MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

.**Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM JAY) **

Launch date?

Under which ministry?

Central or state sponsored?

Cashless health coverage of __lakhs?

Senior citizens included in the scheme in the year?

Union budget 2025-26 announced?

• World’s largest health insurance scheme, launched in 2018 (in Ranchi ,Jharkhand) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW).

• Objective: Aims to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

• Target Group: Covers 12 crore families, benefiting around 55 crore individuals

. • Implementing Agency: National Health Authority (NHA) under MoH&FW.

• Inclusion based on the deprivation and occupational criteria of Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 (SECC 2011) for rural and urban areas respectively

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

• Centrally Sponsored Scheme

• Benefits:

o Cashless health coverage of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care in empanelled public and private hospitals.

o Covers 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days of post-hospitalization expenses (including diagnostics and medicines).

o Provides cashless access to health care services for the beneficiary at the point of service, that is, the hospital.

• Expansion (2024): Now includes senior citizens aged 70 and above.

Recent News:

The Union Budget 2025-26 has announced that one crore gig workers will be covered under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).

→ This scheme provides ₹5 lakh health insurance coverage per beneficiary family per year for hospitalization in public and private empanelled hospitals.

→ Additionally, the government will issue identity cards to gig workers and streamline the e-Shram registration process to enhance social security benefits. 

Janani Suraksha Yojana

Launch year?

Main objective?

Cash assistance for mothers in rural areas of low performing state?

• Launched: 2005 •

Type: Central Sector Scheme (100% funded by GOI)

• Objective:

Reduce maternal & neonatal mortality by promoting institutional deliveries among poor pregnant women.

Eligibility for Cash Assistance

• Low Performing States (LPS):

o All pregnant women delivering in Govt. health centres.

o BPL/SC/ST women delivering in accredited private institutions.

• High Performing States (HPS):

o BPL/SC/ST women delivering in Govt. & accredited private institutions.

Rural area--ASHA package--600
urban area--ASHA package--400

HPS--rural area--mother--700
Urban area--mother--600

LPS--rural area--mother--1400
urban area--mother--1000

Tele MANAS

Launch year?

Main objective?

Nodal implementing centre?

Launch Year : October 2022

• Aims: To provide free tele-mental health services all over the country round the clock, particularly catering to people in remote or under-served areas.

• Currently there are 42 active Tele Manas cells across 31 states and Union Territories.

• Nodal Implementing Centre- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru.

• Technology support – International Institute of Information Technology-Bangalore (IIITB)

• Technical support – National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHRSC).

• The service is accessible through the toll-free numbers with options to choose preferred languages (20 languages included till now).

Organised in two tier system

• Tier 1: Comprise of state Tele-MANAS cells which include trained counsellors and mental health specialist

• Tier 2: It will comprise of specialists at District Mental Health Programme (DMHP)/Medical College resources for physical consultation and/or e-Sanjeevani for audio visual consultation.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission **

Launch date?

Budgetary allocation?

Implementing authority?

Comprises __ building blocks?

• Launch –** 2020 (in pilot mode)
o In September 2021, launched nationwide **

• Implementing authority –** National Health Authority **

• Central Sector Scheme

• Budgetary allocation of** Rs 1,600 crore for five years. **

It comprises of six building blocks
o Health ID
o Digi doctor
o Health facility registry
o Personal health records
o E – pharmacy
o Telemedicine

PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM)

Lanuch year?

Central or state sponspered?

Total scheme outlay?

How many ayushman arogya mandir approved for construction under this scheme?

Target for sub centres to be upgraded as ayushman arogya mandir?

Earlier known as Prime Minister Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY) Scheme

➢ Launched:** 2021 **

➢ By: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW)

➢ Financial Outlay: ₹64,180 crore

➢ Tenure: FY 2021–22 to FY 2025–26

➢ Aim: Strengthen public health infrastructure across primary, secondary, and tertiary
levels.

➢ Objective: Enhance institutional capacity for pandemic preparedness and emergency response.

➢ Type: Centrally Sponsored Scheme (with some Central Sector components)

Centrally Sponsored Scheme Components:
▪ Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in Rural
areas
▪ Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in Urban
areas
▪ Block Public Health Units (BPHUs)
▪ Integrated Public Health Labs
▪ Critical Care Hospital Blocks

Central Sector Components –
▪ 12 Central Institutions as training and mentoring sites with Critical Care Hospital Blocks
▪ Setting** up of a National institution for One Health, 4 New National Institutes for Virology, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South
East Asia Region and 9 Bio- Safety Level III laboratories **

Recent Update:
Key Financials:
•** ₹33,081.82 crore approved to States/UTs (FY 2021–22 to FY 2025–26).
• Total scheme outlay: ₹64,180 crore.**

Infrastructure Approvals (2021–26):
• 10,609 Building-less Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) approved.

• 5,456 Urban Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (U-AAMs) to be strengthened.

• 2,151 Block Public Health Units (BPHUs).

•** 744 **Integrated Public Health Laboratories (IPHLs) at district level.

•** 621** Critical Care Hospital Blocks (CCBs).

Original Targets (under CSS component):
• 17,788 Building-less Sub-Centres to be upgraded as AAMs.
•** 11,024 U-AAMs to be established in slum & slum-like areas.
• 3,382** BPHUs at block level.
•** 730** District IPHLs (one per district).
• 602 CCBs in districts with population >5 lakh.

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Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)

Launch date?

Beneficiary of this scheme?

Decline in MMR is primarily attributed to which scheme?

Antenatal checkup in of every month?

Color coding are given to___?

• Launched in: 2016

• By: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) → Flagship Initiative

The main objectives include:
• Ensuring that every pregnant woman receives at least one check-up by a physician/specialist during the second or third trimester.

• Improve the quality of care during antenatal visits.

• Identifying and managing high-risk pregnancies (HRP) at an early stage.

• Appropriate birth planning and complication readiness for each pregnant woman.

• Ensuring appropriate management of women with malnutrition.

• Special focus on adolescent and early pregnancies.

Key Premise: At least one physician-led examination per pregnancy reduces maternal & neonatal mortality risks.

Monthly antenatal check up in 9th of every month
Color coding given for high risk pregnancy

AMRIT Scheme (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment)

Launch year?

How much reduction in prices compared to market rates?

• Launched in** 2015 **

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

o Implemented by** HLL Lifecare Ltd **(HLL).

o Aim: To various diseases, including critical illnesses like cancer and cardiovascular diseases, at highly subsidized rates to the public.

• Currently, there are more than 300 Amrit pharmacies operating across different States/UTs in the country.

• Open in all central government hospitals.

• At the AMRIT outlets, 202 cancer and 186 cardio-vascular drugs will be available at reduced rate
of** 60 to 90% compared to market rate**s

Labour room Quality improvement initiative (LaQshya)

Launch date?

Quality improvement assessed via?

Facilities scoring ___get laQshya certification?

Financial incentives given to?

• Launched:** 2017 **

• Objective: Reduce preventable maternal & newborn mortality, morbidity, and stillbirths by
improving quality of labour room care.

• Beneficiaries: All pregnant women & newborns delivering in public health institutions.

Implementation:
• Coverage: Government medical college hospitals, district hospitals, first referral units (FRUs) and CHCs.

• Strategy:
o Infrastructure upgradation.
o Availability of essential equipment.
o Adequate human resources.
o Capacity building of healthcare workers.
o Quality process improvements in labour rooms.

Certification:
• Quality improvement assessed via National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS).
• Facilities scoring ≥70% get LaQshya certification.

Incentives:
•** NQAS-certified facilities + 80% satisfied beneficiaries **receive financial incentives:
o ₹6 lakh → Medical College Hospital
o ₹3 lakh → District Hospital
o ₹2 lakh → FRUs

Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN)

Launch year?

Core objective?

Eligibility criteria?

Is tertiary care treatment to chronic disease of women included under the scheme?

➢ Launched: 2019

➢ Nodal focus: Maternal and newborn health care at zero cost in public health facilities.

➢ Core Objectives:
• Assured free delivery of services.
• Zero tolerance for denial of services.

➢ Eligibility: All pregnant women, newborns, and mothers up to 6 months post-delivery.

➢ Key Services:
• Minimum 4 Ante-natal checkups.
• Zero-dose vaccination.
• Free transport (home ↔ healthcare).
• Grievance redressal mechanism.
• Birth registration certificates.
• Elimination of mother-to-child transmission (HIV, HBV, Syphilis).
• Conditional DBT under schemes.

➢ Integration with Schemes: JSSK, PMSMA, LaQshya.

Mother’s absolute affection (MAA)

Launch date?

Cost of implementation per district?

Objective?

Team award of __per facility is provided

• Launch year – 2016

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

• Cost of implementation per district – Rs.4.3 Lakhs

• Objective
o Building an enabling environment for breastfeeding through awareness generation activities.
o Reinforcing lactation support services at public health facilities.

Components
• Awareness generation – Building an enabling environment and mass generation
through media
• Community level interventions – Capacity building of community health workers –
ASHA, Anganwadi workers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives etc.
• Health facility strengthening – All health facilities should have a dedicated room for
breastfeeding.

Monitoring and awards recognition
• 1 award per district is awarded to best facility
•** Team award of Rs.10,000 per facility is provided **

Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi

Launch year?

Covers treatment in govt or private hosp?

Financial assistance to all disease or only life threatening diseases?

Eligibility?

Financial assistance mechanism?

Launch year--1997

Centrally sponsored

Financial assistance to BPL patients with life threatening diseases-only one time payment

Eligibility
All BPL families except government servants

Excludes ayushman bharat pmjay beneficiaries

Treatment in government hospitals only

Financial assistnace mech
Revolving fund of 1 cr for each component

2 cr for AIIMS under RAN component

75% fund utilization triggers replenishment

Upto 5 lakhs under medical superintendent authority

Above 5 lakhs referred to ministry

Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS)

Launch date?

Extended until which date?

Central government had given a year-long extension to Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) [till June 30, 2025] meant for digitising patients’ health records and linking them with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Account (ABHA ID).

• Digital Health Incentive Scheme (DHIS) is a national initiative by National Health Authority (NHA) aimed at promoting the adoption of digital health practices in India.

• It was launched on January 1, 2023, under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
• With this extension, the scheme will now** remain in effect till June 30, 2025. **

Who all are eligible?
• All Health facilities like Clinics, Nursing Homes & Hospitals.
• Laboratory/Radiology diagnostics Centers and Pharmacies.

eSanjeevani

Launch year?

Objective?

What is the main goal of integrating e-Sanjeevani with the Unified Health Interface(UHI)?
A) To introduce AI-based medical consultations (or)
B) To facilitate online appointments, consultations, and payments for healthcare services

• Launch Year:** 2019 **

• A national telemedicine service that strives to provide an alternative to conventional physical consultations via digital platform.

• The National Health Authority (NHA) announced the successful integration of eSanjeevani with ABDM (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission).

• The integration allows the existing eSanjeevani users to easily create their Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) and use it to link and manage their existing health records.

Verticals of eSanjeevani
1.** eSanjeevaniAB-HWC **
o Connects Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centers (HWCs) with Specialty/Super-Specialty doctors at zonal level in ‘Hub-and-Spoke’ model.

2. eSanjeevaniOPD
   o Enabling doctor consultations to be accessible from the patient’s residence regardless of location.

Recent Update:
➢ The Indian government plans to integrate its e-Sanjeevani telemedicine platform
with the Unified Health Interface (UHI) to provide seamless digital healthcare services under a single window.
o This move is part of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and aims to** enable patients to book, consult, and pay for telehealth services more efficiently. **

o Integration of e-Sanjeevani with UHI to provide a single-window telemedicine service.

o UHI enables interoperability, allowing patients to discover, book, conduct, and pay for services digitally.

o Patients can store health records online, reducing dependency on hard
copies.

Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)

Launch year?

Coverage?

➢ Launched: 2011

➢ Objective: To provide completely free and cashless services to pregnant women in Government health institutions (urban & rural).

➢ Coverage:
• Free normal delivery & caesarean section.
• Free care for sick newborns up to 30 days after birth.

➢ Beneficiaries:
• Over 12 million pregnant women annually who access government health facilities for delivery.