Ayushman Bharat centres to be now called Ayushman Arogya Mandir

  • November 27, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Ayushman Bharat centres to be now called Ayushman Arogya Mandir

Subject : Govt Schemes

Section: Health

Context:

  • The Union government has decided to rename Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) to ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandir’ with the tagline ‘Arogyam Parmam Dhanam.’

More About News

  • The renaming aims to emphasize a shift from illness to wellness and promote Ayushman India’s vision.
  • States are urged to complete the rebranding by the end of 2023, uploading photographs of the rebranded facilities onto the AB-HWC portal.
  • The logo of the National Health Mission (NHM) will be maintained in the newly rebranded centers.
  • The initiative includes a proposed fund allocation of ₹3,000 per facility for renaming.
  • Over 1.6 lakh AB-HWCs across India provide comprehensive primary healthcare services, including screenings and essential drugs.

What is Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY?

About:

  • PM-JAY is the world’s largest health insurance scheme fully financed by the government.
  • Launched in February 2018, it offers a sum insured of Rs.5 lakh per family for secondary care and tertiary care.
  • Health Benefit Packages covers surgery, medical and day care treatments, cost of medicines and diagnostics.

Beneficiaries:

  • It is an entitlement-based scheme that targets the beneficiaries as identified by latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data.
  • The National Health Authority (NHA) has provided flexibility to States/UTs to use non- Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) beneficiary family databases with similar socio-economic profiles for tagging against the leftover (unauthenticated) SECC families.

Funding:

  • The funding for the scheme is shared – 60:40 for all states and UTs with their own legislature, 90:10 in Northeast states and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal and Uttarakhand and 100% Central funding for UTs without legislature.

Nodal Agency:

  • The National Health Authority (NHA) has been constituted as an autonomous entity under the Society Registration Act, 1860 for effective implementation of PM-JAY in alliance with state governments.
  • The State Health Agency (SHA) is the apex body of the State Government responsible for the implementation of AB PM-JAY in the State.
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