Ayushmann Bharat health scheme to be launched on Sept 25
Ayushmann Bharat health scheme to be launched on Sept 25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that his government will launch an ambitious healthcare scheme on September 25 this year which will benefit 50 crore citizens of the country. “The healthcare initiatives of the government of India will have a positive impact on 50 crore Indians. It is essential to ensure that we free the poor of India from the clutches of poverty due to which they cannot afford healthcare,” Modi said in his fifth speech on Independence Day. The Prime Minister unfurled the national flag from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on Wednesday morning to a 21-gun salute and started his address to the nation. His speech was streamed live on Google and YouTube for the first time this year. In his last Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort ahead of the next Lok Sabha election, he said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan (Ayushman Bharat) will be launched on September 25 on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. -PTC News
