Narendra Modi's mega heath care to cost about Rs 10,000 cr

Narendra ModiDisclosing details of the mega healthcare scheme announced in the Budget the government on Friday said this will be jointly executed by the Centre and states and will incur a total cost of up to Rs 10000 crore in the first year Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said a lot of specificity will be brought into the scheme by the first quarter of the next fiscalBased on the experience of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana RSBY and some number crunching by the Health Ministry also a belief that this will be a shared scheme between Centre and state it places the next years requirement at around Rs 4000 crore Garg told IANS He clarified while the total outlay of the scheme would be around Rs 8000 crore to Rs 10000 crore the Centres share would be around Rs 4000 croreThe Secretary said the scheme would cover the poor and nearpoor families which would be identified based either on the SocioEconomic Survey or the poverty line Garg added that unlike the RSBY the health coverage in the scheme will be automatic People dont have to apply Thats another beauty of the scheme in comparison with RSBY where individual registrations were to be made This is the coverage that the government provides Garg said He added that specific illnesses will be covered for 10 crore families and they would be entitled to hospital expenses up to Rs 5 lakh Referring to those specific illnesses he said these are the kind of emergencies which put many of these households in a state of povertyTerming it as the worlds largest government funded healthcare programme Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh cover will be provided a year to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the countryCatch up on all the latest Mumbai National and International news hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goThe contentreporting displayed on our website wwwmiddaycom is provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE by us from third party agencies sources without any verification from our side It may contain error bugs and other limitations The readers can rely on the content at their own will Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability data text images video messages or any other material whatsoever or for any claimslossaction that the reader may suffer as a result of relying on the content on our site Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever