Budget 2019: Speculations are rife that the government will make numerous announcements in its outgoing Budget to please the electorate.

The decision will help the sector grow in the tier-2 and tier-3 cities, besides helping private hospitals access land or projects and funding.

To raise Centre's salary budget 76 per cent, fiscal deficit by 21 per cent; Money can fund National Scheme for girl child for 482 years; Ayushman Bharat for 10 years.

Claims of Rs 400 crore have been raised under this scheme so far, of which Rs 350 crore has already been given out by the Centre and states.

There have been enough pointers since the Budget announcements in February to show that the government's finances are perhaps not in a great shape.

Ayushmaan Bharat CEO Indu Bhushan mentioned in a tweet that 1.7 crore beneficiary letters with family cards from the Prime Minister's Office have been dispatched across the country.

The magnitude of the scheme could be gauged from the fact that more than 1,300 ailments are covered under it, including heart diseases, kidney and liver disorders and diabetes, PM Modi said.

An article by the journal's editor-in-chief Richard Horton appreciated the Modi government for recognising the 'perils of public discontent about health' after years of neglect.

Ayushman Bharat Scheme will cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families, providing cashless coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced in his Independence Day speech, the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan or PRAJAA scheme on September 25. The scheme aims to cover 40% of lowest income Indians or 10.7 cr Indian households. Watch BusinessToday.In video to understand all about Modi government's ambitious health scheme.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched on many issues in his fifth Independence Day speech like his anti-black money initiatives, GST, the upcoming PRAJAA scheme. In an hour-long speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted his government's achievements in the past four years. Watch BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey shed light on the issues discussed as well as sidelined by the Prime Minister in his hour-long speech.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, a mega health insurance scheme that provides Rs 5 lakh cover to 50 crore economically weak citizens of India. It will be launched on September 25, the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Watch BusinessToday.In Editor Rajeev Dubey talk about different aspects of the scheme such as  money allocation, expenses and insurance plans.

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.

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.

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