Union Budget 2021: Big-ticket spending plans, Covid-19 response expected dominate the eighth Budget of the Narendra Modi government to be presented on February 1. Read more »
A Budget 2021 wish list from the healthcare and pharma sectors include incentives for research and development and tax concessions to help businesses hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
The Odisha Millets Mission can be extended to all millets and lessons from the programme can be used in other nutritional interventions for better results.
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The recovery packages must take into account the impact of Covid-19 and the economic crisis triggered by it on women empowerment. Read more »
The government must focus on public health while preparing Budget 2021, not on the health of insurance in healthcare firms. Read more »
There is an urgent need for a nodal body for online education to ensure uniformity of curriculum and equal access. Read more »
The finance minister may be tempted to introduce a coronavirus cess in Budget 2021, but it will do more harm than good at present. Read more »
Through Budget 2021, the government must ensure that money does not come in the way of strengthening R&D, medical education, infrastructure, manpower and logistics systems. Read more »
No one can fault the finance minister for putting a bevy of welfare schemes in Kerala Budget 2021 in an election year amid a global pandemic and economic crisis. Read more »
India has a huge mental health challenge at hand -- it has 0.3 psychiatrists, 0.12 nurses, 0.07 psychologists and 0.07 social workers for 100,000 people. Read more »