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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAyushman Bharat

Topic: Ayushman Bharat

80% Indians with disabilities have no health insurance, says study

The white paper, released by NCPEDP, stated that families with disabled members spend nearly one-fifth of their monthly income on disability-related needs.

With big pvt hospitals & insurers at war, what’s GIC’s Ayushman Bharat-style common empanelment plan

Amidst standoff between some hospitals & insurers, General Insurance Council working on 'common empanelment' model that will standardise agreements between insurers and each hospital.

Bihar’s quiet digital revolution: At govt hospitals, 91% of patient registrations are now paperless

Bihar, state govt records authenticated by the Union health ministry show, now ranks at the top nationally in paperless OPD registrations at government hospitals.

How Bihar is ramping up AB-PMJAY health infra to keep patients from turning to Delhi, Vellore

Bihar spent a third of Ayushman Bharat budget for hospitalisations outside state last year. Efforts on to change that in election year.

Chhattisgarh pvt hospitals are gaming Ayushman Bharat PMJAY. It’s the state with 2nd highest frauds

In February, 33 of the Chhattisgarh private hospitals were penalised by the administration for fraud and fake AB-PMJAY claims, in one of the biggest-ever crackdowns the state has witnessed.

Why nearly dozen multi-speciality private hospitals in Delhi aren’t too keen on AB-PMJAY empanelment

As private hospitals in Delhi weigh their options, many say they have not received any govt proposal to join Centre's flagship health insurance scheme.

Tighter checks for cardiac, paediatric procedures under AB-PMJAY after Gujarat fraud cases

Last year, Ahmedabad-based Khyati Multispecialty Hospital made headlines after 2 patients registered under scheme died following angioplasty procedures later found to be unnecessary.

End of AAP’s mohalla clinics? Delhi health minister says ‘flawed’ project to be discontinued

Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh urges public to wait 100 days for launch of a new pilot project, which will bring 'transformative changes' to Delhi’s healthcare system.

Delhi set to roll out Ayushman Bharat, but big pvt hospitals aren’t keen. What’s holding them back

The scheme offers free health coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family annually for economically weaker groups. So far, 66 hospitals in Delhi have joined the programme.

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.