Question: Consider the following statement regarding Ayushman Bharat Diwas
i) It is celebrated on 30 April in India by government of India.
ii) Ayushman Bharat Yojna was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April,2018.
iii) It is celebrated with twin mission of promoting health and wellness to the poor and to provide insurance benefits to them.
Which of the above are correct:
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) All of the above
d) none of the above
Ans: c
Facts
- Ayushman Bharat Yojana was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April, 2018 .
- Since then every year, the Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated on April 30 in India.
- It is celebrated with twin objective of promoting health and wellness to the poor and to provide insurance benefits to them.
Ayushman Bharat Scheme
- The Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018.
- According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has so far operationalised 75,532 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre. It has fixed a target of 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centre by 2022.
- The beneficiaries are chosen from the Socio-Economic Census Database.
- It is the largest health cover in the world.
- It aims to provide five lakh rupees of health cover per family per year.
- The scheme subsumed the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.
Ayushman Mitra
- The “Ayushman Mitra” initiative was started to provide employment to the unemployed. More than ten lakh jobs were created under the Ayushman Mitra initiative. The Ayushman Mitras were deployed directly in private hospitals and government hospitals.
By kameshwar shukla