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र्
न्तु स
सर्वे भ
सर्वे भर्न्तु सखिनः
खिनः

तु
तु
सर्वे सन्तु खनरामया।
सर्वे सन्तु खन रामया।

The person who stands in the last line of society.
The poorest of the poor should get treatment,
and get better health facilities. The central
government has taken steps with this thinking.
-Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

With this thought of Antyodaya, the PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat scheme was started on 23
September 2018. Its objective was to provide an annual treatment facility of Rs 5 lakh per
family to about 50 crore people from 10.74 crore poor families in the country...

More than n 3.50 crore people have so far received free
18.77 treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

More than half of the beneficiaries are women.

crore Ayushman cards have n More than 28000 private and government
hospitals are empanelled under it. A total of 1.18
been issued till 15 August lakh health and wellness centers have also been
2022 opened under this scheme.

FFORTS TO IMPROVE
E
EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
FRASTRUCTURE
HE
ALTH IN
According to the National Health Account survey, in 2013-
HE
ALTH
PM AYUSHMAN
14, the central government spent only 3.78 percent of PM AYUSHMAN HEALTH
INFRASTRUCTURE MISSION
its total expenditure on health, which increased to 5.12 IN FRASTR UCTURE MISSION
percent in 2017-18. But the real challenge came in 2020
with the Covid pandemic. Extensive changes in the health
infrastructure of the country also started with the timely n Prime Minister Modi launched this scheme
decision of strict lockdown. In the last year's general on 25 October 2021. This is the most
budget, for the first time, there was an increase of 137% in ambitious scheme till date to strengthen
the health budget the health care infrastructure of the
BHARAT DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION
AYUSHMAN
AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL HEALTH MISSION country, by improving health infrastructure
from block to district level by spending Rs
n This was announced by Prime Minister Modi 64 thousand crores in 5 years.
from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August n The aim is to overhaul the health sector.
2020. Digital Health Card contains all the health Under the scheme, more than 17 thousand
data related to the beneficiary in one place. So far rural health and wellness centers, and
23,50,03,937 health accounts have been created laboratories for the identification of
under it till 25 August 2022. infectious diseases will be developed.

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