Government Schemes
The Union
cupboard has approved the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN) as one
non-lapsable reserve account for share of Health from the takings of Health and
Education Cess levied below Section 136-b of Finance Act, 2007.
Salient options of the PMSSN
· A non-lapsable
reserve account for Health within the Public Account; takings of share of
health within the Health and Education Cess are going to be attributable into
PMSSN; Accruals into the PMSSN are going to be used for the flagship schemes of
the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare specifically,
· Ayushman
Bharat – Pradhan Mantri January ArogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY)
· Ayushman
Bharat – Health and eudaimonia Centres (AB-HWCs)
· National
Health Mission
· Pradhan MantriSwasthya
Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
· Emergency
& disaster preparation and responses throughout health emergencies
· Any future
programme/scheme that targets to attain progress towards SDGs and therefore the
targets started within the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017.
· Administration
and maintenance of the PMSSN is entrusted to Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare; and
· In any yr, the
expenditure on such schemes of the MoHFW would be at first incurred from the
PMSSN and thenceforth, from Gross monetary fund Support (GBS).
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