The Hindu Editorial (More, and less) – Feb 06, 2026

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1. mixed bag (noun) – collection of diverse elements (win, victory & defeat, loss).
2. allocation (noun) – allotment, granting, distribution, doling out, budgeting, earmarking, setting aside (especially of money that is given to a particular purpose).
3. aggressive (adjective) – assertive, forceful, competitive, vigorous, insistent, dynamic.
4. expectation (noun) – prediction, estimation, calculation, reckoning, forecast.
5. milestone (noun) – a very significant stage or event in the development of something or someone.
6. Gross domestic product (GDP) (noun) – a measure of economic activity in a country. It is the total value of a country’s annual output of goods and service.
7. Budget Estimates (BE) (noun) – Amount of money allocated in the Budget to any ministry or scheme for the coming financial year.
8. Revised Estimates (RE) (noun) – Revised Estimates are mid-year review of possible expenditure, taking into account the rest of expenditure, New Services and New instrument of Services etc.
9. government/public expenditure (noun) – government spending; state spending.
10. front (verb) – present.
11. Biopharma SHAKTI scheme (noun) – It  is aimed at making India a global biopharma manufacturing hub with an allocation of ₹10,000 crore over the next five years.
12. hub (noun) – centre of activity / focal point / core.
13. biologics (noun) – biological medicines/drugs; they contain active substances from a biological source, such as living cells or organisms (human, animals and microorganisms such as bacteria or yeast) and are often produced by cutting-edge technology.
14. biosimilar (noun) – it is a biologic drug that is highly similar to a biologic drug that was already authorized for sale. There are no expected clinically meaningful differences in efficacy and safety between a biosimilar and the biologic drug that was already authorized for sale (known as the reference biologic drug).
15. pan- (combining form/prefix) – all-inclusive; of everything, all.
16. clinical trial (noun) – a research study using human subjects to evaluate biomedical or health-related outcomes.
17. state-of-the-art (adjective) – advanced, cutting-edge, innovational, pioneering, pathbreaking.
18. infrastructure (noun) – the basic physical or organizational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.
19. accredited (adjective) – officially recognized or authorized.
20. angle (noun) – perspective, point of view, viewpoint.
21. languishing (adjective) – declining, weakening, dwindling, flagging, deteriorating.
22. National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) (noun) – it is the first national level institute in pharmaceutical sciences with a proclaimed objective of becoming a centre of excellence for advanced studies and research in pharmaceutical sciences. The Government of India has declared NIPER as an ‘Institute of National Importance’. It is an autonomous body set up under the aegis of Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India
23. besides (preposition/adverb) – in addition to, apart from, furthermore, moreover.
24. establish (verb) – set up, found, create, institute.
25. National Institute for Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) (noun) – National institute of mental health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru is a world-renowned centre of excellence in the realm of mental health and neurosciences.
26. allied health professionals (AHPs) (noun) – a diverse group of health care workers who provide necessary services to patients in addition to services provided by physicians/doctors and nurses. Allied health professionals comprises nearly 60% of the heath care workforce. People working in these roles may perform diverse responsibilities from laboratory testing, interact with patients, provide emergency medicine, or administrative work.
27. on one’s way (phrase) – about to happen, approaching, nearing, proceeding, en route. 
28. grey nation (noun phrase) – a country with a high proportion of elderly people due to declining fertility and increasing life expectancy.
29. total fertility rate (TFR) (noun) – the average number of children a woman would give birth to during her lifetime if she were to pass through her childbearing years (15-49 years) experiencing the present day age-specific fertility rates.
30. fertility (noun) – reproductiveness, productiveness.
31. affordable (adjective) – reasonably priced, inexpensive, economical, within one’s means.
32. exempt (verb) – exclude.
33. at source (phrase) – at the place where something comes from; at the point of origin.
34. remittance (noun) – payment, allowance, money.
35. lead to (verb) – cause, result in, give rise to, bring about.
36. affordability (noun) – the capacity to afford the cost/price of something.
37. primarily (adverb) – mainly, chiefly, largely
38. under fire (phrase) – strongly criticized, attacked verbally
39. stodgy (adjective) – boring, dull, uninteresting.
40. National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 (noun) –  the primary aim of the National Health Policy, 2017, is to inform, clarify, strengthen and prioritize the role of the Government in shaping health systems in all its dimensions- investments in health, organization of healthcare services, prevention of diseases and promotion of good health through cross sectoral actions, access to technologies, developing human resources, encouraging medical pluralism, building knowledge base, developing better financial protection strategies, strengthening regulation and health assurance.
41. public health (noun) – public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities through education, policy-making, and research for disease and injury prevention.
42. activist (noun) – a person who supports a political change or cause; (or societal change/cause).
43. lambast (verb) – criticize harshly, attack strongly, condemn.
44. drop (noun) – fall, decline, decrease, reduction.
45. National Health Mission (NHM) (noun) – It was launched by the government of India in 2013 subsuming the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission. The NHM envisages achievement of universal access to equitable, affordable & quality health care services that are accountable and responsive to people’s needs.
46. the fact that (phrase) – used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.
47. fiscal (adjective) – financial, budgetary.
48. devolution (noun) – decentralization, delegation, distribution.
49. fiscal devolution/fiscal decentralization (noun) – it is the transfer of expenditure and revenue
    responsibilities from higher levels of the government (the Union Government in the case of
    India) to lower levels of the government (the state and the Local Governments [LGs] in the
    case of India). 
50. patchy (adjective) – irregular, uneven, inconsistent.
51. outcome (noun) – result, end-result, consequence, effect, after-effect.

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