Evolution and Awareness of Health Insurance in India Of all the risks facing households, health risks pose the greatest threat to lives and livelihoods. The uncertainty of illness and the cost of health expenditure is always a peril. The high cost of hospital services coupled with the unpredictability of health needs and the inadequacy of personal savings is the primary reason for the growing importance of insurance as a means of financing health services. Medical insurance coverage separates time
Labour regulations in India Efficient and well functioning labour market is important for India’s equitable growth. Market not only has to provide jobs to 80 million new labourers in the coming decade but also has to ensure productive and decent jobs. Further it should also lead to reduction in poverty and increase equity. Regulations pay an important role in efficient functioning of the labour market. Regulations affect the efficiency as well as the flexibility with which workers are allocated
tertiary sector (services provided) .The tertiary sector provides services which are intangible in nature. Services include activities like retail shops, banking, hospitality, real estate, education, health, social work, etc. The service sector is a very crucial part of the economy. Service sector in India has grown up by 55% in India’s GDP 2006-2007. Service Sector business’s is now increasingly focuses on so called “knowledge economy”. They need to keep ahead of other businesses by understanding what
bulk of transformation has been in the service sector. The weightage of service sector is an indication that in future, India's GDP growth will be influenced considerably by the service sector. According to a report of the IMI, the service sector in India has consistently outperformed the rest of the economy in recent years, and that too by a wide margin, since the 1980s in response to the reform programmes undertaken and after 1991 in response to the various liberalization and stabilization measures
Poverty and Healthcare in India: Post Reform Scenario *Suresh Kumar, Assistant Professor , Doaba college, Jalandhar magosuresh75@gmail.com Abstract The ultimate aim of development is reduce poverty and improve standard of living of all its citizens. For this it is required
free and a just society. It can also be referred to as the qualitative and quantitative changes in an existing economy. It involves development of human capital, increase in the literacy ratio, improvement in necessary infrastructure, betterment of health and safety services etc. Economic development is a government policy to increase the economic, social welfare and ensuring a stable political environment and economic growth is the general increase in the country’s product and services output. Thus
Overview imiAID is an organisation located in Guwahati, Assam (India) operating in the healthcare sector since 2012. The word imiAID is derived from two English words ‘Immediate Aid’. It is a growing organization focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovations in the areas of health care. The organization has been a pioneer in the concept of pocket first aid kit which enables a person to carry first aid kit wherever he go. Without compromising its quality standards and its stand
problems brought about by principal agency connection. Mallin (2004), explained in this context that agents are managers, principal are owners and board of directors are monitoring device. Many researchers has examined the board composition due to the importance of the monitoring and governance function of the board (Barnhart, Mar and Rosentein 1994: Pearce and Zahra 1992: Gales and Kesner 1994). They confirm that agency theory considers that the primary responsibility of board of directors is towards the
estimation, projection and analytical studies. Medical research involving community public health programmes, drugs, pharmaceutics require vital statistical figures of birth, deaths, premature birth etc. which serve as guidepost to them. v. Use by Public Health Organizations At national and international level, vital statistics are required for proper planning, implementation, operation and evaluation of public health
National Policy on Older Persons (NPOP), 1999 The Government of India announced a National Policy on Older Persons in January, 1999 to reaffirm its commitment towards building up a safe and secured environment for elderly people. The policy suggests that elderly people are sought to be empowered for fighting the challenges of old age, and empowerment becomes possible only by guarantying them of financial, health, legal, social and psychological security so that the elderly community can survive as