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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)
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Hello Jammu News at 5:36:00 PM 0


Imphal, May 8: Chief Minister N Biren Singh said that the State Government’s ‘Go to Village’ mission has been implemented to cover all the rural and urban localities of the State.
Speaking as the Chief Guest at a ‘Go to Village’ camp held at Mongjam Community Hall in Imphal East District today chief minister said that the mission was introduced with the sole objective of bringing the benefits of different schemes at the doorsteps of the common people and also to address to their grievances at their own localities.
Stating that people would no more face the inconvenience of visiting different Government offices for enrollment of different schemes or registering their grievances, the chief minister said that officials of different Government Departments would come on their own to different localities across the State to listen/find out people’s woes.
He also said that those deserving people whose names had been left out in Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) database, and who do not have BPL/AAY cards may also seek benefits under different social security schemes by simply submitting an application to DCs or SDOs concerned.
N. Biren said that people especially youths should not waste such opportunities but draw maximum benefits from these schemes.
Exhorting the youths to stay away from drugs and other intoxicants, the chief minister also mentioned that Agar and lemongrass plantation is a profitable occupation which they may take up with the assistance from the Government.
N. Biren said that ‘Go to Village’ mission was launched in 60 selected villages of all the 60 Assembly Constituencies of the State on May 1. On the said day, N. Biren continued, a total of 60,339 applications were received, and out of these total applications, 21,353 grievances could be immediately addressed.
Later, the chief minister distributed benefits under different social security schemes to selected beneficiaries at the camp.
About 25 different Government Departments opened stalls to address people’s grievances at the camp till evening. The chief minister also planted a sapling and inspected the stalls on the occasion. UNI
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Hello Jammu News at 6:48:00 PM 0


New Delhi, Nov 20: The Government is all set to cross the halfway mark in achieving its target, set a year ago, of constructing one crore houses by March 31 2019.
The Ministry of Rural Development said here on Monday that 51 lakh of these houses would be ready by March 31 next year. The targets had been set under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) exactly one year ago. As many as 55.85 lakh houses have already been sanctioned and work was under progress. The use of Socio Economic Census (SECC 2011), validation by Gram Sabha and use of space technology for geo-tagging has ensured that there are least inclusion errors and it is only the homeless and those living in one kuccha room with kuccha roof or two kuccha rooms with kuccha roof are the beneficiaries of this pro-poor programme, the Ministry said. Nearly 30 lakh of these houses have reached roof level of construction and 15 lakh of these houses are at finalisation level. As of today, 9.03 lakh houses have already been completed. It is expected that 10 lakh PMAY-G homes will be completed by November 30, 15 lakh houses by December 31 this year and 25 lakh houses, by January, 35 lakh houses by February 28 and 51 lakh houses by March 31 next year.  States like Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan and West Bengal have completed a large number of houses. New designs, local construction material, use of technology through rural mason training, geo-tagging of assets and payment directly into the account of beneficiary through IT-DBT platform have ensured transparent, hassle-free and quality programme implementation, the Ministry said. The homes are designed by the best of institutions after studying the existing local design typologies and are constructed by beneficiaries as per their need. These homes are not only changing the rural landscape but also bringing about a social transformation in villages across the country. The homes are equipped with facilities like toilet, LPG connection, electricity connection, safe drinking water among others. UNI
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