New Delhi
\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi will roll out the Centre\u2019s flagship Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission from Jharkhand on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The ambitious scheme, which was renamed the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan , aims to provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families.<\/p>\n
The scheme will target poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational category of urban workers\u2019 families, 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33 crore in urban areas, as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census data. It will cover around 50 crore people.<\/p>\n
The entitlement is being decided on the basis of deprivation criteria in the SECC database. The beneficiaries are identified based on the deprivation categories identified under the SECC database for rural areas. For the urban areas, the 11 occupational criteria will determine entitlement.<\/p>\n
Eleven occupational categories of workers include rag-pickers, beggars, domestic workers, street vendors, cobblers\/ hawkers\/ other service providers working on streets, construction workers\/ plumbers\/ masons\/ labours\/ painters\/ welders\/ security guards\/ coolies and other head-load workers and sanitation workers.<\/p>\n
In addition, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna beneficiaries in states where it is active are also included.<\/p>\n
There is no cap on family size and age in the scheme, ensuring that nobody is left out.<\/p>\n
One would only need to establish one\u2019s identity to avail benefits under the scheme and it could be through Aadhaar card or election ID card or ration card. Having an Aadhaar card is not mandatory to avail the scheme\u2019s benefit.<\/p>\n
In case of hospitalisation, members of the beneficiary families do not need to pay anything under the scheme, provided one goes to a government or an empanelled private hospital.<\/p>\n
The National Health Agency the apex body implementing the AB-NHPM has launched a website and a helpline number to help prospective beneficiaries check if their name is there in the final list.<\/p>\n
Each empanelled hospital will have an \u2018Ayushman Mitra\u2019 to assist patients and will coordinate with beneficiaries and the hospital. They will run a help desk, check documents to verify the eligibility and enrolment to the scheme.<\/p>\n
Also, all the beneficiaries will be given letters having QR codes which will be scanned and a demographic authentication conducted for identification and to verify his or her eligibility to avail the benefits of the scheme.<\/p>\n
The Health Ministry has included 1,354 packages in the scheme under which treatment for coronary bypass, knee replacements and stenting, among others, would be provided at 15-20 per cent cheaper rates than the Central Government Health Scheme .<\/p>\n
Modi had announced the launch of the scheme from ramparts of the Red Fort during his Independence day speech.<\/p>\n
As many as 31 states and Union Territories have signed MoUs with the Centre and will implement the programme over the next two to three months, after its launch on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Remaining states and UTs which include Telangana, Odisha, Delhi, Kerala and Punjab have not signed, so the scheme will not be implemented in those states till they come on board.<\/p>\n
Billed as the world\u2019s largest government healthcare programme, it will be funded with 60 per cent contribution coming from the central government and the remaining from the states.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have received applications from 15,000 hospitals for being empanelled … Out of this half, that means 7,500 applications for empanelment are private hospitals,\u201d Paul said, adding in some states the process for empanelment is yet to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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