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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Economic Survey’s flawed view of PMJAY gains -Soham D Bhaduri

Economic Survey’s flawed view of PMJAY gains -Soham D Bhaduri

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published Published on Feb 6, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 7, 2021

-Financial Express

The Survey ends up using an array of inapposite health indicators in studying the scheme’s impact

Universal health coverage (UHC) has received an unprecedented systemic push over the past decade, reinforced greatly by the Sustainable Development Goals. In India, the public health insurance (PHI) route has been strongly advanced as the prime agency for attaining UHC—founded on the experience of the multitude of state and national PHI schemes stretching since the early 2000s. The latest in line is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), hailed as the largest health assurance programme in the world, covering more than 50 crore poor Indians for hospital expenses upto Rs.5 lakh per annum.

Recent policy pronouncements have clearly bespoken the present government’s intent to make PMJAY the face of UHC expansion in the country. Calls for expanding PMJAY to the remaining uncovered population have particularly picked up pace in the context of Covid-19. However, pushing this laudable purpose using incongruous representations and askew interpretations would be least warranted. It is in this respect that the Economic Survey 2021 tends to disappoint.
 
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Financial Express, 6 February, 2021, https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/economic-surveys-flawed-view-of-pmjay-gains/2189079/


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