“Under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri- Jan Arogya Yojana, more than 2 crores 60 lakh patients have got their free treatment in hospitals across the country,” said PM Modi.
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Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman scheme, probe on
Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, doctors of government hospitals referred patients to private hospitals for specialized treatment
‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme meant to benefit Modi’s friends: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme saying it was meant to benefit the insurance company owners. “Just like crop insurance scheme, ‘Ayushman Bharat’ scheme is also meant to benefit the owners of the insurance companies who are friends[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: Private hospitals decline PM Modi’s Ayushman scheme
Refusing the PM Modi’s dream plan, ‘Ayushman Bharat Scheme’, around 500 private hospitals in Chhattisgarh unanimously decided to not to treat patients under the scheme. Earlier, all the 500 hospitals were empanelled under various schemes of the National Health Insurance Scheme and state medical schemes. Indian Medical Association, state unit[Read More…]
UP cabinet minister, ex-MLA among PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat beneficiary list
It is not even two weeks since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana–Ayushman Bharat and called it a game-changer initiative to serve the poor and the names of few important people from Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has emerged among its beneficiaries.[Read More…]
Ayushman Bharat: Here’s why these five states reject Centre’s healthcare scheme
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) on September 23 to provide health benefits to the poor, not all the states find it worth implying to their states. So far five states in the country have declined from opting the Centre’s healthcare insurance scheme[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: Energy Minister Paras Jain threatens engineer of suspension
Madhya Pradesh minister of Energy and New and Renewable Energy Paras Chandra Jain lost his cool and threatened to suspend the Housing Board engineer on Sunday. Jain was participating in Ayushman Bharat Scheme program in Ujjain. On Sunday energy minister Jain reached the district hospital to participate in the Ayushman[Read More…]
World’s largest healthcare scheme will cover 500 million people: JP Nadda
What is touted as the world’s largest healthcare scheme – Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – will benefit over 500 million (50 crore) people which is more than the combined population of the United States, Canada and Mexico, Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said. The scheme, to[Read More…]
PM-Jaa to PM-Jay: What went into changing name of PM’s flagship health scheme
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” is a popular reference to William Shakespeare‘s play Romeo and Juliet. This reference is often used to imply that the names of things do not affect what they really are. However, it doesn’t seem to fit in Indian politics. Apparently,[Read More…]
What is PM Narendra Modi’s new Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan?
In his Independence Day speech from Red Fort Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new scheme dedicated to health called ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan’. The scheme is a flagship project of Ayushman Bharat. Ayushman Bharat is a national healthcare policy that was introduced by the government few months back[Read More…]
Ayushman Bharat: PM Modi reviews preparations for launch of health assurance scheme
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reviewed the progress of the launch of the Health Assurance scheme under Ayushman Bharat. The scheme will provide health assurance cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family and will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families. An official release[Read More…]
Cabinet okays Ayushman Bharat with no bar on age, family size
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the launch of Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) promising health coverage to 10 crore poor families with no restriction on age and family size. “To ensure that nobody is left out (especially women, children[Read More…]