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Affordable healthcare in India

Context Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the first-ever high-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage in Newyork, said his government has taken some historic steps like the world's largest health insurance scheme - Ayushman Bharat - to provide access to affordable health care services to all. Meaning of healthcare Heath is ... .Read more

Updated on 26 September, 2019 GS2 Health and Family wellfare

On UN Climate Action Summit

In News: On UN Climate Action Summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stand on climate change action is to be welcomed as a signal of India’s own determination to align domestic policy with its international commitments. Details The challenge before India is to reconcile its conflicting requirements - Along with scaling up electricity from... .Read more

Updated on 25 September, 2019 GS2 GS3 International Relations Environment Current Affairs

Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)

Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) India has been able to wipe out the scourge of diseases such as polio, guinea worm disease, yaws and maternal and neonatal tetanus and control the incidence of HIV/AIDS that crippled people and their ability to build better lives for themselves. However, challenges remain in the health system ... .Read more

Updated on 25 September, 2019 GS2 Polity

Collegium's Recommendation On Justice Kureshi

Collegium's recommendation The Supreme Court has modified its Collegium's recommendation of May 10 that Justice A.A.Kureshi be appointed Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Under Union government's pressure, the Collegium has now decided to send him to the Tripura High Court. Details When the Collegium sent its May 10... .Read more

Updated on 24 September, 2019 GS2

Freebies Model of Governance - (RSTV, Big Picture)

The expanding role of freebies in Indian Politics in the last decade has become an intriguing question in the Indian political economy. Freebies have become a strategy to attract voters nowadays. The Election Commission, earlier 2019, has revealed an analytical emphasis on the distribution of freebies and attractions to voters by almost all the political par... .Read more

Updated on 23 September, 2019 GS2 Polity

The debate of Languages: Hindi Vs Non-Hindi

The debate of Languages: Hindi Vs Non-Hindi On the occasion of Hindi Diwas on 14th September the Home Minister said that India is a country of different languages and every language has its own importance but it is very important to have a language of the whole country which should become the identity of India globally, today, if one language can do the ... .Read more

Updated on 19 September, 2019 GS2 Polity