#Gravitas New Indian government data has reignited tough questions about gender equity in India's organ transplant system. Data shows that women continue to donate organs in far greater numbers than men. But when it comes to receiving life-saving transplants, the picture reverses completely. 

Gender Gap Persists in India's Organ Transplants

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before a Republican-led Senate committee hearing and repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment, declining to answer dozens of questions about his role in the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci, who served as one of the leading figures during America's coronavirus response, was subpoenaed to testify under oath by Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. During the hearing, Fauci refused to answer more than 100 questions, reigniting long-running political debates over COVID-19 origins, pandemic policies, and government decision-making.

Anthony Fauci Pleads the Fifth Over 100 Times During Senate Hearing on COVID Response

Everyone thinks that once you’re hospitalised, your insurance company will pick up the entire bill. But what if your insurer decides that the treatment cost was not ‘reasonable’? Yes, they can reject your insurance claims under ‘reasonable and customary’ clause. This small line in your health policy can cost you big. Here’s what is this clause, and how it can affect your claims.


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The World Health Organization has released two global reports of this year on World Cancer Day and the report is shocking for India.

1 in every 10 Indians will develop Cancer: WHO

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/india-news/arun-jaitley-defends-revised-gdp-numbers-for-upa-era-says-cso-credible-organistaion-180175">Finance Minister Arun Jaitley</a> on Thursday said that there was a dire need for India to have an integrated health policy to provide maximum benefits to the patient population across the country.

Jaitley, who was speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry Health Tech Summit here, said, "All the state and central health schemes such as Ayushman Bharat and schemes need to be merged together so that their benefit reaches the patient population of the country in a consolidated manner."

"This will surely be implemented by the states which is centrally coordinated. It will also not result in the rise of turf between the states and the Central governments. Such a scheme will essentially measure that if patients of one state are better than the patients of another state pertaining to the facilities and health infrastructure," he added.

"The fundamental principle is you need resources and to invest in the social sector you need more resources. The idea is to strengthen the states with more revenue," the Union Finance Minister," added, while elaborated upon the idea by citing the example of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented by the Centre in 2016.

"When we implemented GST, we created an institution comprised of Central Finance Minister and all Finance Ministers of the states. We sat together to decide on a common tax system and end up merging Central and state taxes by virtue of a federal body which was coordinating it. It was India`s first experiment in implementing the first common tax regime by creating the first federal institution," he said.

He further said, "When my government assumed office in 2014, only 3.8 crore people out of 130 crore filed tax returns. At the end of 5-year tenure, the figures will be doubled. The quantum has also jumped. The first year of GST added 74 per cent of the more revenue and slowly the revenue will keep increasing. Every state today gets 42 per cent of the Central revenue and 50 per cent share of GST and taxes and then we have Central sector schemes like Ayushman Bharat Yojana from where they get additional revenue."

Jaitley also touched upon the importance of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan in marking a sea change in the dignity of the lives of the rural population, especially women. "A preventive health programme like Swachch Bharat in India has been successful after the figure of 39 per cent rural sanitation going up to 92 per cent," he said.

"The mission became successful because it partly became a women`s movement in villages. We were giving Rs 12,000 for every toilet established in the rural home. Once the percentage of the programme reaches 98 per cent we don`t have to invest too much money into it," he said.

Jaitley said the Central government has made efforts to establish institutions of excellence pertaining to health care across India and the private players are also investing in health care in Tier II cities," he added.&nbsp;

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that there was a dire need for India to have an integrated health policy to provide maximum benefits to the patient population across the country.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that there was a dire need for India to have an integrated health policy to provide maximum benefits to the patient population across the country. Jaitley, who was speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry Health Tech Summit here, said, "All the state and central health schemes such as Ayushman Bharat and schemes need to be merged together so that their benefit reaches the patient population of the country in a consolidated manner." "This will surely be implemented by the states which is centrally coordinated. It will also not result in the rise of turf between the states and the Central governments. Such a scheme will essentially measure that if patients of one state are better than the patients of another state pertaining to the facilities and health infrastructure," he added. "The fundamental principle is you need resources and to invest in the social sector you need more resources. The idea is to strengthen the states with more revenue," the Union Finance Minister," added, while elaborated upon the idea by citing the example of Goods and Services Tax (GST) implemented by the Centre in 2016. "When we implemented GST, we created an institution comprised of Central Finance Minister and all Finance Ministers of the states. We sat together to decide on a common tax system and end up merging Central and state taxes by virtue of a federal body which was coordinating it. It was India`s first experiment in implementing the first common tax regime by creating the first federal institution," he said. He further said, "When my government assumed office in 2014, only 3.8 crore people out of 130 crore filed tax returns. At the end of 5-year tenure, the figures will be doubled. The quantum has also jumped. The first year of GST added 74 per cent of the more revenue and slowly the revenue will keep increasing. Every state today gets 42 per cent of the Central revenue and 50 per cent share of GST and taxes and then we have Central sector schemes like Ayushman Bharat Yojana from where they get additional revenue." Jaitley also touched upon the importance of Swachch Bharat Abhiyan in marking a sea change in the dignity of the lives of the rural population, especially women. "A preventive health programme like Swachch Bharat in India has been successful after the figure of 39 per cent rural sanitation going up to 92 per cent," he said. "The mission became successful because it partly became a women`s movement in villages. We were giving Rs 12,000 for every toilet established in the rural home. Once the percentage of the programme reaches 98 per cent we don`t have to invest too much money into it," he said. Jaitley said the Central government has made efforts to establish institutions of excellence pertaining to health care across India and the private players are also investing in health care in Tier II cities," he added.

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