NEW DELHI: Providing Rs 5 lakh cover for 10 crore people under the Government’s ‘Ayushman Bharat’ insurance scheme is an “ambitious” project but not an “impossible” one, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said today, noting that it would be a “humongous” task.
Speaking at FICCI’s ‘Post-Budget Talk’ today, Goyal said that the Government will use under utilised infrastructure to run the scheme.
“Rs 5 lakh cover for 100 million (10 crore) families is a huge amount and it will ensure that a person suddenly afflicted with cancer or suffering from some grave illness will not have to go to a moneylender and the Government can ensure that he gets some free treatment. It is clearly an ambitious plan, but it is not impossible,” Goyal said.
He said that the Government has been talking to eminent people such as Dr Devi Shetty, who he said successfully delivered such a scheme in his Narayana Hrudayalaya (hospital chain). (AGENCIES)
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