National Health Protection Scheme

Authorities of the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi on Sunday denied allegations that they had turned away a man in need of medical attention just because he was a beneficiary of the central government's National Health Protection Scheme. The allegation was cited by both Union Minister Smriti Irani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to target Congres...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 72nd Independence Day, his fifth and final Independence Day speech before the general elections next year. "My dear brothers and sisters, the tricolour ensures equality, justice, opportunity to all," PM Modi said. He is likely to launch the world's larges...

Ayushman Bharat, often referred to as 'Modicare', is expected to be launched by the Union government on August 15. According to a release issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB), this scheme has a benefit cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The target beneficiaries of the scheme are more than 10 crore families belonging to poor and vulnerable ...

Eight more states today signed MoUs with the Union Health Ministry, taking to 20, which have agreed to implement the government's ambitious national health protection mission, aiming to provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually to 10 crore vulnerable families.

The NITI Aayog has sought World Bank's assistance to provide it with information and expertise on fraud detection and prevention to ensure no embezzlement of funds takes place in the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today, will inaugurate the "Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission" and other development projects, officials said.

India's journey to keep every Indian healthy has only just begun. This new willingness to look up the steep climb from the current 1.4% of GDP spend on health to an average of 10% in the developed world, is exciting.

Nandan Nilekani will assist the government in developing IT infrastructure for the mega National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which seeks to cover 10-crore families

Government's premium on insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh for every eligible household under the new National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) would be around Rs 900-1000 per family annually, lower than the earlier estimate of Rs 1000-1,200, a senior NITI Aayog official said on Tuesday.

The government on Friday formed six working groups to finalise the structure and functioning of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), popularly called "Modicare", an official said.

The National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh medical insurance cover will be provided annually to 10 crore families, announced in the Union Budget 2018, will be implemented by the end of this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today

While critics have questioned its implementation, experts welcomed India's attempt towards universal health coverage.

In the Union Budget 2018-19, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that India will have the world's largest healthcare programme for half a billion of its poorest citizens. He went on to lay out plans to merge three public sector insurance companies and list the new entity. The plan was soon dubbed "NaMoCare" by BJP president Amit Shah and "ModiC...

The National Health Protection Scheme, which the government dubs "Modicare", was announced in Thursday's budget for 2018/19.

All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...

Authorities of the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi on Sunday denied allegations that they had turned away a man in need of medical attention just because he was a beneficiary of the central government's National Health Protection Scheme. The allegation was cited by both Union Minister Smriti Irani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to target Congres...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 72nd Independence Day, his fifth and final Independence Day speech before the general elections next year. "My dear brothers and sisters, the tricolour ensures equality, justice, opportunity to all," PM Modi said. He is likely to launch the world's larges...

Ayushman Bharat, often referred to as 'Modicare', is expected to be launched by the Union government on August 15. According to a release issued by Press Information Bureau (PIB), this scheme has a benefit cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The target beneficiaries of the scheme are more than 10 crore families belonging to poor and vulnerable ...

Eight more states today signed MoUs with the Union Health Ministry, taking to 20, which have agreed to implement the government's ambitious national health protection mission, aiming to provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family annually to 10 crore vulnerable families.

The NITI Aayog has sought World Bank's assistance to provide it with information and expertise on fraud detection and prevention to ensure no embezzlement of funds takes place in the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district today, will inaugurate the "Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission" and other development projects, officials said.

India's journey to keep every Indian healthy has only just begun. This new willingness to look up the steep climb from the current 1.4% of GDP spend on health to an average of 10% in the developed world, is exciting.

Nandan Nilekani will assist the government in developing IT infrastructure for the mega National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), which seeks to cover 10-crore families

Government's premium on insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh for every eligible household under the new National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) would be around Rs 900-1000 per family annually, lower than the earlier estimate of Rs 1000-1,200, a senior NITI Aayog official said on Tuesday.

The government on Friday formed six working groups to finalise the structure and functioning of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), popularly called "Modicare", an official said.

The National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh medical insurance cover will be provided annually to 10 crore families, announced in the Union Budget 2018, will be implemented by the end of this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today

While critics have questioned its implementation, experts welcomed India's attempt towards universal health coverage.

In the Union Budget 2018-19, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that India will have the world's largest healthcare programme for half a billion of its poorest citizens. He went on to lay out plans to merge three public sector insurance companies and list the new entity. The plan was soon dubbed "NaMoCare" by BJP president Amit Shah and "ModiC...

The National Health Protection Scheme, which the government dubs "Modicare", was announced in Thursday's budget for 2018/19.

All budgets are associated with a sense of resources being scarce and there being trade-offs among competing ends. However, unlike individuals or organisations, government budgets are different. The most obvious reason is that the government constitutes a huge part of the economy. For example, in the latest budget, government expenditure is 13%, an...