The Indian government has made a major move to support its senior citizens by announcing free health insurance coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. All individuals aged 70 and above, regardless of income, will be eligible. This initiative is set to benefit around 60 million senior citizens from 45 million families nationwide.

Indian govt extends Ayushman Bharat to all citizens older than 70

According to a report by ANI, bringing all citizens above 70 years under the ambit of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana would benefit an additional six crore senior citizens, said the government.

Government expands Ayushman Bharat scheme to cover all citizens aged 70 and above

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Indian government on Wednesday (Sep 11) green-lighted a $6,000 (INR 500,000) health coverage plan for all senior citizens aged 70 and above.

Modi govt extends Ayushman Bharat $6,000 insurance cover to all nationals aged 70 and above

Indian law enforcement agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (Jul 31) raided 19 locations in states like Punjab and Himachal in connection with alleged fraud by hospitals regarding a union government public health insurance scheme.

India's ED raids 19 locations in opposition-ruled states for alleged fraud by hospitals

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday praised India for advancing health coverage and schemes. Dr Tedros made the remarks while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the ongoing G20 Health Ministers' Meeting in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

WHO chief hails India for Universal Health Coverage, Ayushman Bharat Scheme

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Dr. Basant Garg, Additional CEO at Ayushman National Health Authority, India speaks to WION's Molly Gambhir on the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat digital mission.

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Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday emphasised that good governance must percolate down to the lowest level, according to an official statement. Presiding over the 67th annual meeting of general body of the Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA) here through video-conferencing, he said that the government has been making policies and designing programmes that are intended to improve the quality of life of people by fast-tracking development.

Good governance must percolate to lowest level: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has presented challenges for several nations, could be an "opportunity" for India to speed up the health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, especially with a focus on primary healthcare, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.

COVID-19 could be opportunity for India to speed up 'Ayushman Bharat': WHO chief

Ride-hailing platform Uber on Friday said it has partnered with the National Health Authority (NHA) to provide transport service to frontline healthcare workers in the country, who are engaged in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Uber partners NHA to provide dedicated transport service to COVID-19 healthcare workers

While Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees every person protection of life and personal liberty, it connotes a much wider meaning, which includes the right to human dignity, right to health, right to receive medical care etc.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying the healthcare scheme was giving the poor people a hope to lead a healthy life. "Ek Tarah Se, PM-JAY Gareebon Ki Jai Ban Gayee Hai (In a way, PM-JAY has become victory to poor people)," said Prime Minister Modi while speaking at a valedictory function of 'Arogya Manthan' here.

Ayushman Bharat scheme gives poor people hope to lead healthy life: PM Modi

The work done under Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s flagship healthcare scheme Ayushman Bharat in the past one year has received commendation from the United Nations (UN), World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World bank alike, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Monday.

Work done under Ayushman Bharat scheme commended by UN, WHO, World Bank: Harsh Vardhan

In a major boost to the primary and preventive healthcare sector, the Central government has built at least 20,942 Ayushman Bharat- Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) across the nation in the past one year.

Indian government establishes over 20,000 Health and Wellness Centres across nation

The latest NITI Aayog’s State Health Index and the last few weeks have signalled a crisis in India’s healthcare sector that saw some exceptional developments in Modi 1.

Agenda for health system transformation needs to accelerate

India’s ambitious health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, marks a significant step towards universal health coverage but the government should ensure that it is sustainable and delivers the high-quality care that Indians need, a top American think-tank said Friday.

‘Ayushman Bharat’ significant step towards universal health coverage in India: US think tank

Ahead of the fifth phase of elections in Ayodhya on May 6th, PM Modi during a poll rally in Ambedkar Nagar of Ayodhya division said law and order had improved under the BJP government.

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has termed it unfortunate that some states have chosen to opt out of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme for "political expediency".

Unfortunate that some states opted out of Ayushman Bharat for 'political expediency': Sitharaman

Terming Government's flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat a 'game changer' in healthcare, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday said, as many as 6.85 lakh poor patients have been provided free hospital treatment in the first 100 days of the launch of the programme.

Ayushman Bharat a 'game changer', 6.85 lakh patients treated in 100 days: Arun Jaitley

When Ayushman Bharat was originally announced and formally launched on September 23, 2018, many doubted the ability of this transformational scheme to see the light of the day.

Smart health for smart India: Ushering radical changes

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that there was a dire need for India to have an integrated health policy to provide maximum benefits to the patient population across the country.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley bats for one nation, one health policy

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, aka ‘Modicare’, Ayushman’s most comprehensive component, has been projected as the biggest health programme in the world even before it was implemented.

Roadblocks ahead for Ayushman Bharat scheme

The acute shortage of qualified medical professionals in rural India may impact the relaunch of 150,000 health sub-centres and primary health centres (PHCs) as “health and wellness centres” under Ayushman Bharat Yojana, the national health scheme launched on September 23, 2018.

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