3 Lakh people benefitted from Ayushman Bharat Scheme: Finance Minister

As many as 3 lakh poor people have benefitted from Ayushman Bharat health scheme in the last one-and-a half months, and these are people belonging to the 10 crore poorest families in India, as per the Finance Minister

Price Cap helped patients save around Rs. 15,000 cr.

As a result5 of capping the prices of medicines as well as medical devices such as stents and knee implants, patients have been able to save Rs. 15,000 crore across the country.

According to the estimates of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), patients across the country have saved around Rs. 15,000 crore under the government’s initiative of ensuring affordable, quality medicines for all, Minister of state for chemicals and Fertilisers said in a statement. The fixation of ceiling prices and MRPs of essential and lifesaving drugs, by implementing the Drug Prices Control Order 2013, has resulted in patients saving over Rs. 5,000 crore since then, he added.