Healthcare is one of the most important sectors of an economy and with a large population, becomes a very vital sector for the Indian economy. The government of the country is constantly trying to improve the system and launching new schemes. In 2021, in the Union Budget, the finance minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana. The PMASBY was approved by the cabinet in September 2021 and was aimed to benefit the country.
The scheme will be the largest pan India scheme which focuses on the healthcare system of the country. The scheme will focus on various aspects of the existing facilities and systems and also build up new services which will help the population of the country.
With the PMASBY, the government will focus on ensuring the best facilities for healthcare and wellbeing are available to the citizens of the country and also the research and hospitals are set up with proper facilities to ensure the country is equipped to handle any medical emergency.
The pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana was started with a budget of Rs. 64180 crores for six years and is focussed on three sectors namely, research, prevention and treatment. The atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana will strengthen the existing health infrastructure and develop new institutions. All this will be done keeping in mind the challenges faced and those that might come up in the future.
Apart from strengthening the system, the scheme will also focus on progress in the field. The PMASBY is a part of the National Health Mission. 11000 urban and 17000 rural wellness and health centres will be supported by the scheme which will be entirely funded by the central government of India.
Primary and critical care health facilities, be it in urban or rural areas in the country, have gaps and issues and the main aim of the PMASBY is to fill these gaps. The scheme has been launched keeping the following objectives in mind:
The most important features and aspects of the atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana are as follows:
The pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana aims to improve the healthcare sector of the Indian economy. Prevention, treatment and research are the three main areas of focus in the scheme. The scheme aims that better healthcare facilities are available to all citizens of the country through the setting up of hospitals and also the introduction of reforms in the sector.
The scheme will benefit the citizens of India in the following ways:
The Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana was launched with the main aim to benefit the population of the country and fortifying the healthcare system of the country. With various features focussing on treatment, prevention and research, the main idea behind the scheme is to ensure that the best medical and healthcare facilities are available to the masses and the country is better prepared for national health emergencies and to handle pandemics.
Apart from ensuring that the citizens of the country get proper facilities for their health and wellbeing, the pmasby will also expand and improve the healthcare system of India. Some of the ways in which it targets to do the same are:
Covid 19 create a panic in the world and the healthcare system and also the research structure of the country in many ways was lacking to handle the medical emergency. Thus, under the pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana, special attention is being given to research. The government will extend more support to 20 Metropolitan Health Surveillance Units and the National Care for Disease Control and its 5 branches at the regional level.
Also, an Integrated Health Information Portal, also known as IHIP, will be set up under the pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana. In this portal, all information with respect to health and wellbeing will be available to the residents of the country and all the public health laboratories will also be linked to the swasth information portal.
Also, 33 existing public health units will be strengthened and 17 new ones will be established and all yen states will also be linked to the portal.
The pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana is mainly set up to fill the gaps that exist in the country’s infrastructure for public health. More focus will be given to the gaps that are there in the critical and primary care facilities, in rural and urban areas. The scheme will set up an IT-based surveillance system in the country and develop surveillance laboratories at regional and block levels as well as district, national and zonal levels.
The scheme will also strengthen the existing system besides setting up new units to help the government and the authorities to detect, prevent, research and treat the outbreak of diseases and also handle national health emergencies.
The pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana will aim to correct the issues in the system that exist so that the existing infrastructure is better utilised and can be used to strengthen the system.
Once, all the objectives of the scheme are fulfilled, the pm atmanirbhar swasth bharat yojana will substantially improve the healthcare system of the country. All citizens of the country, in both urban and rural areas, will have access to better healthcare facilities and services. As more medical colleges will be set up, the medical staff will be better trained. This will also happen as the extra focus will be now given to train the frontline healthcare staff to ensure they are better equipped to handle medical emergencies in the country.
With a lot planned and a budget, the pmasby will be the first and best pan India healthcare scheme to build up and strengthen the healthcare system of the country.
