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Tara joined NT from a public health non-profit, bringing a field researcher's precision to her beat. She tracks health scheme delivery, ICDS outcomes, and hospital infrastructure gaps. Her PMJAY denial-of-claims investigation was cited by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health.
Credentials & Background
MPH, TISS Mumbai (2019). Former health researcher, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. Parliamentary Standing Committee reference (2025).
Recent Pieces by Tara
PMJAY denial rate: the data hospitals won't publish
Through 34 RTIs to empanelled hospitals, we built India's first district-level PMJAY claim denial database.
India's malnutrition paradox: POSHAN 2.0 at 4 years
NFHS-5 data shows improvement. But disaggregated tribal and rural data tells a different story that the headline averages hide.
Hospital infrastructure gap: the 3.6 lakh bed shortfall
WHO standard is 3 beds per 1,000 population. India has 1.4. We mapped the gap state by state and identified the 6 most underserved.