India Unveils Landmark Healthcare Scheme

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India's government has presented a big-spending budget, with a new healthcare scheme. Journalist Madhavan Narayanan in New Delhi assesses the spending plans, while Rahul Tandon reports from West Bengal on the challenge of creating more jobs in rural India. It was a mixed day for Apple, which reported a fall in iPhone sales but a rise in profits. We get reaction from technology writer Larry Magid. Also in the programme. there are indications that negotiations between Britain and the European Union over the proposed implementation period for Brexit could become fraught. We discuss the latest developments with Roger Bootle of Capital Economics, and Sebastian Dullien, professor of international economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Plus the BBC's Will Bain reports from Louisville, Kentucky, on the health of the US economy. (Picture: A hospital in India. Picture credit: BBC.)