India to have world's largest govt-funded health programme
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme with â¹5 lakh annual cover per family for 10 crore poor families. The government also allocated â¹1200 crore for construction of 1.5 lakh new healthcare centres. Jaitley also announced setting up of 24 new government medical colleges and hospitals by upgrading existing district hospitals.