Govt collects Rs 8,263 cr towards GST on health insurance premium in FY'24

However, certain insurance schemes catering to poor sections of the society and differently-abled, such as Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY), Universal Health Insurance Scheme, Jan Arogya Bima Policy and Niramaya Health Insurance Scheme are exempt from Goods and Services Tax (GST).

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Spend more on health infrastructure: Nadda to states

"We don't believe in just making announcements. We believe in effective planning, ensuring last mile delivery, identifying bottlenecks in last mile delivery and taking steps to remove them," the minister said.

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Dengue taking epidemic form once in 5-6 years, finds health dept study

“The main cause for its spread is open water sources which promote breeding of dengue-causing mosquitoes. Chlorination of water and other measures to remove sources where mosquitoes are prone to breeding are among the most effective ways of dengue prevention,” said Dr P Kumaragurubaran, deputy director of health services, Madurai, who is also one of authors of the study.

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ABHA's Scan and Share service facilitates 4 crore OPD registrations nationwide

​The National Health Authority (NHA) achieved a significant milestone of generating four crore tokens for out-patient department (OPD) registrations through the ABHA-based Scan and Share service under its mission to digitize healthcare.

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Medical education was open business before NEET, PG seats were sold for Rs 8-13 cr: Health Minister Nadda

​Health Minister J P Nadda on Friday defended the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), which is under the scanner over paper leak cases, saying medical education had become an open business before the NEET was introduced and PG seats were sold for Rs 8 crore-13 crore each.

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Ayushman Bharat scheme: Govt says over 29,000 hospitals empanelled till June

Beneficiaries can approach the State Health Agency for taking action against erring hospitals, including de-empanelment of the hospitals. All empanelled hospitals are available for providing treatment to the eligible beneficiaries, Nadda said in a written response to a question.

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India to donate USD 85 million to medicine centre in Gujarat

​This agreement, which outlines the financial terms for implementing the activities of the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) in Jamnagar, Gujarat, was signed by Arindam Bagchi, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, Geneva and Dr Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General for Universal Health Coverage and Life Course on behalf of Ministry of Ayush and WHO respectively.

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