CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -National Health Authority Approves to Integrate Health Schemes of Central Ministries with Ayushman Bharat Scheme.

Detailed explanation-2: -PM-JAY is the world’s largest health insurance/ assurance scheme fully financed by the government. It provides a cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization across public and private empanelled hospitals in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ayushman Bharat - National Health Protection Mission will subsume the on-going centrally sponsored schemes - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS).

Detailed explanation-4: -An attached office of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with full functional autonomy, NHA is governed by a Governing Board chaired by the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare.

Detailed explanation-5: -The NHPS scheme covers over 1, 393 medical procedures and has a wide network of public and private empanelled hospitals, and a range of sponsored programs. The scheme aims to benefit over 10 Crore rural, economically weaker families.