PRADHAN MANTRI AROGYA MITRAS

A recent Lancet report highlighted India's healthcare spending low at 1.2% of GDP, but government sources defended increased investments. The Health Ministry aims to reach 2.5% by 2025, with budgets rising significantly. Flagship initiatives like Ay...

Instead, a few states are engaging private sector insurance companies while most have set up trusts to run the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY), the government's flagship health insurance scheme.

PM Kisan 16th installment: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 16th installment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme worth over Rs 21,000 crore to more than 9 crores farmers today.

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha launched the Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (CM-JAY), a health insurance scheme providing coverage of Rs 5 lakh to 4.15 lakh families. It benefits those not covered by Ayushman Bharat or other insurance schemes. H...

Since September 2018, over 23,000 beneficiaries have benefited from the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme at AIIMS, Delhi. The majority of patients seek treatment in medical oncology, ophthalmology, general medicine, orthopaedics, and neurosur...

Assam achieves a significant milestone, becoming the first state in India to distribute over one crore Ayushman cards. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma highlighted the accomplishment, emphasizing Assam's commitment to realizing Prime Minister Nare...

The Indian government reveals that over 1,63,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs nationwide have screened millions for oral, breast, and cervical cancers. These screenings are part of primary healthcare efforts under the National Health Mission. The Health ...

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) has authorized approximately six crore hospital admissions worth Rs 77,298 crore until November 30, according to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. The scheme, the largest public...

The minister was responding to a question on anomalies in the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) cited in the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) report and if the government has taken any corrective steps to reso...

According to a senior executive from the management consultancy firm Arthur D Little, the anticipated increase in private sector investment in India is expected to follow a pattern similar to international investments in the country, rather than bei...

These tribes stay in scattered, remote and inaccessible habitations, often in forest areas and hence the mission has been planned to saturate PVTG families and habitations with basic facilities such as road and telecom connectivity, electricity, saf...

India's efforts have resulted in the reduction of tuberculosis incidence by 16 per cent in 2022 from 2015, almost double the pace at which global TB incidence is declining (which is 8.7 per cent), it said, adding that mortality due to the disease ha...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting of the Western Zonal Council on Monday in Gandhinagar. The meeting will address issues such as speedy investigation in cases of sexual offenses and rape, infrastructure, environment, and other matte...

Over 1.6 lakh claims worth INR 287 crore have been acted upon by state health agencies under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana till August 5, with 210 hospitals de-empanelled and 188 suspended due to non-compliance activities, disclos...

The CAG report pointed out that several beneficiaries were registered against the same mobile number under the health insurance scheme. It stated that 7.49 lakh people are registered against the mobile number 9999999999 as beneficiaries. The sources...

To prevent, detect, and deter healthcare fraud and to ensure that eligible beneficiaries receive adequate treatment, the Government of India is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), according to a PIB press release issued on ...

The scheme is now facing several hurdles that need to be removed. Latest health ministry data show that of the 27,000 hospitals empanelled since 2018, only 18,783 are active. Among the rest, 4,682 hospitals have been inactive since the start. Also, ...

Indicating the growing usage of the service, the report states that it was now being used by 47 entities including the state and central government departments as well as some banks.

The Covid pandemic has demonstrated that health threats are not confined to national borders and require a coordinated global response, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said. In this context, India has been supporting by capacity building...