Over a dozen people were treated under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) at different hospitals of Jharkhand on the very first day of the launch of Ayushman Bharat scheme, officials said. read more

The government has an ambitious target to have 100,000 arogya mitras by the end of this year. read more

The cashless scheme, which offers an annual cover of Rs 5 lakh to economically weaker section of society will be launched at the Prabhat Tara ground, and is expected to benefit 5.7 million families in the state alone. read more

Cancer treatment, including radiation and chemotherapy not needing hospitalisation, will be covered under Ayushman Bharat’s annual Rs 5 lakh cover being offered to 550 million people. read more

The PM will inaugurate 10 wellness centres, as part of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, in Jharkhand on Sunday. read more

The Odisha CM said the Centre should be thinking about the skill mission scam, the Ujjwala scheme scam and the record increase in fuel prices. read more

Promotion of 6,000 constables after due screening a historic step, says Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje. read more

In Chandigarh, the beneficiaries are the ‘poorest’ 23,687 households as determined by the Socio-Economic Caste Census of 2011. read more

The government earlier this month relaunched PMJDY as an open-ended scheme with higher insurance cover and double the overdraft facility. read more

The state government is pulling out all stops to get the 702km long Mumbai-Nagpur expressway off the ground read more

Several states began six-month courses and hands-on training of community health officers more than a year ago, others are expanding existing state schemes to offer hospitalisation cover to everyone, while still others have yet to sign up to be part... read more

The government had launched the PMFBY in 2016-17, dismantling two previous poorly-designed schemes and replacing them with a simplified programme. read more

Among the 16 states piloting Ayushman Bharat before its September 23 launch, Meghalaya has universalised the Rs 5 lakh annual hospitalisation coverage under the national health protection scheme in the state read more

An insurance company has claimed that in an alleged ploy to claim insurance fraudulently, a car caused damage to two vehicles in separate incidents of hit-and-run in 2016 and 2017. read more

The Supreme Court has ordered all states to frame rules to ensure victims of accidents involving uninsured vehicles get compensated. read more