About 4.5 crore families, including 6 crore senior citizens, will benefit from health coverage of Rs 5 lakh to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, regardless of their income.
The move under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) comes as India's elderly population is projected to double by 2050, and the demand for old age care will increase.
In his address to the nation on Independence Day, PM Modi promised to create 75,000 medical seats in the country over the existing one lakh in the next five years.
Apart from this the health care system will be made more effective and will help in reducing foreign dependence in medical education.
Emphasizing the vision of 'Healthy India' for 'Developed India 2047', the Government launched the National Nutrition Mission.
The flagship program of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) aims to improve the nutritional status of children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls.
Additionally, the U-WIN portal has been launched to digitize routine vaccinations, and the National Medical Commission is developing a centralized doctors' repository.
To tackle the burden of sickle cell disease, the government launched a special campaign to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder among women, teenage girls and tribal communities.
In the Union Budget 2024-25, the government exempted three cancer drugs, osimertinib and durvalumab from customs duty.
The government reduced the GST rate on these three cancer drugs from 12 percent to 5 percent.
Electric ambulance facility has been launched under the PM e-Drive scheme at a cost of Rs 10,900 crore.
Digital Healthcare: 'Scan and Share' feature on Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) has also been launched to facilitate 4 crore outpatient registration.
The move under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) comes as India's elderly population is projected to double by 2050, and the demand for old age care will increase.
In his address to the nation on Independence Day, PM Modi promised to create 75,000 medical seats in the country over the existing one lakh in the next five years.
Apart from this the health care system will be made more effective and will help in reducing foreign dependence in medical education.
Emphasizing the vision of 'Healthy India' for 'Developed India 2047', the Government launched the National Nutrition Mission.
The flagship program of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) aims to improve the nutritional status of children, pregnant women, lactating mothers and adolescent girls.
Additionally, the U-WIN portal has been launched to digitize routine vaccinations, and the National Medical Commission is developing a centralized doctors' repository.
To tackle the burden of sickle cell disease, the government launched a special campaign to raise awareness about the genetic blood disorder among women, teenage girls and tribal communities.
In the Union Budget 2024-25, the government exempted three cancer drugs, osimertinib and durvalumab from customs duty.
The government reduced the GST rate on these three cancer drugs from 12 percent to 5 percent.
Electric ambulance facility has been launched under the PM e-Drive scheme at a cost of Rs 10,900 crore.
Digital Healthcare: 'Scan and Share' feature on Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) has also been launched to facilitate 4 crore outpatient registration.
