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AYUSH Ministry proposes Ayushman Bharat additions

Ayushman Bharat has recently celebrated the first anniversary since its launch. While controversial in some states, the scheme has drawn praise both at home and abroad and allowed medical services to be availed by tens of lakhs of Indians across the country. The AYUSH (Ayurvedic, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) Ministry has proposed …

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Prime Minister Modi’s “four pillars to UHC”

At the United Nations meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in New York, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out his approach to achieving UHC in India.  The approach revolves around four pillars, each assessing a different aspect of the provision of healthcare. The meeting occurred following the one-year anniversary of Modi’s flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman …

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Adityanath announces rural health boon

In a move to improve access to healthcare in rural areas, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced that government medical college graduates in Uttar Pradesh will be required to work for two years in villages.  Speaking at an event to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Ayushman Bharat, the Chief Minister said that the village work requirement …

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Ayushman Bharat: One year in

Today marked the one-year anniversary of the launch of Ayushman Bharat, with reports indicating the scope of the initiative’s success – and plans for its future.  Officially known as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), Ayushman Bharat offers health insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to economically vulnerable families – …

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Ayushman Bharat: 47 lakh beneficiaries in one year

On September 23rd, Ayushman Bharat will mark the one-year anniversary of its launch – and, if recent data is anything to go by, the first year has been a success with more than forty lakh beneficiaries. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has announced that more than ten crore e-cards have been issued to beneficiaries …

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Centre continues push for primary healthcare

Government plans for strengthening India’s primary healthcare infrastructure are continuing, with Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announcing an ambitious target of constructing 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres (HWCs) by 2022.  HWCs form a core part of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), or Ayushman Bharat, the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme which …

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HWCs: Almost 21,000 built under Ayushman Bharat

More than 20,000 health and wellness centres (HWCs) are operational across India.  HWCs mark a major commitment by the Centre to strengthening primary healthcare infrastructure in the country, coming as part of its flagship health insurance initiative, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) or Ayushman Bharat. In the previous year, 20,942 HWCs have become …

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Implement Ayushman Bharat in Delhi: BJP to AAP government

The implementation – or lack thereof – of the government’s flagship healthcare scheme in the national capital continues to be the centre of controversy.  BJP politicians have protested the continued refusal of the governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to implement the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – Ayushman Bharat – in Delhi by calling …

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Telangana says no to Ayushman Bharat

As Ayushman Bharat nears the one-year anniversary of its launch, the Telangana state government shows no signs of implementing the Central scheme in the state. In the recently unveiled state budget for the 2019-20 fiscal period, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said it would focus on its own state-level healthcare scheme, Aarogya Sri, which administers …

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Ayushman Bharat: 1.3 lakh Indians eligible in Pune, but rollout stalled?

Ayushman Bharat has helped more than 41 lakh Indians, but a significant proportion of the population in Pune is missing out according to recent reports.  The city is home to 1.31 lakh individuals eligible for cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), but only forty percent can avail coverage. This is due to …

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