SP government aided only its own people; we work for every U.P. resident: Adityanath
3 weeks, 5 days ago

SP government aided only its own people; we work for every U.P. resident: Adityanath

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday targeted the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of selectively doling out financial help to SP-affiliated individuals during its reign and branding all welfare initiatives under the party name. Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme and the Chief Minister's Jan Arogya Yojana, 10 crore people in Uttar Pradesh receive health insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh per year." In contrast, Mr. Adityanath asserted that his government ensures financial aid is distributed fairly and increases allocations when needed. Discussing improvements in healthcare, he noted that his government has appointed highly qualified medical professionals across various institutions and expanded facilities at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow.

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Delhi Cabinet's first proposal to boost health schemes, aims one lakh beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat
1 month ago

Delhi Cabinet's first proposal to boost health schemes, aims one lakh beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: As Delhi prepares for the swearing-in of its Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta, the city’s bureaucratic machinery is all set to roll out central health schemes and extend a key initiative to all residents. According to an exclusive document accessed by TNIE, the health department has drafted a proposal to rebrand the Aam Aadmi Party's flagship Mohalla Clinics as …

High Court questions Punjab Govt’s reluctance to disclose ad expenses, calls for affidavit
1 month, 2 weeks ago

High Court questions Punjab Govt’s reluctance to disclose ad expenses, calls for affidavit

Op India  

On Thursday, February 6th, the Punjab and Haryana court observed that the Punjab government does not want to comply with the judicial directions seeking disclosure of state expenses incurred on This is after the court found that the state had no explanation for not clearing the dues of over ₹500 crores to hospitals under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Ever since …

JP Nadda vows Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi in 1st Cabinet meet if BJP wins
2 months ago

JP Nadda vows Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi in 1st Cabinet meet if BJP wins

India Today  

With just days to go for the much-anticipated Delhi Assembly elections, Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Thursday announced that the BJP would implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi in its very first cabinet meeting if it forms the government in the national capital. Once BJP forms the government, we will immediately implement Ayushman Bharat to provide Rs 5 …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
2 months, 1 week ago

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

The Hindu  

Odisha became the latest State to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana after the National Health Authority, under the Union Health Ministry, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Odisha, on Monday. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is not only the world's largest health coverage scheme …

AAP govt denied crucial health cover to 6.5 lakh eligible families in Delhi: Nadda
3 months, 3 weeks ago

AAP govt denied crucial health cover to 6.5 lakh eligible families in Delhi: Nadda

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Thursday cited the Delhi High Court's sharp criticism of the Delhi government for not implementing the central government's Ayushman scheme to accuse the Aam Aadmi Party of depriving the citizens of the national capital of the crucial health cover. The A govt has denied this crucial health cover from more than …

Number Of Medical Colleges Nearly Doubles To 731 Since 2014, UG Seats Rise By 118%: JP Nadda
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Number Of Medical Colleges Nearly Doubles To 731 Since 2014, UG Seats Rise By 118%: JP Nadda

ABP News  

New Delhi: Highlighting the NDA government's efforts in bolstering India's health infrastructure, Union Health Minister JP Nadda announced in the Lok Sabha on Monday that the number of medical colleges in the country has surged from 387 in 2014 to 731. The number now stands at 731.” He further detailed that undergraduate medical seats have “increased from 51,348 to 1.12 …

Ashok Gehlot's expansion of health cover under Chiranjeevi scheme 'impractical', says BJP leader
1 year, 4 months ago

Ashok Gehlot's expansion of health cover under Chiranjeevi scheme 'impractical', says BJP leader

The Hindu  

‘ BJP leader Deepti Rawat Bhardwaj on Thursday slammed the Ashok Gehlot government over its performance and questioned the practicality of Congress’ promise of increasing the medical coverage under the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme to ₹50 lakh. Ms. Bhardwaj, asked the State government to reveal the number of people who took health cover above ₹5 lakh and claimed that the …

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation

The Hindu  

The Union government has urged all States and Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation by utilising the services of grassroots-level healthcare workers. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is billed as the largest government- Stakeholders have also been directed to set up State offices and carry out review and regular monitoring of the programme. The …

Prepare Ayushman Bharat cards for those eligible on priority: U.P. CM Adityanath to officials
1 year, 9 months ago

Prepare Ayushman Bharat cards for those eligible on priority: U.P. CM Adityanath to officials

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on June 22 directed officials to prepare Ayushman Bharat cards of those eligible on priority, saying money should not be an obstacle to avail health facilities. Under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the government provides an annual health coverage of ₹5 lakh per family and all beneficiaries receive Ayushman Bharat cards. …

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath launches scheme for cashless medical benefit for state employees, pensioners
2 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath launches scheme for cashless medical benefit for state employees, pensioners

Firstpost  

The eligible people will get cashless medical facilities at government-run institutions, medical colleges and hospitals without any financial limit Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday launched a scheme to provide cashless medical facility to more than 75 lakh people including 22 lakh state government employees, pensioners and their dependents. Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya State Employees Cashless Medical …

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath Launches Scheme for Cashless Medical Benefit for State Employees, Pensioners
2 years, 8 months ago

Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath Launches Scheme for Cashless Medical Benefit for State Employees, Pensioners

News 18  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, launched a scheme to provide cashless medical facility to more than 75 lakh people including 22 lakh state government employees, pensioners and their dependents. Under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya State Employees Cashless Medical Scheme, the eligible people will get cashless medical facilities at government-run institutions, medical colleges and hospitals without any financial …

Will not let cows be slaughtered, also prevent crop damage from cattle: CM Yogi Adityanath
3 years, 1 month ago

Will not let cows be slaughtered, also prevent crop damage from cattle: CM Yogi Adityanath

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday promised to enhance the security of cows, while also ensuring that the state government will help protect farmers' fields from stray cattle. I promise that we will not let 'Gaumata' be slaughtered while we'll also protect fields of farmers from stray cattle," the chief minister said, addressing a rally in the Tiloi …

Short on action
4 years, 9 months ago

Short on action

The Hindu  

“On paper, we are following what the Centra l government and other State governments are doing: persisting with COVID-19-related lockdown measures even while planning for a staggered reduction. The experience across India has shown that nearly 70 per cent of COVID-19-related deaths are on account of comorbidities, and in such a context public health systems are very important, especially if …

AAP government to finally impliment Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi
5 years ago

AAP government to finally impliment Ayushman Bharat scheme in Delhi

Op India  

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 7 lives in India with 415 confirmed cases so far, the Delhi finance minister Manish Sisodia announced in his 2020-21 budget speech on the floor of the legislative assembly on Monday that the national capital will implement Centre’s flagship scheme, ‘Ayushman Bharat’ from the upcoming financial year. Delhi Government to implement Ayushman Bharat …

Yogi Adiyanath: Doctors graduating from govt medical colleges in UP will have to work in villages
5 years, 6 months ago

Yogi Adiyanath: Doctors graduating from govt medical colleges in UP will have to work in villages

India Today  

Doctors graduating from government medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh with an MBBS degree will have to work in villages for two years unless they go for higher studies, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday. Yogi Adiyanath on Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana Stressing on the success of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Adityanath said while around 1.18 crore …

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on
5 years, 9 months ago

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on

India TV News  

Exploiting loopholes in the Union Government's mega health scheme - Ayushman Bharat, hundreds of doctors allegedly pocketed huge amounts of public funds meant for the treatment of poor patients. Under the scheme, doctors of government hospitals referred patients to private hospitals for specialized treatment. Concerned about the ongoing scandal, the Uttarakhand High Court has now directed the Trivendra Singh Rawat …

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families
6 years ago

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families

Op India  

A baby girl Alia from Ranchi suffering from a critical heart disease, an 80-year-old lady from Panipat with a severely septic wound, a 59-year-old tea vendor from Aurangabad in Bihar diagnosed with oral cancer, a 60 year old tailor from Satara in Maharashtra admitted with chest pain and a youngster Devilal Nayak from Jharkhand with a broken hip – what …

PM Modi: Centre prioritises sector to make healthcare affordable
6 years, 1 month ago

PM Modi: Centre prioritises sector to make healthcare affordable

Deccan Chronicle  

MADURAI: The National Democratic Alliance is giving high priority to the health sector to ensure everyone is healthy and healthcare is affordable, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed at the foundation-laying ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Thoppur on Sunday. He said that under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the government has supported and upgraded government …

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat: a critical perspective
6 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat: a critical perspective

Live Mint  

The Ayushman Bharat: National Health Protection Scheme has a defined benefit cover of ₹ 5 lakh per family per year covering over 10 crore families. Additionally, the states’ participation in the scheme mandates them to contribute funds for insurance, which naturally diverts funds allocated to building healthcare infrastructure within the state. The average per-capita health expenditure of the bottom three …

AIIMS signs MoU with National Health Agency, becomes first Delhi hospital to implement Ayushman Bharat scheme
6 years, 5 months ago

AIIMS signs MoU with National Health Agency, becomes first Delhi hospital to implement Ayushman Bharat scheme

Firstpost  

New Delhi: The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences has inked an MoU with the National Health Agency, the apex body implementing the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, thus becoming the first hospital in Delhi to have become a part of the Centre’s health insurance programme. “In accordance with the provisions of the scheme, AIIMS will provide all diagnostic and …

PM launches mother of all healthcares
6 years, 6 months ago

PM launches mother of all healthcares

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana -Ayushman Bharat, deemed as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme covering over 50 crore beneficiaries and termed it a “game-changer initiative to serve the poor”. “PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat is the biggest government- Dedicating the scheme to the “service of the daridranayaran,” Mr Modi said that the …

Ayushman Bharat could be India's Big Bang moment in healthcare, but addressal of OPD care issues remains a key
6 years, 6 months ago

Ayushman Bharat could be India's Big Bang moment in healthcare, but addressal of OPD care issues remains a key

Firstpost  

By giving up to ₹5 lakh health insurance coverage to 10.7 crore families, the government is bringing healthcare to the poorest of the country, and if realised, it promises a revolution Haryana/New Delhi: Emerging into the sunlight from the doors of the Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital in Karnal, its patients are fated to walk towards hard times. …

Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south
6 years, 6 months ago

Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south

Hindustan Times  

Ayushman Bharat, the government’s flagship health insurance scheme, has rekindled the hope for moving towards universal coverage of hospitalisation costs in India, but the initial spark was ignited by Yeshasvini, the health insurance scheme for rural farmers and peasants, initiated on a modest scale in Karnataka in 2003. The Tamil Nadu health insurance scheme spent about ₹225 per enrollee in …

Delhi rejects Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat, plans to launch better health scheme
6 years, 7 months ago

Delhi rejects Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat, plans to launch better health scheme

Hindustan Times  

Delhi’s Aam Aadmi Party government on Friday refused to be a part of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying the Centre’s flagship national health protection scheme would not offer cover to enough people and that the state would work towards implementing its own health insurance scheme instead. “The state government does not agree with the Centre’s health insurance scheme because it …

100 MBBS students to be admitted to new Himachal Pradesh medical college as it becomes functional
6 years, 9 months ago

100 MBBS students to be admitted to new Himachal Pradesh medical college as it becomes functional

India Today  

A newly built government medical college became functional in Himachal Pradesh on June 16 after getting the nod from the state government to admit 100 MBBS students for this academic session. State to have 600 MBBS seats Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone, Thakur said, "After Hamirpur Medical College becoming functional, the number of government medical colleges …

Four years of Modi govt: Ayushman Bharat a game changer?
6 years, 9 months ago

Four years of Modi govt: Ayushman Bharat a game changer?

Hindustan Times  

The Modi government’s health-for-all scheme finally took shape in the fourth year of its rule with the announcement of the Ayushman Bharat programme, which assures a health insurance cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year to 500 million poor and vulnerable persons. Once it takes off, Ayushman Bharat will be the world’s largest public-funded health insurance programme, …

UP healthcare crisis Part 3: Per-capita health expenditure of India's most populous state is half the national average
7 years, 5 months ago

UP healthcare crisis Part 3: Per-capita health expenditure of India's most populous state is half the national average

Firstpost  

UP’s population growth rate is higher than the country’s but its healthcare infrastructure has failed to cope up with the growing population. Editor’s note: Uttar Pradesh had been in the grips of a healthcare crisis long before Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad put the spotlight on the state’s ailing public health system. Since the survey shows that most people in Uttar Pradesh …

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