LAUNCH OF RURAL HEALTH MISSION

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The Union Government has finally launched the ambitious program to elevate the standard of living of rural poor, atleast the standard of health care with the launch of "Rural Health Mission". The program aims to bring majority of the rural poor under health insurance cover. Other salient points of this program include

• * One hospital per block
  * Integration of sanitation, health and infrastructure
  * More doctors and nurses for rural areas
  * 18 states identified as in need of improved health care in rural areas.

This is the first of the UPA government's committment to showing a "human face" to the rural voters. In tandem with President's brain child PURA (Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas), this program aims at improving the standard of living and human development indices such as Infant Mortality Rate. Let us wish that this program is fully successful. Let us also hope that corruption and partisan politics does not wreak havoc with this project atleast.