Budget 2016: Govt rolls out new health scheme,provide Rs1 lk cover per family

Moneycontrol BureauArun Jaitley has proposed a new healthcare protection scheme in the Union Budget 2016, which will provide Rs 1 lakh per family."The government will provide health insurance of up to Rs 1 lakh per family," said Jaitley, presenting the budget in the Lok Sabha.

Looking at the rising cases of renal disease and lack of affordable dialysis centre, Jaitley said the government will start a dialysis programme, for which the funds will be brought through public private partnership. This will be available in all district hospitals and the government will exempt dialysis equipment from certain basic customs duty. Around 2,000 new dialysis centres will also be set up accross the the country under this programme.The government also plans to set up 3,000 new generic medicine stores across the country to tackle shortage of drugs in rural areas.