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PM AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION              

28th October, 2021

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Context

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.

 

About

  • It will seek to address three critical gaps in India’s public health sector: augmenting health facilities for treatment; setting up of Integrated Public Health labs for diagnosis of disease, and expansion of existing research institutions that study pandemics.
  • It is the largest pan-India scheme since 2005 for the creation and improvement of long-term public healthcare infrastructure. It is meant to be implemented in each district of the country.
  • The government will spend Rs 64,180 crore on the scheme from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
  • The first component is to establish comprehensive surveillance of infectious diseases.
  • The second component is the creation of comprehensive diagnostics and treatment facilities.
  • The third component of the mission will be on comprehensive pandemic research.

 

Ayushman Bharat

  • Ayushman Bharat is a flagship scheme of Government of India, was launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017,to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
  • It was launched in September 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • It is a national public health insurance fund of the Government of Indiathat aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income earners in the country.
  • Roughly, the bottom 50% of the country qualifies for this scheme.
  • It is a centrally sponsored scheme and is jointly funded by both the union government and the states.
  • By offering services to 50 crore (500 million) people it is the world's largest government sponsored healthcare program.
  • This initiative has been designed to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its underlining commitment, which is to "leave no one behind."

 

Benefits

  • It covers all hospitalisation expenses with cashless transactions to beneficiaries.
  • Accommodation during hospitalisation.
  • Pre and post-hospitalisation costs.
  • Any complications arising during the treatment.
  • Can be used by all family members.
  • No cap on family size, age or gender.
  • Pre-existing conditions are included from day one.

Eligibility

Rural

  • Household with no adult/male/ earning member within the age group of 16-59 years
  • Families living in one room with Kuccha Kuccha walls and roof
  • Families with no members within the age group of 16-59 years
  • Household without a healthy adult member and one disabled member
  • Manual scavenger families
  • Landless households earning a major part of their family income from manual labour

 

Urban

  • Domestic worker
  • Beggar
  • Ragpicker
  • Home-based Artisans/ Tailor Sweeper/ Handicrafts worker/ Sanitation worker/ Mali
  • Construction worker/ Labour/ Painter/ Welder/ Security guard/ Coolie
  • Washer-man/ Plumber/ Mason
  • Electrician/ Mechanic/ Assembler/ Repair worker
  • Transport worker/ Rickshaw puller/ Conductor/ Cart puller/
  • Waiter/Shop worker/ Assistant/ Peon/Delivery assistant
  • Street vendors/ hawker / Cobbler

 

Who is not entitled to avail coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana?

  • The following categories of entities are not covered under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana:
  • People who own a vehicle like a two-wheeler, three-wheeler, or a car
  • Government employees
  • People whose monthly income is more than Rs 10,000
  • Those who have farming machinery and equipments
  • Those who live in properly build houses
  • Those who hold a Kisan card
  • Those owing a motorized fishing boat
  • Those owing an agriculture land of more than 5 acres
  • People employed in government-run non-agricultural enterprises
  • People who have refrigerators and landline phones in their houses

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-is-the-pm-ayushman-bharat-health-infrastructure-mission-7592119/