcare, the government aims at converting 150,000 health sub-centres that currently provide selective primary care into HWCs that would provide preventive and promotive public health services as well as comprehensive primary care.

Is hospital care getting prioritised over primary healthcare in India?

Ideally, a strong primary healthcare system must precede any financial protection intervention at scale for hospitalisation costs.

30 Mar 2018 3:26 AM

Limited economic activity and poor human development indicators are the result of both demand and supply conditions that are not easy to change.

Should ‘aspirational’ districts be ranked on selected indicators?

The idea is not to give those districts an option. The idea is to succeed.

26 Jan 2018 12:29 AM

Health regulation has several pieces, of which self-regulation by the private sector is an important one. Private players in the health sector are indeed quite diverse.

Why healthcare regulation in India will be slow to evolve?

India’s healthcare system is at a stage of a complete redesign.

25 Dec 2017 12:12 AM

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Tough policy decisions need more than absolute majority

In the context of the demonetisation and GST reforms, surely certain things could have been done a little better with some more preparation.

24 Nov 2017 12:10 AM

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Book review: Decoding the anatomy of black money

In this short, kindle-size book of 112 pages, the author manages to bring out many interesting facets of black money in India

07 May 2017 2:35 AM

In addition to the boon and bane, a wealthy person also confronts several dilemmas and tough choices both on the personal front and the work front.

Life isn’t all easy for a billionaire

At the higher end of wealth spectrum, money is not a motivating factor anymore.

04 Mar 2017 5:18 AM

Union Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley addressing a press conference at the party office in Lucknow on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Health boost in Budget, it’s now up to the states...

This growth in health allocations is the highest ever growth in nominal terms in the last 15 years.

21 Feb 2017 12:50 AM

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses a Post-Budget press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

It’s only the tip of the iceberg, bigger changes are on the way

On the agriculture front, the Budget contains wide-ranging initiatives aimed at boosting agricultural growth.

02 Feb 2017 2:42 AM

It’s time to prioritise primary healthcare

NRHM repacked many existing Central programmes such as reproductive and child health, immunisation, contraception, training, etc.

02 Dec 2016 2:21 AM

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