Financial Assistance up to a maximum of Rs. 1,00,000/- is available from 01.01.13 to the poor indigent patients from the Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant to defray a part of the expenditure on Hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals in cases where free medical facilities are not available. Criteria: Reimbursement of expenditure already ...
Read More »The Pradhanmantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
PMSSY aims at correcting the imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcare facilities in the different parts of the country in general, and augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the under-served States in particular. The scheme was approved in March 2006. The execution of the scheme is divided into three ...
Read More »Establishment of New Medical Colleges attached with existing District/Referral Hospitals
To meet the shortfall of human resource in health, the government is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for “establishment of new medical colleges by upgrading district/referral hospitals” preferably in underserved districts of the country with fund sharing between the Central Government and States in the ratio of 90:10 for NE/special ...
Read More »Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)
India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (U.I.P.) is one of the largest in the world in terms of quantities of vaccine used, the number of beneficiaries, the number of Immunisation session organised, the geographical spread and diversity of areas covered. UIP was launched in 1985. Under the UIP, all vaccines are given ...
Read More »Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
The Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) within the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)” has set up in 2009. In order to utilize the Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund, the Revolving Fund as under RAN, has been established in 27 Regional Cancer Centres (RCCs) that would ensure and speed up financial ...
Read More »Tertiary Care of Cancer (TCC) Scheme Under National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVD & Stroke (NPCDCS)
The scheme is formed to provide financial assistance for strengthening of tertiary care cancer facilities under the National Program for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVDs and Stroke (NPCDCS). Under the scheme, it is envisaged to support the establishment of 20 State Cancer Institute’s (SCI) in 20 States and ...
Read More »NACO (National AIDS Control Organization)- Research Fellowship Scheme
NACO invites applications in prescribed format from young researchers to provide opportunity and incentive to pursue quality and need based research in HIV/AIDS in biomedical/clinical, epidemiological, behavioral and social disciplines. Eligibility Criteria: Age: Below 35 years as on 31st December 2009. Qualification: PG Students enrolled for full-time MD/MPhil/PhD degree program ...
Read More »Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
The Scheme provides for financial assistance to patients, living below poverty line who is suffering from major life threatening diseases, to receive medical treatment at any of the super specialty Govt. hospitals / institutes or other Govt. hospitals .The financial assistance to such patients is released in the form of ...
Read More »Govt. to launch Rs. 500 crore Pharma Technology Upgradation Fund
The central government is expected to roll out a Pharma Technology Upgradation Fund with a corpus of Rs. 500 crore. This fund will facilitate cheap loans to enterprises willing to upgrade their manufacturing area. At the same time, the Department of Pharmaceuticals is working towards establishing a venture capital fund ...
Read More »India to soon ban testing of soaps, detergents on animals
Pushed actively by minister and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi, the testing ban will soon be notified by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and the commerce ministry. The decision on the animal testing ban was taken at a meeting of the Committee for the Purpose of Control ...
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