Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan is the flagship project of Ayushman Bharat. Testing of IT platforms begins 15th Aug onwards in a staggered manner throughout India. Mission to be formally launched from 25th Sept 2018. The total number of beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat will approximately be equal to the total population of the US, Canada and Mexico.
The Prime Minster, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 72nd Independence Day. Following are the highlights from his speech:
Today, the country is full of self-confidence. The country is scaling new heights by working extremely hard with a resolve to scale new heights
Along with economic progress and development, we also want to focus on dignity of human life which is supreme. Hence we are also planning to continue with those schemes which enable a common man to lead his life with pride, respect and dignity.
According to WHO report 3 lakh children have been saved because of Swachchta Campaign.
Taking inspiration from Gandhiji who had organized satayagrahis, we have succeed to mobilize ‘Swatchagrahis’. On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary crores of “Swatchagrahis’ plan to pay tribute in deed and action to respected Bapuji in the form of Swatch Bharat.
In order to provide free health services to the poorest people, Government of India has launched Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojanaAbhiyan. Now under this scheme any person can get relief from diseases by going to the good hospitals.
Under the scheme Ayushman Bharat 10 crore families are able to get health insurance benefits, it means nearly 50 crore citizens will be covered. Each family will get 5 lakh rupees health coverage annually.
We give utmost importance to technology and transparency. Technology intervention will remove the hurdles for the common man in accessing various facilities. With this objective technology tools have been developed.
Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaAbhiyan will be launched on 25th September, 2018 as a result from now on, common man need not suffer from problems of dreaded diseases.
New avenues are emerging for middle class families and youth in the field of health. New hospitals will be constructed in 2 tier and 3 tier cities. Medical staff will be established in huge numbers. Employment opportunities will be more in the years to come.
AB-NHPM will transform the Indian healthcare eco-system by providing up to Rs. 5 lakh insurance cover to 10.74 crore beneficiary families through a cashless, paperless process and partnership with States/UTs, empanelled hospitals, trusts & insurance providers.
AB-NHPM will help to create a #healthy society as there is no cap on family size, all pre-existing disease conditions will be covered & beneficiaries will be able to avail cashless treatment at empanelled hospitals across India. AB-NHPM will run on a state-of-the-art IT system with in-built intelligence and data processing capabilities for detection of fraud and misuse.