The Modi government's launch of National Protection Health Scheme in the Budget 2018 has drawn immediate comparisons of the program with the former US President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and ...

Narendra Modi says bottom 40% of population will be covered under flagship programme India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has launched the world’s biggest health insurance scheme, promising free ...

In the Union Budget 2018-19, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that India will have the world's largest healthcare programme for half a billion of its poorest citizens. He went on to lay out ...

The Union Cabinet approved on Wednesday the government’s ambitious “Modicare” health insurance that targets nearly 11 crore poor families and will be a portable scheme which can be availed of anywhere ...

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It is not often that Indian residents want to on-board a scheme for Bharat. If the Rs 5 lakh sum insured under Modicare for 500 million Indian poor reaches its potential, middle India will clamour to ...

The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1, saw the unveiling of a mega healthcare project that is being touted as the world’s largest such scheme, in both extent, and ...

Personalised letters from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announcements from door-knocking health care workers and lists pinned up at village council offices trumpet the news: India’s vast new health ...

The push for private healthcare now comes cloaked in the language of social movements, warns campaigner Jo Land. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga at a camp to mark the International ...

The healthcare cover plan of Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families, known as Ayushman Bharat aka Modicare, is not immune from frauds, NITI Aayog member V K Paul hinted, stating: There is a possibility ...