Govt – Welfare oriented Govt schemes, their utility
Free ration scheme to be extended for five more years
- The Union government’s scheme the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was initially slated to end in December, 2023 will be extended for another five years.
About PMGKAY
- Launch – 2020 (during pandemic)
- The scheme aims to provide 5 kg of free food grains per beneficiary a month in addition to the 5 kg of subsidised food grains they were entitled to under the National Food Security Act.
Government hospitals have earned 50% of the claims under CM’s insurance scheme in 2023-24
- According to a document issued by the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project (TNHSP), under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) ₹723 crore claims have been made so far in 2023.
- Of this around ₹361 crore has been paid to the government hospitals which is 50% of the total claims so far during 2023-24.
About CMCHIS
- Launched – July 2009
- The Scheme provides health insurance on a large scale to low-income, underprivileged families
Note
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- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) (launched on 23rd September, 2018) is a health insurance scheme at National Level.
- Tamil Nadu was awarded the Best Practices Award for ‘effective utilisation of government funds’ under the integrated Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
(AB-PMJAY) – CMCHIS.
