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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicPM-JAY

Topic: PM-JAY

Silent threat of diabetic retinopathy: Eye doctors bat for advanced treatments to be part of AB-PMJAY

Diabetic retinopathy affects 30 lakh Indians and can lead to vision loss. Advanced therapies include costly injections currently not covered under Centre’s healthcare scheme.  

UP, MP, Bihar to host special PM-JAY enrolment drives as govt looks to make up for Covid lull

The three states account for 60% of the potential beneficiary base of PM-JAY, touted as the world’s largest government-funded health insurance programme.

As govt hospitals battle Covid, ‘Modicare’ business shifts to private sector

Analysis of govt data since February shows that the share of pvt hospitals in PM-JAY claims has increased as govt facilities shoulder maximum burden of Covid pandemic.

Ayushman Bharat wasn’t a ‘boon for migrants’ under lockdown, govt data shows

Among the top 5 states under the PM-JAY arm of Ayushman Bharat, only Bihar showed a rise in the number of portability cases in May and June.

Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries chose pvt hospitals over govt during lockdown due to Covid fear

A govt analysis of the 10-week lockdown period showed that claims under PM-JAY health insurance scheme fell by 51% compared to the 12 weeks before it.

Cheap medicine scheme with saffron ‘BJP branding’ a bigger success in non-BJP states

Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’s logo features Devanagari letters ‘Bha’, ‘Ja’ & ‘Pa’ in saffron, but Modi govt denies it is surrogate branding for BJP.

Kashmir internet lockdown hits Modi govt’s Ayushman Bharat as patients forced to pay bill

Ayushman Bharat is an ambitious scheme that promises beneficiaries an annual health cover of Rs 5 lakh to poor families, but internet is key.

Modicare CEO wants wellness centres to be one-stop shop for healthcare in rural India

Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan wants to digitise health and wellness centres that will help it fix appointments for beneficiaries and track medical history of patients. 

How Narendra Modi’s Ayushman Bharat is fighting India’s health emergency

Ayushman Bharat will reach millions of Indians who were unable to exercise their basic right to inclusive medical care.

On Camera

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

North Indians are so used to dropping the ‘A’ at the end of Kerala. Now they have to train themselves to add another letter.

‘Dark chapter’ over, Chhattisgarh budget sets Naxal hotbed Bastar on path to ‘education cities’ & tourism

The Vishnu Deo Sai government's 2026-27 budget outlined a post-Naxal era vision for Chhattisgarh's tribal-majority belts of Bastar & Surguja. Finance Minister OP Choudhary presented it Tuesday.

Decoding India’s defence budget & how various govts struggled to spend it—from UPA to NDA

Every February, headlines focus on defence budget allocation. But real question is—how much money was actually spent & why did promise-delivery gap widen in some years, narrow in others?

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.