Cabinet approves non-lapsable fund for health care

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Prime Minister’s Health Protection Fund (PMSSN), a single non-defaultable reserve fund for health from the income of health and education, under Section 136-B of the Finance Act has been applied. 2007.

In its release on Wednesday, the government said that the key benefits of PMSSN would be to increase access to universal and affordable health care through the availability of Internet resources, while ensuring that the amount is not missed at the end of the financial year.

In the 2018 budget, the central government announced the Ayushman Bharat scheme, replacing the existing 3% education cess by 4% health and education cess.

“Provision for stake in health and education cess will be deposited in PMSSN and subsidy in PMSSN will be used in the flagship schemes of the Ministry of Health – Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), Ayushman India. Health and Welfare Centers (AB-HWCs), National Health Mission, Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Health Emergencies and Responses during any future program / plan: Progress and goals towards SDGs The target National Health Policy (NHP) was set in 2017 to set targets.

It states that the administration and maintenance of PMSSN is entrusted to the Ministry of Health and that in any financial year, the expenditure on such schemes of the Ministry will be initially funded from PMSSN and thereafter with Gross Budgetary Support (GBS).