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Budget provides just Rs 2,000 cr for healthcare scheme

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New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Union Budget 2018-19 provides just Rs 2,000 crore for the ambitious National Health Protection Scheme that aims to cover 50 crore poor people as the scheme’s contours are yet to be worked out, the government said on Thursday.

In a post-Budget briefing, Union Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narain Jha said that more funds would be provided for the healthcare scheme once details are worked out.

Union Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said it would perhaps take another six months for the scheme to be worked out and it may not be implemented for the entire financial year. He, however, added that more funds would be made available, if required.

Terming it as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the National Health Protection Scheme under which Rs 5 lakh cover will be provided a year to 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country.

Under the Ayushman Bharat, the government has also decided to fund Rs 1,200 crore for 1.5 lakh health wellness centres across the nation.

The decision to convert the Primary Health Centres into wellness centres was taken in last fiscal’s Budget (2017-18). However, the money was not allocated for it.

–IANS
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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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