A Budget that places health on the margins

[ad_1] A hospital in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us (though the World Health Organization warns that the virus has still not vanished), the Union Budget expectedly shifted focus to levers of economic growth such as infrastructure and employment. It…

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Interim Budget 2024 | ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers gets health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana 

[ad_1] Watch | Interim Budget 2024 | What’s in it for health sector? | Video Credit: Richard Kujur Health cover under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be extended to all Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and anganwadi workers and helpers said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, while announcing the interim…

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