expenditure and examine the impact of health insurance on probability of incurring catastrophic health expenditure. The study is … examine the impact of health insurance on catastrophic health care payments for six Indian states.[IGIDR WP -2008-016]. …It is argued that for households below poverty line any expenditure on health is catastrophic as they are unable to …

Countries that have universal or near universal access to healthcare have health financing mechanisms which are single … either covered by social insurance or buy private insurance. In contrast those who suffer a hand-to-mouth existence, a large … for India to move towards financing mechanisms that can create equity. It brings together data on India’s health …

social security, consumption of edible items, consumption under PDS system, health, union awareness, time use, household …

indicators; employment and access, in view. Some gender sensitive policy options are discussed at the end.[Paper IV] …

wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour … that skill development, inclusion of women, agricultural employment and social security need special focus. The articles … and employment. …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …