Rapid Fire
PM-ABHIM
- 05 Dec 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare provided updates on the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
- About: The PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY), which has now been renamed as PM-ABHIM is one of the largest pan-India Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with certain Central Sector Components.
- It was launched in 2021 by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the outlay of Rs. 64,180 Crores for the scheme period (2021-22 to 2025-26).
- Objective: It aims to strengthen India's healthcare infrastructure systems at all levels- primary, secondary, and tertiary- and enhance pandemic preparedness.
- It supplements the National Health Mission (NHM) by addressing infrastructure gaps in public health facilities.
- The initiative includes constructing 17,788 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in rural areas, 11,024 urban Health & Wellness Centres, 3,382 Block Public Health Units, 730 District Integrated Public Health Labs, and 602 Critical Care Hospital Blocks in districts with over 5 lakh population.
- Other Related Government Initiatives:
