Finance Minister Arun Jaitley says as many as 3 lakh poor people have benefited from Ayushman Bharat health scheme in the last one-and-a-half months

Kerala CM seeks Rs 2,000 cr relief package from PM as state suffers Rs 19,512 cr lossAbout 357 people have lost their lives in what could be called the worst-ever flood in a century in Kerala. So far, the National Disaster Response Force has evacuated over 10,000 people from the worst-affected areas of southern state. In an unprecedented relief effort under the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 67 helicopters, 24 aircraft, 548 motorboats and thousands of rescue personn...

In his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government would launch the ambitious the Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme on September 25.

Delivering his Independence day address from the ramparts of Red Fort, Modi said that it is high time India ensures that its poor get access to good quality and affordable healthcare.

Modi says India is now the land of reform, perform and transformPrime minister Narendra Modi delivered his fifth Independence Day Speech as PM. Running parallel to the  Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme would be the Jan Aarogya Abhiyan which would kick off on September 25, he announced. The healthcare schemes will ensure access to good quality healthcare for the poor and marginalised. Modi also said India used to be a 'sleeping elephant', but has started walki...

Earlier, the Prime Minister was expected to announce the roll out of Ayushman Bharat on Independence Day. The chief architect of the scheme Dr Vinod K Paul had told Business Today that only 12-15 states would launch the scheme on 15 August 2018 as the others were not prepared to roll it out on time.

PM Modi may push financial inclusion drive in I-Day speechPrime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to announce benefits for about 32 crore Jan Dhan account holders in his Independence Day address this week to provide a boost to the government's financial inclusion drive, official sources said. There could be a doubling of overdraft facility to Rs 10,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account holders as part of the government's effort to fund the unfunded, they ...

India's $160 billion healthcare ecosystem is undergoing unprecedented shift.

Ayushman Bharat can do to healthcare what GST is expected to do to India's indirect tax regime. But there are challenges, too.

Contracts for printing the cards and running the call centre will be awarded by August.

In an interview with Dr Vinod K Paul, Niti Aayog member and the architect of Ayushman Bharat, Rajeev Dubey, Editor, BusinessToday.In discusses the nuances of the national health scheme, Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission, and how the government plans to launch the scheme in different parts of the country.

ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar to be on leave till probe is over, Sandeep Bakhshi named COOThe ICICI Bank's Board of Directors has said that Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank, will be on leave till the ongoing independent enquiry against her is completed. In its meeting, the Board also appointed Sandeep Bakhshi as the Whole Time Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) designate. He will report to the ICICI Bank CEO. In its regulatory filing, ICICI Bank has also establishe...

Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, also dubbed as Modicare after it was announced in this year's annual Budget, states where the government-owned insurance companies match the bids of private insurers, the business will be divided 50:50 between such firms.

The government and India's private hospital chains have strongly disagreed over the pricing of the 1350 procedures that the government plans to cover under the Ayushman Bharat (National Health Protection Scheme).