India's out-of-pocket healthcare spending drops significantly, govt data showsIndian families now pay less for healthcare. Out-of-pocket spending fell from 64.2% to 43.4% in ten years. This is due to the government sp...
28 May, 2026, 08.16 AM IST
Govt health spending triples to Rs 3.85 lakh crore in 2022-23: National Health AccountsGovernment spending on healthcare has surged to Rs 3.85 lakh crore in 2022-23, nearly tripling from a decade ago. This increased public inv...
27 May, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
India's knowledge repository 'systematically destroyed' by invaders: NITI Aayog memberIndia's ancient scientific knowledge was lost due to foreign invasions. NITI Aayog member Gobardhan Das highlighted this at Delhi Universit...
11 May, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
Centre spent Rs 36,397 crore on procurement of COVID vaccines: GovtIndia's government allocated Rs 36,397.65 crore for providing free Covid vaccines to states and UTs. As of July 29, 2024, 220.68 crore dose...
02 Aug, 2024, 04.36 PM IST
UK expands COVID vaccines to at-risk 5 to 11-year-old kidsEligible children include those with diabetes, immunosuppression, learning disabilities, and other serious conditions that place them at a ...
30 Jan, 2022, 05.19 PM IST
India's Covid vaccination programme one of world's most successful: GovtIn the vaccination drive, so far, the country has achieved several milestones, which have no precedent in the world, including administerin...
02 Jan, 2022, 09.25 PM IST
Many equipment used for carrying Covid shots to attract 18% GSTThe ruling said that manufacturing of cold chain equipment, which is used in vaccination and immunisation programmes for transporting vacci...
18 Dec, 2021, 07.17 AM IST
India has supplied over 723 lakh doses of Covid vaccine to 94 countries, two UN entities: GovtIn the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during the second wave, support in the form of Covid-related equipment and medicines were receiv...
07 Dec, 2021, 05.00 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh to escalate vaccination pace, to jab over 25 lakh/dayThe state-wide launch of the cluster model earlier in June for the Covid-19 vaccination drive made the task easy, equitable, and seamless, ...
07 Nov, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Private hospitals directly procured over 1.27 crore Covid vaccine doses in May: GovtIn a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said a total of 83.61 lakh doses of ...
27 Jul, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
Mayawati urges all state governments to make third phase of COVID vaccination drive successful"The COVID vaccination programme for people above the age of 18 started today and all (state) governments must rise above party politics an...
01 May, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Next phase of Covid vaccination unlikely from May 1 as supplies scarceThe Centre earlier this month expanded the eligibility age for vaccinations to 18 years and above, to be serviced by state governments and ...
28 Apr, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
Covid Vaccines: Sound thinking on the moveIncreasing vaccine supplies has to address increasing the supplies of vaccine ingredients. The government must fund these projects, under i...
20 Apr, 2021, 11.59 AM IST
Govt fast-tracks approval for foreign-produced COVID-19 vaccines cleared in other countriesThe first 100 beneficiaries of such foreign vaccines shall be assessed for seven days for safety outcomes before it is rolled out for furth...
13 Apr, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
Panel to soon submit report on clinical criteria to prioritise COVID-19 shot receivers: GovtAccording to the 'COVID-19 Vaccine Operational Guidelines' issued by the health ministry to the states for the immunisation drive, COVID-19...
05 Jan, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
28 lakh high-risk people will be vaccinated for COVID in first 3 phases in J-K"Approximately 1 lakh healthcare workers shall be covered in the first phase of COVID vaccination programme. In second phase, approximately...
18 Dec, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Government plans special immunisation programme for COVID-19 vaccineThis special COVID-19 immunisation programme would run in parallel with the Universal Immunisation Programme, but will use its processes, t...
23 Oct, 2020, 04.23 PM IST