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Context

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.

 

About

• It will seek to address three critical gaps in India’s public health sector: augmenting health facilities for treatment; setting up of Integrated Public Health labs for diagnosis of disease, and expansion of existing research institutions that study pandemics.
• It is the largest pan-India scheme since 2005 for the creation and improvement of long-term public healthcare infrastructure. It is meant to be implemented in each district of the country.
• The government will spend Rs 64,180 crore on the scheme from the financial year 2021-22 to 2025-26.
• The first component is to establish comprehensive surveillance of infectious diseases.
• The second component is the creation of comprehensive diagnostics and treatment facilities.
• The third component of the mission will be on comprehensive pandemic research.

 

Ayushman Bharat

• Ayushman Bharat is a flagship scheme of Government of India, was launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017,to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
• It was launched in September 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• It is a national public health insurance fund of the Government of Indiathat aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income earners in the country.
• Roughly, the bottom 50% of the country qualifies for this scheme.
• It is a centrally sponsored scheme and is jointly funded by both the union government and the states.
• By offering services to 50 crore (500 million) people it is the world's largest government sponsored healthcare program.
• This initiative has been designed to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and its underlining commitment, which is to "leave no one behind."

 

Benefits

• It covers all hospitalisation expenses with cashless transactions to beneficiaries.
• Accommodation during hospitalisation.
• Pre and post-hospitalisation costs.
• Any complications arising during the treatment.
• Can be used by all family members.
• No cap on family size, age or gender.
• Pre-existing conditions are included from day one.

Eligibility

Rural

• Household with no adult/male/ earning member within the age group of 16-59 years
• Families living in one room with Kuccha Kuccha walls and roof
• Families with no members within the age group of 16-59 years
• Household without a healthy adult member and one disabled member
• Manual scavenger families
• Landless households earning a major part of their family income from manual labour

 

Urban

• Domestic worker
• Beggar
• Ragpicker
• Home-based Artisans/ Tailor Sweeper/ Handicrafts worker/ Sanitation worker/ Mali
• Construction worker/ Labour/ Painter/ Welder/ Security guard/ Coolie
• Washer-man/ Plumber/ Mason
• Electrician/ Mechanic/ Assembler/ Repair worker
• Transport worker/ Rickshaw puller/ Conductor/ Cart puller/
• Waiter/Shop worker/ Assistant/ Peon/Delivery assistant
• Street vendors/ hawker / Cobbler

 

Who is not entitled to avail coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana?

• The following categories of entities are not covered under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana:
• People who own a vehicle like a two-wheeler, three-wheeler, or a car
• Government employees
• People whose monthly income is more than Rs 10,000
• Those who have farming machinery and equipments
• Those who live in properly build houses
• Those who hold a Kisan card
• Those owing a motorized fishing boat
• Those owing an agriculture land of more than 5 acres
• People employed in government-run non-agricultural enterprises
• People who have refrigerators and landline phones in their houses

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-what-is-the-pm-ayushman-bharat-health-infrastructure-mission-7592119/