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Supreme Court has on Wednesday declined to entertain the plea filed by BJP politician Okram Henry Singh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to hold bye elections to the post of MLA of 15-Wangkhei Assembly Manipur.
A three-judge Bench of CJI Bobde, Justice Bopanna and Justice Ramasubramanian has granted Singh the liberty to withdraw the plea and approach the High Court. The present plea sought that the elections be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Section 151 A of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951.
The petitioner was represented by Senior Advocates Mukul Rohatgi and Vinay Navare and Advocates Anish R Shah and Abdulrahiman Tamboli before the top Court.
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State health spending should be increased by over 8%: 15th Finance Commission
The 15th Finance Commission recommended that primary health care should be the number one fundamental commitment for states.
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The 15th Finance Commission of India for FY22-26, recommended in its report that health spending by states should be increased to more than 8 percent of their Budget by 2022.
Further, it also recommended that primary health care should be the number one fundamental commitment of each and every state and that primary health expenditure should be increased to two-thirds of the total health expenditure by 2022.
It has also recommended that the public health expenditure of the Union and states together should be increased in a progressive manner to reach 2.5 percent of GDP by 2025