Health

The city’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is getting a Rs 9,053-crore makeover that will more than double its institutional and clinical facilities and take the number of hospital beds from 2,084 now to at least 5,000 by 2024. The master plan, which received the approval of the

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University has developed a new variety of Millet which has extra iron content. This variety will help those who are suffering from Anemia. Read more of this in this report of Sandeep Bishnoi published in Jagran... एनीमिया है तो चिंता मत कीजिए। बाजरा खाइए।

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), under Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, has put out list of 390 anti-cancer non-scheduled medicines with MRP reduction up to 87%. The revised prices has come into effect from 8 th March, 2019. On 27 th February, 2019, NPPA had put 42 anti

In a bid to help adolescent girls living in slums, the Delhi government’s department of health will provide a pack of sanitary napkins to 50,000 girls per month at subsidised rates. The ‘Menstrual Hygiene Scheme’, an initiative by the central government, will be implemented for the first time in

Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik launched the e-AUSHADHI portal, for online licensing of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy drugs and related matters on Wenesday at New Delhi. Addressing the gathering he said that this e-AUSHADHI portal is intended for increased transparency

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while giving a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today, stated that as on 05.02.2019, 5001 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras’ are functional in 651

As per information of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI), an organization under Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change estimated more than 8,000 species of medicinal plants are found in India. The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Ministry of AYUSH is presently implementing

To provide primary healthcare in remote areas of Odisha that lack doctors, the state government on Tuesday signed an agreement with a private healthcare service provider to set up 102 “digital dispensaries” in 23 districts of the state. The dispensaries aim to provide primary healthcare services,

Government had launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) with effect from 23 rd September 2018, a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, for providing hospitalisation cover of up to Rs.5 lac per family per year to over 10 crore poor and the deprived families (approx. 50 crore people) in the empanelled

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while giving a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Friday, stated that as on 31.12.2018, 4677 ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP) Kendras are functional in

Modi government’s ambitious health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan AarogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY) on Monday completed 100 days after its launch on 23 September 2018. In this period of time, under AB-PMJAY, the ministry of health and family welfare issued at least 41,45,727 e-cards to

In order to increase transparency within the system and keep track of the number of licences issued for organ transplants in the state, the Maharashtra state health department in Pune has decided to take the licence registration process online. The first-time initiative will make it easier for