Health Minister Gautam faces criticism for business as usual

Experts raise questions about her work as Minister Gautam presents regular meetings, hospital visits and instructions as achievements in her two-month progress report.

Until some two decades ago, thousands of children used to die of diarrheal infections. But when the government distributed Jeevanjal, an oral rehydration solution, free of cost and launched an awareness drive about the importance of handwashing, deaths from diarrheal infections almost stopped.