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Ayushman Bharat scheme underscores issues with SC's interim orders in March -Asheeta Regidi

-Firstpost.com

There is nothing to prevent the government from making Aadhaar mandatory for Ayushman Bharat.

Even as the Courts reopened and news on the Aadhaar verdict is awaited, a Union health ministry notification issued on 4 July has confirmed that Aadhaar will be mandatory for the ‘Ayushman Bharat’ national health insurance scheme. While details of the scheme were out in June, the new notification also sets a deadline for enrolment for those without Aadhaar on 31 March, 2019.  Unfortunately, the notification also classifies this scheme as a Section 7 benefit, which means that given the Supreme Court’s interim orders in Aadhaar hearings, the government is within its rights to mandate Aadhaar for this scheme.

(Note: Details of the new notification are based on media reports, the original notification is as yet unavailable).

Scheme draws from the Consolidated Fund of India

The Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (the Scheme) is a scheme designed to provide health insurance cover of upto Rs 5 lakhs to identified beneficiaries, which include poor and deprived rural families, occupational unorganized workers and their families, among others. The new notification issued by the government states that since the scheme involves expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India, it would fall under the purview of the Aadhaar Act. Specifically, this implies that this is a benefit under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, which mandates Aadhaar for recipients of subsidies, benefits and services, whose expenditure is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India.

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