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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthcare sector expectations
The budget sessions for the year 2013-14 began from February 21st, 2013 and the union budget 2013-14 will be placed in the parliament on February 28th, 2013. Health being a key issue of the budget,...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthcare industry demands decoded!
I doubt any nation on the planet is as obsessed about the budget as ours. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that it’s powered by the tax we pay. And so, every year with much fanfare, the...
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Why Chidambaram’s budget won’t excite the healthcare sector
The Budget session is always something of a disappointment. Dreams and hopes are shattered every time the Finance Minister reads out the current year’s allocations and plans. The healthcare industry...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthy or not so healthy?
The Union budget proposal to integrate rural and urban heath missions has been received well though experts lamented the rather ‘poor’ outlay under the combined scheme. Finance Minister P....
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthcare sector
The much awaited PC budget kicked off with the Finance Minister assuring all the different ministries that he had provided enough funds to all and it was up to them to use the funds properly. He...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: AIIMS gets highest allocation among hospitals
The prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital tops the list of hospitals and research institutes to get the maximum allocation of Rs. 1,340 crore in the budget...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: Why the private healthcare providers didn’t like budget
Even as the country’s 82nd budget on Thursday promised to be growth-oriented and boost investment, concerns were expressed by healthcare experts in the private sector that little was done to recognise...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: Marginal rise in tax on cigarettes annoys cancer surgeons
With almost ten percent of Indian population smoking beedis, cancer surgeons are amazed how it has not been included in Chitambaram’s tax net. Another grudge that oncologist have is that the increase...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More funds needed, insiders feel
The increase in allocation for the health sector was welcome but more funds were needed, insiders said on Thursday. The union budget, presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has hiked health...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More for women and children
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed to hike the allocation to the women and child development ministry by 15 percent from Rs.17,263 crore ($3,219 million) to Rs.20,350 crore ($3,795...
View ArticleWill the National Urban Health Mission finally see the light of the day?
On Wednesday the Cabinet finally cleared the much-delayed National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) – a move that will help the ruling government bag about another achievement to showcase in next year’s...
View ArticleIs the government planning to delay the launch of the NUHM?
On May 1 when the Cabinet finally green-lighted the launch of the National Urban Health Mission we’d wondered with some trepidation whether this was another false start or the beginning of the...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthcare sector
The much awaited PC budget kicked off with the Finance Minister assuring all the different ministries that he had provided enough funds to all and it was up to them to use the funds properly. He...
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Why Chidambaram’s budget won’t excite the healthcare sector
The Budget session is always something of a disappointment. Dreams and hopes are shattered every time the Finance Minister reads out the current year’s allocations and plans. The healthcare industry...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: AIIMS gets highest allocation among hospitals
The prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital tops the list of hospitals and research institutes to get the maximum allocation of Rs. 1,340 crore in the budget...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: Why the private healthcare providers didn’t like budget
Even as the country’s 82nd budget on Thursday promised to be growth-oriented and boost investment, concerns were expressed by healthcare experts in the private sector that little was done to recognise...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: Marginal rise in tax on cigarettes annoys cancer surgeons
With almost ten percent of Indian population smoking beedis, cancer surgeons are amazed how it has not been included in Chitambaram’s tax net. Another grudge that oncologist have is that the increase...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More funds needed, insiders feel
The increase in allocation for the health sector was welcome but more funds were needed, insiders said on Thursday. The union budget, presented by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, has hiked health...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013-14: More for women and children
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday proposed to hike the allocation to the women and child development ministry by 15 percent from Rs.17,263 crore ($3,219 million) to Rs.20,350 crore ($3,795...
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Union Budget 2013-14: Healthy or not so healthy?
The Union budget proposal to integrate rural and urban heath missions has been received well though experts lamented the rather ‘poor’ outlay under the combined scheme. Finance Minister P....
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