Topic: National Health Protection Scheme
In first 2 weeks, 47,091 beneficiaries admitted under Ayushman Bharat
Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan says the scheme has already received 37,353 claims worth Rs 72.5 crore.
PM Modi expected to launch ‘Modicare’ tomorrow
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World's largest govt funded healthcare insurance programme will be launched first on a trial basis in few states of the country.
Centre’s ambitious healthcare scheme to create at least 10,000 jobs & cover 10 crore families
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Under the scheme, ‘Ayushman Mitras' at private & govt hospitals will assist patients availing health packages.
Complete rollout of world’s largest healthcare scheme to take 1.5 years
First phase may be launched on 15 August;, 1.5 lakh health and wellness centres to be set up by 2022.
On Camera
YourTurn
India’s blasphemy beheadings have a new audience—and they’re sitting behind smartphones
Videos on social media have become a key feature of blasphemy killings. Each inspires communal competitors to stage a more macabre act of revenge.
RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall
The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.
Defence
India and Egypt work towards building strategic relationship with focus on defence & security
From holding joint military exercises to exporting wheat as Russia and Ukraine stop supplies, New Delhi and Cairo are redrawing their relationship as geopolitical tensions rise.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.