New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The government is expanding the digital health infrastructure under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, strengthening primary health services through health and wellness centres, Union Minister of State for Health and Ayush Minister, Prataprao Jadhav, said on Monday.He further stated that “we are also expanding immunization efforts, introducing new vaccines, and making disease surveillance systems more effective.”Addressing the gathering at an event by the National…
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New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) During the last five years – from April 2020 to January 2026 – nearly 5.69 crore Ayushman cards have been created under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Prataprao Jadhav, in a written reply, said that as on January 31, 5.77 crore hospital admissions amounting to Rs. 1.15 lakh crore have been authorised for private hospitals, under the scheme.In resp…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Union Budget 2026-27 on Sunday enhanced the allocation for the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to Rs 1,06,530.42 crore, reflecting an increase of 8.96 per cent over the Revised Estimates of FY 2025-26, the Ministry said.Presenting the Union Budget in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined a comprehensive roadmap for healthcare reforms, reinforcing the government’s commitment to universal health coverage and inclusive growth.“The enhanced …
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) India’s ambitious digital journey over the past decade has been powered by a unique framework known as the India Stack, which has helped the country build a cashless, paperless and presence-less digital ecosystem at scale, a report has said. Designed as a set of open digital platforms, the India Stack has transformed how citizens, businesses and governments interact and deliver services, according to www.theaustraliatoday.com.au report.The India Stack is a collection o…
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Artificial intelligence models in healthcare must be tested on large and diverse population datasets before being deployed on the ground to ensure trust, accuracy and inclusion, National Health Authority (NHA) Chief Executive Officer Dr Sunil Kumar Barnwal, said on Sunday. Speaking at the Federated Intelligence Hackathon on Health AI, organised as a pre-event to the India AI Impact Summit 2026 at IIT Kanpur, Dr Barnwal said India is now moving from experimentation to bui…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) For artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver meaningful public value in a linguistically diverse country like India, it must be multilingual and voice-enabled, ensuring that language does not become a barrier to accessing healthcare services, according to Amitabh Nag, CEO, Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD).Nag said that language AI can significantly enhance citizen engagement, grievance redressal mechanisms, clinical documentation, and the overall accessibility of di…
Davos, Jan 19 (IANS) India is making best investments in the health sector by strengthening Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) and initiating the Future Health Districts programmes, according to experts during the World Economic Forum 2026 (WEF) Annual Meeting. While the ABDM, launched in September 2021, is the government’s flagship initiative to create a unified, national digital health ecosystem, the Future Health Districts project has been launched as a collaboration between the WEF and I…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 7 (IANS) The Odisha government has taken several key decisions to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure in the state, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday.These decisions were taken by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi during a high-level review meeting of various programmes being implemented by the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department, held in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.As per the Chief Minister’s decision, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM…