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Cover Story India Moving Towards Permanent Solution

Health infrastructure

A HOLISTIC

IMPROVEMENT

HEALTH AND
e-Sanjeevani WELLNESS CENTER INITIATIVE
Telemedicine Free treatment near PMJAY, Ayushman Bharat
Patients who are home for minor ailments.
unable to leave 1.18 lakh centres started. With the facility of free treatment up to Rs.5
their homes can Free check-up for lakh per year, 10.74 crore poor families got a
receive treatment blood pressure and permanent solution to their health concerns.
diabetes.
via video More than 18 crore Ayushman cards have been
consultation while distributed so far.
sitting at home. Janaushadhi Kendra
Every day, Permanent solution to expensive medicines.
More than 8,727 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across
90,000 the country provide 50 to 90 percent cheaper

patients avail generic medicines for the needy. Women can
the facility. MISSION get sanitary napkins for as little as Rs 1.

INDRADHANUSH Health Infrastructure Mission
A permanent solution Integrated public health check-up
to pregnant women - centres in all districts; critical care
children vaccination hospital blocks set up in districts
Children now receive free with a population of more than 5
vaccines against 12 lakh people; 3,382 public health units
diseases. 5 million
women / children in 11 states; and 11,024 health and
benefited. wellness centres in all states.
Improving health
infrastructure from block to
city at a cost of over
Rs 90,000 crore.

ashi Tundup in Ladakh had no trouble Devi of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, has a happy
accessing programmes such as the Pradhan expression on her face because she is reaping the
TMantri Awas Yojana, a toilet, or a gas benefits of government schemes.
connection. PMAY, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat, and Today, every corner of the country is full of
the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme have made life of such New India success stories, demonstrating
Bihar’s Lalita Devi easier and more dignified. Pankaj how much the country's image has changed. The
Shani of West Tripura explains that facilities are major reason for this is a shift in the country's
being made available to him due to the One Nation public opinion in 2014, as well as Prime Minister
One Ration Card scheme, despite his migration Narendra Modi's thought, "I do not enjoy drawing
from Bihar. Arvind, a Pradhan Mantri Mudra lines on butter; I draw lines on stones." Under Prime
Yojana beneficiary from Mehsana, Gujarat, says Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, not only did
his pavilion decoration business has expanded the country's customs and policies change, but
and he is also promoting digital payments. Sama for the first time, public participation was elevated

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