The major social health care plans in Union Budget 2016

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As everyone Knows That ” Health is wealth” To protect the wealth the Finance Minister firstly thanks and appreciate about 75 lakh people who given up the Lpg Subsidy at their own. and then he announce following major social health care plans in Union Budget 2016

Social health care plans in Union Budget 2016 are below:

lpg for bpl in health budget

  • A new health protection scheme for health cover upto 1 lakh per family. The Government will launch a new health.Protection scheme which will provide health cover up to Rs.One lakh per family. For senior citizens of age 60 years and above belonging to this category, an additional top-up package up to `30,000 will be provided.
  • Provide LPG connection in the name of women members of poor households a sum of 2,000 crore allocated in this years Budget.The Scheme will be continued for at least 2 more years to cover a total of 5 crore BPL households. This will ensure universal coverage of cooking gas in the country. This measure will empower women and protect their health.
  • 3,000 Stores under Prime Minister’s Jan Aushadhi Yojana will opened during 2016-17.
  • Dialysis is serious problem and cost of dialysis grab the whole family. So, under the National Health Mission, to provide dialysis services in all district hospitals.
  • Rs 2.87 lakh crore will be given as grant in aid to gram panchayats, municipalities
  • Service tax exempted for general insurance schemes under Niramayi Swasthya Bima Yojana
  • The schemes for welfare and skill development for Minorities such as Multi-Sectoral Development Programme and USTAAD shall implemented effectively

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