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RSBY: a government initiative that (Gasp!) seems to work

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 22, 20125 mins

The RSBY smart card for BPL families [Editor’s Note: RSBY expands to Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (Hindi for “National Health Insurance Policy”). The brainchild of IAS officer and Director General of…

Empowering Bihar's rural health workers with mobile phones and money transfer

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 08, 20115 mins

[Editor’s Note: Since Jan 2011, Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) has been leading the implementation of a mobile money transfer pilot for ASHAs in Bihar’s Sheikhpura district. At the pilot’s…

Vaatsalya's affordable and high quality healthcare formula for smaller towns

Vishy KurugantiJune 20, 20114 mins

[Editor’s Note: On the sidelines of Sankalp 2011, I had the opportunity to briefly meet Dr. Ashwin Naik, Founder & CEO of the Vaatsalya chain of hospitals. I finally caught up with him in person at…

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