Haryana extends Ayushman Bharat scheme to families with annual income up to ₹3 lakh, portal to open on this date
Ayushman Bharat scheme would also be extended to families with an annual income from ₹1,80,000 to ₹3,00,000. In an official statement, Haryana CMO stated that the beneficiary families will be able to avail of benefits by depositing ₹1,500 for which the portal will be opened from August 15, according to a report published by the news agency ANI. So far, as many as 30 lakh families are taking benefit of the Ayushman Yojana, however, eight lakh more families will now be able to avail it, the statement added.
Last year, the Manohar Lal Khattar-led government increased the eligible annual income limit of BPL families for inclusion in the scheme from ₹1.20 lakh to ₹1.80 lakh. The Ayushman Bharat scheme provides health coverage to all BPL families. Under the scheme, people can avail the benefit of free medical facilities up to ₹5 lakh.
Currently, 715 hospitals are impaneled under the scheme in the state. Meanwhile, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its pan-India audit has found serious irregularities in the Ayushman Bharat scheme in Madhya Pradesh, reported NDTV on 10 August. According to the report, over ₹1.1 crore was paid to about 403 patients who were declared 'dead' in the database.
The CAG audit report even mentioned that across the state during the same period, around 8,000 patients were shown to be hospitalized at multiple hospitals. In the report, CAG named 24 state hospitals, including a government hospital, that surprisingly showed much higher occupancy than the actual bed strength. The audit stated that 25 hospitals had submitted claims for 81 patients twice for various surgical treatments.
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