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The Union government has signed loan agreements with international agencies to borrow Rs 13,879 crore to strengthen health infrastructure in India.
The Ministry of State for Health stated that loan agreements had been signed with;
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) ($300 million or Rs 2,474 crore).
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (50 billion Japanese Yen or Rs 3,162 crore)
- World Bank ($1 billion or Rs 8,243 crores)
The loans have been taken to strengthen the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Infrastructure Mission (PMABHIM).
- The PMABHIM was launched to fill gaps in health infrastructure, especially in critical and primary care facilities.

PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission:

It is one of the largest health schemes for strengthening healthcare infrastructure across India.
In the Budget 2021-22, the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission has been announced with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore.
It was launched in October 2021 to achieve the vision of providing comprehensive healthcare services across the country.

The objectives of the Mission:

To fill the essential gaps in the public healthcare infrastructure, especially in critical care facilities and primary care in both urban and rural areas.
To strengthen Public health institutions at the grassroots level to deliver universal comprehensive primary health care and critical care services for diagnostics and treatment.
To expand and build an IT-enabled disease surveillance system for effectively detecting, investigating, preventing and combating Public Health Emergencies and Disease Outbreaks by developing a network of surveillance laboratories at block, district, regional and national levels, Points of Entry in Metropolitan areas.
To expand research on infectious diseases (including COVID-19) and to deliver the One Health Approach to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks in animals and humans.

Components of the Mission:

The PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission consists of Centrally Sponsored Scheme Components and some Central Sector Components.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) Components of the Mission for 5 years (2021-22 to 2025-26);
- Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in rural areas to support infrastructure development for nearly 18,000 Sub-Health Centres in 7 High Focus States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and 3 North Eastern States (Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya).
- Ayushman Bharat - Health & Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in Urban areas to support infrastructure development for nearly 11,000 Urban Health & Wellness Centres across the country.
- Block Public Health Units to Support infrastructure development for nearly 3500 blocks in 11 High Focus States/ UTs (Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand).
- Integrated District Public Health Laboratories in all districts.
- Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all districts with a population of more than 5 lakhs.
Central Sector (CS) Components:
- Critical Care Hospital Blocks in 12 Central Institutions.
- Strengthening Surveillance of Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Response in all states.
- Strengthening Surveillance Capacities at Points of Entry.
- Strengthening Disaster and Epidemic Preparedness.
- Bio-security Preparedness and Strengthening Pandemic Research, National Institutions and Platforms for One Health.