Industrial Houses to Ensure Medicare for BPL Population

Leading industrial houses including Tata Steel have joined hands with the Jharkhand government to form the Sarva Swasthya Mission Trust to ensure medicare to the state's Below Poverty Line population. // The Tata Group has pledged to contribute Rs 25 crore for the said purpose while Jindal St...

Kerala Government Battles With Chikungunya On All Counts

...t Democratic Front (LDF) government had dumped its bpl (below poverty line) health cover pact with ICICI ...was the Centers delay in revising the estimates in bpl population that was responsible for slowing down t...rance and United India Insurance, the proposed per bpl family component of the premium is yet to be haggl...

Miners in Madhya Pradesh at High Risk of Developing TB

.... As most of the people who work at the stone quarries have not been included in the below poverty line (BPL) list, they are not provided with bpl ration cards. Arun Sharma, a local medical practitioner said, "The main reason behind the spread of TB is the type of houses in which they liv...

An Anti-rabies Campaign With Bite

...my of stray dogs," Dutta told IANS. According to Dutta, anti-rabies injections like Rabipol or Rabirix are distributed free among people who are bpl (below the poverty line) but the vaccines are not adequate to meet the demand. "We offer the injections in two hospitals in Kolkata. But I must ...

Karnataka's Free Health Insurance to the Poor

...es. We have decided to provide health insurance to bpl families, and Rs.350 million (Rs.35 crore) has bee...ct and will benefit nearly 20 percent of the total bpl families. "The project will cover only 1.2 m...give health insurance to nearly the same number of bpl families. The world body has agreed to give us nea...

Free Medicines, Health Insurance for Poor Soon: Paswan

...ies," said Paswan. Free medication and health insurance cover for the bpl (below poverty line) population, estimated at 300 million are expected to b... life-threatening diseases that require expensive treatment. In the case of bpl population, we hope to offer free medication. But for those above poverty l...

Jharkhand Ropes in Private Players for Health Scheme

... the poor, particularly the below poverty line (BPL) families, to get access to affordable and good quality medical services. The percentage of bpl families in Jharkhand is 52 percent. (Source: IANS) ...

Initiative to Offer Medical Treatment to the Poorest

...itable trust would function on the principles of accessibility, affordibility, availability and accountability for the services offered to the state's bpl population. Tata Steel has a 5 million tonne capacity plant in Jamshedpur which was expected to grow to a 10 mt plant. The company has signe...

Corporate Groups To Participate In Jharkhand Health Care Scheme

...utive organisation, would run on the principles of accessibility, affordability, availability and accountability for the services to be offered to the bpl population in the state, said the release. The service would have OPD, diagnosis, medicines, referral linkages, hospitalisation and specialised ...

Rajasthan Plans to Promote Medical Tourism and Medical Education in the State

...etter medical facilities for those living below the poverty line (BPL). Medical establishments will have to reserve 10 percent of their beds for bpl families and provide services and medicines at discounted prices. (Source: IANS) ...

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Pittsburgh Technology Council Announces Technology 50

...ompanies that produce goods or offer services that enable their customers to reduce their impact on the environment. Category finalists include: bpl Global (category winner) CNX Gas Corporation CONSOL Energy Inc. Plextronics, Inc. Print Net, Inc. Rising Star Entrepreneurial companies in this...

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