-The Economic Times Private hospitals have been accused of siphoning almost Rs 1.20 crore in just a few months. About a year after introduction of the Ayushman Bharat scheme — the Union government’s programme for providing health protection cover to around 10 crore vulnerable families — truant doctors and hospitals in the tiny Himalayan state of Uttarakhand have come up with some of the most innovative ways of scamming the ambitious plan...

-The Telegraph Dreze showed how Jammu and Kashmir outscored Gujarat on the basis of a raft of development indices New Delhi: Economist Jean Dreze held up a placard at a protest rally here on Wednesday, displaying stats to contest home minister Amit Shah’s claim that Jammu and Kashmir was less developed than the rest of India. Dreze showed how Jammu and Kashmir outscored Gujarat on the basis of a raft of development indices. “I...

-TheWire.in Until now, no data on Ayushman Bharat had been made available other than in tweets by the National Health Authority. New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has finally revealed some numbers on its flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in response to a question asked in parliament this session. In spite of having been popularised as the “world’s largest healthcare scheme” since 2018, data pertaining to the scheme has so far only...

-TheWire.in Allegations of fraud have been seen in hospitals across Uttarakhand. New Delhi: While the National Health Authority claims that nearly 30 lakh people have already availed the government’s Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, systems to catch and prevent frauds have begun detecting malpractice in its running. Cases of alleged fraud have been seen in hospitals across Uttarakhand. An IANS report states that one of the first places where widespread fraud was noticed...

-The Indian Express Tuesday’s discussion took place between Ayushman Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan and Odisha Health minister Naba Das. State health secretary Pramod Meherda was also present. Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday held its first round of talks with the Centre to explore the feasibility of implementing the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in the state. Advertising Such a meeting is significant, say BJD leaders, since the state government had thus far refused to...