Ayushman Bharat Scheme

A medic wears a protective suit in the waiting room of the first drive-through sample collection site for possible COVID-19 patients, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Lower Parel in Mumbai, Monday, April 13, 2020. Photo: PTI

‘Free Only for Poor’: SC Modifies Order, Allows Private Labs to Charge for COVID-19 Tests

The Wire Staff 13/04/2020

Only beneficiaries of the Ayushman Bharat health scheme and...

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In Rajasthan, Registration Quagmire Leads to Zero Beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat

Shruti Jain 06/11/2019

There appears to be no system in place to...

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Its Time to Have Universal Healthcare as a Public Service – and a Right

Soumitra Ghosh 02/05/2019

Congress's pledge on healthcare might be more appealing than...

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Watch | Does India Have the Funds to Run the World’s Largest Healthcare Scheme?

Anoo Bhuyan 12/10/2018

The Wire's Anoo Bhuyan in conversation with Kerala's finance...

Aadhaar has been built in so closely, that even its enrollment is going to happen as a byproduct/simultaneous process, of the health scheme itself. Credit: PTI

Despite Pending SC Verdict, Ayushman Bharat Insurance Using Aadhaar as Identifier

Anoo Bhuyan 18/06/2018

The new healthcare scheme says people who don't have...

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Budget Breaks on Healthcare: More Cover Without Coverage

Tejal Barai-Jaitly and Tanika Godbole 08/02/2018

The new health insurance proposal opens the government’s purse...