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Rajeev Ahuja
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The writer is a development economist, formerly with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank. Email: ahujaahuja@yahoo.com
    On the implementation front too, the government has been quick to constitute the National Health Authority to move things forward.India
    Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Abhiyan through a political lens

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

    13 Sept 2018 1:09 AM IST

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

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

    22 Aug 2018 12:14 AM IST

    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)India
    As NDA govt chants 'we've done it, yet again', Opposition fails to ask...

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

    8 Aug 2018 1:51 AM IST

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

    21 Jun 2018 5:34 AM IST

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

    7 Jun 2018 6:08 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits an anganwadi centre in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh, on April 14. State chief minister Raman Singh is also seen. (Photo:PTI)Metros
    Health and wellness centres: Some concerns remain

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

    20 April 2018 1:38 AM IST

    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.India
    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...

    30 March 2018 3:26 AM IST

    Niti Aayog had earlier proposed doing away with the distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure.India
    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 IST

    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.Life
    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 IST

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

    24 Nov 2017 12:10 AM IST

    Understanding the Black Economy and Black Money in India by Arun Kumar Aleph, Rs 399Books
    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...

    7 May 2017 2:35 AM IST

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