Health ministry joined with the ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) to provide better health schemes to the people, especially in remote areas for the National Health Protection Mission (NHPM).

‘Health ministry has combined together with ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) to give better implementation of health scheme.’

"In Ayushman Bharat, 55 crore people would be benefitted with this revolutionary healthcare scheme. The three lakh CSCs in 2.5 lakh panchayats would be a great help in the implementation of the scheme," Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda said. 




Talking about the collaboration, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the collaboration will help in identifying and registering the beneficiaries.
AB-NHPM targets approximately 10.74 crore poor, deprived families and has identified occupational category of urban workers' families as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data, for both rural and urban India.
Validation of entitled beneficiary through Beneficiary Identification System (BIS) will ensure timely information upto the last mile, facilitating benefits under the health scheme.
Source-IANS