2. Wellness, Water and Sanitation

In order to promote a holistic vision of healthcare that translates into wellness of the citizen, Mission Indradhanush has been expanded to cover 12 such diseases, including five new vaccines. FIT India movement is a vital part of fight against Non-Communicable Diseases coming out of life style issues.

More than 20,000 hospitals already empanelled under PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). A very focused safe water (Jal Jeevan Mission) and comprehensive sanitation program (Swachch Bharat Mission) have been launched to support the health vision that would reduce the disease burden on the poor. In this light important measures proposed are following:

• Rs. 69,000 crore allocated for overall Healthcare sector.
• Expansion of PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)
  • Viability Gap Funding window proposed for setting up hospitals in the PPP mode.
  • Aspirational Districts with no Ayushman empanelled hospitals to be covered in the first phase.
  • Targeting diseases with an appropriately designed preventive regime using Machine Learning and AI.
• Jan Aushadhi Kendra Scheme: To offer 2000 medicines and 300 surgicals in all districts by 2024.
• TB Harega Desh Jeetega campaign: Commitment to end Tuberculosis by 2025.
• Jal Jeevan Mission
  • Rs. 11,500 crore for the year 2020-21.
  • Augmenting local water sources, recharging existing sources, and promoting water harvesting and de-salination.
  • Cities with million-plus population to be encouraged to achieve the objective during the current year itself.
• Swachh Bharat Mission
  • Commitment to ODF-Plus in order to sustain ODF behaviour.
  • Emphasis on Liquid and Grey Water Management.
  • Focus also on Solid-waste collection, source segregation, and processing.