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New Delhi, Oct 8: A parliamentary panel will examine the implementation of the Narendra Modi-led government's flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat and may call top Health Ministry officials to brief its members on the programme.
The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has two broader objectives -- creating a network of health and wellness infrastructure across the country and providing insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually benefiting more than 10.74 crore families.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, headed by Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, has decided to examine the implementation of the scheme.
Besides it, the panel will also look into the functioning of AIIMS and other such institutions, and affordability of cancer and duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treatment.
Ayushman Bharat was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Jharkhand on September 23.
Since its roll-out, over 50,000 poor people have availed benefits of the scheme, touted as the world's largest health insurance programme, Union Health Minister J P Nadda had said.
The PMJAY will provide cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of service.
The scheme will target poor, deprived rural families and has identified occupational category of urban workers' families -- 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33 crore in urban areas -- as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data.
Over 14,000 hospitals, both public and private, have been empanelled for the scheme, and as many as 32 states and union territories have signed MoUs with the Centre and will implement the programme.
Telangana, Odisha, Delhi and Kerala are among states which have not opted for the scheme. (PTI)
New Delhi, Sep 22: Beneficiaries of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat insurance programme in Jharkhand, from where Narendra Modi will roll out the flagship scheme on Sunday, have been sent a two-page customised letter from the prime minister outlining the importance and benefits of the project.
The government will send similar letters to 10.74 crore beneficiary families across the country gradually. The letters will have a photograph of Modi, a government official said.
"Around 57 lakh families in Jharkhand are expected to receive letters by Sunday morning," the official said.
The letter mentions that the beneficiary family can avail the scheme in hospitals in their area and health facilities empanelled under the scheme across the country.
"I hope you will receive complete treatment without the need to worry about the expense and without any hassles," the letter states.
Through the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme, renamed Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan, the government aims to provide a coverage of Rs five lakh per family annually to more than 10 crore poor households.
The scheme will target poor and deprived rural families and identified occupational category of urban workers' families, 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33 crore in urban areas, as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data, and will cover around 50 crore people.
The entitlement is being decided on the basis of deprivation criteria in the SECC database. The beneficiaries are identified based on the deprivation categories (D1, D2, D3, D4, D5, and D7) identified under the SECC database for rural areas.
For urban areas, the 11 occupational criteria will determine entitlement. In addition, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna beneficiaries in states where it is active are also included.
There is no cap on family size and age in the scheme, ensuring that nobody is left out.
As many as 31 states and Union territories have signed MoUs with the Centre and will implement the programme over the next two months, after its launch on Sunday.
Remaining states and UTs - Telangana, Odisha, Delhi, Kerala and Punjab - have not signed, so the scheme will not be implemented in those states till they come on board. (PTI)
Talcher (Odisha), Sept 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday asked Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to link the people of the state with the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme.
The scheme provides Rs 5 lakh health insurance to the people.
"I urge Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to link people of state with Ayushman Bharat scheme to be launched on Sunday," he said addressing a public meeting after launching commencement of work for the country's first coal gassification-based fertiliser plant at Talcher.
Referring to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's famous assertion that only 15 paisa out of a Rupee sanctioned by the Centre for welfare of people reaches beneficiaries, he said, "They knew about the 'bimari'(illness) but had no vision to solve it."
The BJP government's decision to directly transfer money to bank accounts of beneficiaries has done away with the practise of middlemen in implementation of any welfare scheme, he said.
Pointing towards the overwhelming gathering of people at the rally, Modi said it "clearly showed" what the people of Odisha are thinking. (PTI)
