Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance

Just a week or so earlier, both Nazish and her parents had put off all plans to celebrate Eid with their relatives. On Thursday morning, however, the 28-year-old woman from Walidpur village in Meerut donned a new salwar-suit as she greeted everyone “Eid Mubarak” with a smile.

Over one crore treatments worth Rs 13,412 crore were provided under ayushman bharat health insurance scheme since its launch in September 2018, even as hospitalization was heavily impacted during April and May due to the nationwide lockdown amid Covid-19 outbreak.The scheme has made strides in providing testing and treatment to Covid patients.

Why is Centre's flagship ayushman bharat health insurance scheme not being implemented in Delhi, the high court sought to know from Delhi government on Friday.

Delhi's government is extending Ayushman Bharat health scheme benefits to approximately 3.97 lakh widows and 1.31 lakh Divyang individuals, along with their families. This significant move aims to bolster health security for an additional 5.5 lakh families, ensuring no needy citizen is denied medical treatment due to financial constraints.

President Murmu announced free treatment for citizens above 70 years under ayushman bharat health insurance scheme in New Delhi, highlighting AB-PMJAY's progress, Jan Aushadhi Kendras, and Rs 5 lakh coverage for 12 crore families.

Union Minister Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that names of hospitals found involved in any kind of fraudulent practices in the ayushman bharat health insurance scheme will be put up on its official website to "name and shame" them.

From April 15, all private hospitals in Madhya Pradesh, including Bhopal, will not provide treatment to poor patients under Ayushman card scheme. This announcement was made by the United Private Hospitals Director Association at a press conference.

The Central government will also set up a 24X7 call centre in the capital to attend to complaints and queries from citizens about the scheme and assist them when they are outside their home states.

Urging the government to create “policy provisions” to allow launch of second brands for introduction into the state-run insurance scheme, the US India Business Council (USIBC) asked the government for a safeguard policy mechanism so that such supplies are exempted from price referencing.

Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta criticised Congress and AAP for neglecting the issues of Delhi residents during their respective tenures. She highlighted her government's prompt approval of the ayushman bharat health insurance scheme, accusing the opposition of stalling important initiatives and fearing her administration's transparency.

Noting that it is a technology-driven scheme, the prime minister said in the coming to four to five weeks, the testing of technology will be started and efforts are on to make it foolproof.

Delhi's BJP-led administration has partnered with the central government to adopt the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. The healthcare scheme will provide eligible Delhi households with annual health insurance worth Rs 10 lakh. This makes Delhi the 35th state/Union Territory to implement this health programme.