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On key health indicators, West Bengal outperforms many states that offer PM’s insurance scheme
Data shows the reality is more complicated than the Centre’s claims on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
In the
Economic Survey 2020-’21, released ahead of the Union Budget, the central government singled out poll-bound West Bengal for comparison on various health indicators against three adjacent states, Bihar, Assam and Sikkim, which, unlike West Bengal, have implemented its health insurance scheme, the
The PMJAY scheme aims to provide Rs 5 lakh health insurance coverage per year to nearly 11 crore economically vulnerable families or 50 crore people. PMJAY is jointly implemented by the central and state governments in
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States like Maharashtra and Delhi have requested the Centre to remove the age limit for immunisation. 3 hours ago A file photo of a woman receiving a dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Ahmedabad. | Reuters/Amit Dave
India is currently in its third phase of Covid-19 vaccination where those above 45 years are eligible to get the shots. Public and private hospitals have administered over eight crore doses with most of them accounting for the first dose.
But this phase has coincided with the second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Three months after it rolled out vaccines, the country hit a grim milestone on Monday when it recorded over a lakh fresh cases with cases surging in states like Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka among others.