The government aims to cover around 60 million people in the age category, irrespective of income, with an assured 5 lakh annually to be shared within the family. IMAGE: Senior citizens aged 70......
According to a parliamentary response by the Union health ministry in 2023, around 654,000 families in Delhi are eligible to enrol under the scheme. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts......
Do we have enough trained oncologists and medical professionals in India to man these over 4,500 beds in the public sector? IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah at the Shri Mahavir Health and......
The health coverage for all citizens aged 70 years and above irrespective of their income status under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is likely to be rolled out by......
AAP projects its affordable 'health model' as a success story. The BJP calls it a hoax. IMAGE: A Mohalla clinic in New Delhi. Photograph: ANI Photo The efficacy of Delhi's 'health model'......
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced an outlay of about Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector in the 2020-2021 fiscal, with Rs 6,400 crore earmarked for the Centre's......
Industry experts believe that health insurance companies are unlikely to experience business cannibalisation due to the central government’s decision to extend health coverage to people aged......
The government on Thursday announced the extension of healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to all ASHA and anganwadi workers. Photograph: Babu/Reuters Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya......
The Centre is considering a proposal on increasing coverage under the Ayushman Bharat scheme to Rs 10 lakh from the current Rs 5 lakh. IMAGE: Narendra D Modi interacts with beneficiaries of......
The idea is to procure essential medical devices such as cardiac stents at a lower cost and put them on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), from where the empanelled hospitals can buy. The central......