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National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB)

National Programme for Control of Blindness was launched in the year 1976 as a 100% centrally sponsored programme. The purpose of the programme is to develop eye care infrastructure and to provide appropriate eye care services to reduce the prevalence of blindness. Objectives: Develop Eye Care infrastructure throughout the country ...

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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)- The Scheme

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a government- run health insurance scheme for the BPL family under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It provides cashless insurance for hospitalization in public as well as selected private hospitals. The objective of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households from financial ...

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National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP)

The National Tobacco Control Cell (NTCC) at the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) is responsible for overall policy formulation, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the different activities envisaged under the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP). The National Cell functions under the direct guidance and supervision of the ...

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Family Planning Indemnity Scheme (FPIS)- 2013

Under the Family Planning Indemnity Scheme, States/UTs would process and make payment of claims to accepters of sterilization in the event of death/failures/complications/Indemnity cover to doctors/health facilities. It is envisaged that States/UTs would make suitable budget provisions for implementation of the scheme through their respective State/ UT Program Implementation Plans ...

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Health Ministers Discretionary Grant (HMDG)

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 ...

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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 ...

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