Government Policy
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readA PIL in the Bombay High Court has questioned the Union govenment's policy of allowing public sector insurance companies to invest in the tobacco industry, which, it said, contradicts the "anti-tobacco" stance taken by the Centre.The PIL was recently filed by Sumitra Pednekar, widow of Maharashtra's former home and labour minister Satish Pednekar who died ...
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PTI Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readMonths after announcing a ban on the testing of cosmetics on animals, India has banned import of such products and become the first "cruelty-free" cosmetics zone in South Asia, according to a PTI report. Humane Society International, an NGO which had been campaigning for it, said government ...
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Agencies Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readPunjab government has introduced a digitised healthcare card for all school students in the state, which will provide them free treatment for 30 life-threatening diseases. The Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani had launched this comprehensive full profile digitised health care card recently. Jayani also assured that over 15 lakh children ...
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Agencies Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readFee for undergraduate and postgraduate medical and dental courses will be costlier by 10 per cent by this coming academic year. As per a recent report unveiled by leading daily TOI, on the basis of a copy of the proceedings of an official meeting held by Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil ...
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PTI Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readUnion Government is planning to link healthcare scheme with the Jan Dhan initiative, a flagship financial inclusion programme of BJP government, in a bid to offer adequate facilities to poor people, informed Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. About 14 crore bank accounts have already been opened with over Rs 14,000 crore coming in as ...