PM AYUSHMAN BHARAT HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION

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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