scorecardresearch
Monday, September 22, 2025
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

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.