background national oral health policy was conscripted by the indian dental association (ida) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of national health policy (nhp) by the central council of health and family welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral h...

K S Rao For appropriate developmental planning it is necessary to pool the knowledge of economists, statisticians and other technical experts in different fields, in order to complete the work initiated so brilliantly by Prof Mahalanobis. The scientific approach in the Draft Plan Frame calls for nothing less. The author, one of our leading econometricians, argues persuasively and convincingly f...

The National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) of India was initiated in 1982 1 and this year it will be completing 25 years. The programme is at a crucial stage of expansion to cover a larger population of the country. The approach paper for the 11 th Five Year Plan 2 outlines the scope of mental health as follows: " The 11 th Five Year Plan will recognize the importance of mental health care and...