Budget 2024: Healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to be extended to ASHA, anganwadi workers

Healthcare cowl beneath the Ayushman Bharat insurance coverage scheme will probably be prolonged to all Accredited Social Well being Activist (ASHA) and anganwadi employees and helpers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned whereas presenting the interim Funds for 2024-2025 on Thursday. Sitharaman additionally mentioned the federal government plans to arrange extra medical faculties by utilising current hospital infrastructure and can kind a committee to look at the matter.
The allocation for Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY) has been hiked from Rs 6,800 crore to Rs 7,500 crore within the interim finances, she mentioned.

The finance minister additionally mentioned the federal government will encourage vaccination for ladies within the age group of 9-14 years for the prevention of cervical most cancers.

Numerous schemes for maternal and baby healthcare will probably be introduced beneath one complete programme for synergy in implementation, Sitharaman mentioned in Parliament.
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The newly designed U-WIN platform for managing immunisation and intensified efforts of the Mission Indradhanush will probably be rolled out expeditiously all through the nation, she mentioned.

The U-WIN portal, the programme to digitise India’s Common Immunisation Programme (UIP) presently is being run in a pilot mode in two districts of every state and Union territories.

The U-WIN portal is linked with Co-WIN portal which captures vaccination standing and maintains an digital registry of routine immunisations.

“Upgradation of anganwadi centres beneath Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 will probably be expedited for improved vitamin supply, early childhood care and growth,” Sitharaman acknowledged.

She additional mentioned that the federal government will kind a high-powered committee to look into the challenges arising from quick inhabitants development and demographic modifications.

“The healthcare cowl beneath the Ayushman Bharat will probably be prolonged to all ASHA employees, anganwadi employees and helpers,” the minister mentioned.

The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is the most important publicly funded medical insurance scheme on this planet that goals to supply well being cowl of Rs 5 lakh per household per 12 months for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to 12 crore households.

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