Ayushman Bharat Diwas: April 30

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Every year, the Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated on April 30 in India. The Ayushman Bharat Diwas is celebrated to achieve twin missions. They are to promote health and wellness to the poor and also to provide insurance benefits to them. The day aims to promote affordable medical facilities in remote areas of the country based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census database. It will also promote health and wellness and provide insurance benefits to the poor.

What is Ayushman Bharat Scheme?

  • The Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April 2018.
  • According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has so far operationalised 75,532 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centre. It has fixed a target of 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centre by 2022.
  • The beneficiaries are chosen from the Socio-Economic Census Database.
  • It is the largest health cover in the world.
  • It aims to provide five lakh rupees of health cover per family per year.
  • The beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is from the bottom 40% of the Indian Population.
  • The scheme also covers fifteen days of pre-hospitalisation and fifteen days of post-hospitalisation. This includes the expenses of medicines and tests.
  • The scheme subsumed the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.
  • The scheme has packages that include knee replacement, bypass and other treatments provided at 15% cheaper than the Central Government Health Schemes.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Minister of State (IC) of the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH): Shripad Yesso Naik.

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