Health Of The Nation

As of 2019, the population of India was approximately 1.37 billion, bringing it closer to the most populous nation, China which had a population of 1.43 billion ( ourworldindata.org ). By 2027, India is expected to overtake China to become the most populous country on this planet with an estimated population of 1.47 billion. While China’s population is expected to start declining later this decade, it is estimated that the population of India will continue to grow and reach a peak of 1.7 billion in the late 2050s before starting to decline. Between now and 2060, India is expected to add over 400 million people. Looking at the staggering population numbers, every now and then there are discussions papers, demand from political parties among other to introduce measures to curb the population growth. There are good arguments both in favour and against policy decisions like One Child Policy. Basis the recently released report by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) — Health

On 26th November, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) tweeted that he held a meeting with the officials of the National Health Authority (NHA), the implementing body of Ayushman Bharat or Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) to review the progress of the scheme. PMJAY provides free health insurance coverage to over 50 crores or bottom 40 per cent of the country's population. The scheme guarantees health services for approximately 1300 medical conditions with the financial support of up to INR 5,00,000/- per family per year. In his tweet, the minister also highlighted that, since its launch in September 2018, the scheme has provided over 1.4 crore cashless treatments worth INR 17,500/- crore to the poorest citizens. A visit to the official website of PMJAY ( https://pmjay.gov.in ) on 3rd December shows that till date, total admissions under the scheme have been 1,43,66,465. It also shows that claims raised were INR7,564 crore (almost INR10,00