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The first phase of the project, being started on pilot basis on August 15, involves only the public hospitals.

According to insurers, their experiences in managing large schemes like the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana can make a huge difference to th...

The Health Ministry has signed a pact with the Skill Development Ministry for the recruitment of 1 lakh 'Ayushman Mitras'.

Under the ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme, the government will cover over 10 crore poor vulnerable families.

In the first year, out of the total expenditure of Rs 5,000 crore, the central government may bear the burden of around Rs 3,000 crore whic...

Under the agreement, the state government is expected to expand the number of beneficiaries under its existing health scheme to provide mor...

The government today clarified that Aadhaar is "desirable" but not mandatory to avail benefits under the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat...

The decision follows months of uncertainty whether the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government will implement the scheme as it had b...

The expansion of operations of the private sector will lead to the ‘largest chunk’ of jobs aimed at providing implementation support at cen...

The Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust in the state provides a Rs 2.5 lakh health cover to an estimated 90 lakh families. The Centre will fund 60% of...

Bhushan told ET that he was hoping to meet the West Bengal health secretary soon to finalise a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the st...

The scheme expects to provide up to Rs 5 lakh health cover for 10 crore below poverty line families identified using Socio-Economic Caste C...

At the moment, five states and union territories are yet to confirm whether they would be implementing the Ayushman Bharat-National Health ...

States are expected to include Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, according to data shared by the he...

Touted as the world's largest government-funded healthcare insurance programme, AB-NHPM will provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family ann...

This amount is separate from the Rs 85,217 crore budgetary support approved by the union cabinet for the centre’s contribution to the Natio...