BHUBANESWAR: The BJP and the BJD on Sunday locked horns over Odisha’s resolution to not implement Centre’s flagship health scheme Ayushman Bharat and instead roll out its own Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) from August 15.
While Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan termed the Naveen dispensation resolution as purely political and in opposition to the state’s passion, BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Keshari Deb justified the state transfer saying the Central scheme has phrases and stipulations which might be difficult to fulfil, depriving poor people from availing the promised benefits.
Addressing a information convention here, Dharmendra stated politics should be kept apart while taking into consideration welfare issues of poor people. They might be deprived of benefits of the central scheme with the Naveen executive’s resolution, he stated.
If Ayushman Bharat is applied, people from Odisha who migrate to different states on the lookout for works can avail unfastened health benefits at their office with their playing cards. Many people from Odisha additionally cross to outdoor state hospitals for higher remedy. They can avail unfastened healthcare there. “I don’t understand what the purpose of contention is. The central scheme isn't named after any individual. That may have pained Naveen,” Dharmendra sarcastically stated.
The BJD termed Biju scheme higher than ‘Modicare’. Speaking to newshounds, Pratap Keshari Deb stated the Naveen executive has simplest fulfilled its promise of a common healthcare scheme, made within the election manifesto in 2014 by way of announcing BSKY, which assures annual healthcare help up to Rs 5 lakh to around 70 lakh families.
Odisha has 3 main objections to ‘Modicare’. The Ayushman Bharat would receive advantages simplest 61 lakh families, recognized in Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, depriving 9 lakh families. The leader secretary (AP Padhi) had asked the Centre to not exclude the 9 lakhs, which the Centre didn’t concede, Deb stated.
Odisha had asked the Centre to keep hospitals up to district stage outdoor the scope of Ayushman Bharat because those supply unfastened healthcare, which the Centre didn't concede. This would mean poor families who would not be able to pay the insurance premium can be deprived from availing unfastened healthcare benefits. Moreover, the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat can be recognized via their Aadhaar numbers, depriving the ones not having Aadhar, he stated.
The BJD spokesperson stated the way the UPA II executive rolled out the Food Security Act in 2013 within the run up to the 2014 basic elections, the NDA II executive is trying to push for the health scheme when a couple of months are left for the 2019 elections. It can be difficult to implement in such short time, he stated.
While Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan termed the Naveen dispensation resolution as purely political and in opposition to the state’s passion, BJD spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Pratap Keshari Deb justified the state transfer saying the Central scheme has phrases and stipulations which might be difficult to fulfil, depriving poor people from availing the promised benefits.
Addressing a information convention here, Dharmendra stated politics should be kept apart while taking into consideration welfare issues of poor people. They might be deprived of benefits of the central scheme with the Naveen executive’s resolution, he stated.
If Ayushman Bharat is applied, people from Odisha who migrate to different states on the lookout for works can avail unfastened health benefits at their office with their playing cards. Many people from Odisha additionally cross to outdoor state hospitals for higher remedy. They can avail unfastened healthcare there. “I don’t understand what the purpose of contention is. The central scheme isn't named after any individual. That may have pained Naveen,” Dharmendra sarcastically stated.
The BJD termed Biju scheme higher than ‘Modicare’. Speaking to newshounds, Pratap Keshari Deb stated the Naveen executive has simplest fulfilled its promise of a common healthcare scheme, made within the election manifesto in 2014 by way of announcing BSKY, which assures annual healthcare help up to Rs 5 lakh to around 70 lakh families.
Odisha has 3 main objections to ‘Modicare’. The Ayushman Bharat would receive advantages simplest 61 lakh families, recognized in Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, depriving 9 lakh families. The leader secretary (AP Padhi) had asked the Centre to not exclude the 9 lakhs, which the Centre didn’t concede, Deb stated.
Odisha had asked the Centre to keep hospitals up to district stage outdoor the scope of Ayushman Bharat because those supply unfastened healthcare, which the Centre didn't concede. This would mean poor families who would not be able to pay the insurance premium can be deprived from availing unfastened healthcare benefits. Moreover, the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat can be recognized via their Aadhaar numbers, depriving the ones not having Aadhar, he stated.
The BJD spokesperson stated the way the UPA II executive rolled out the Food Security Act in 2013 within the run up to the 2014 basic elections, the NDA II executive is trying to push for the health scheme when a couple of months are left for the 2019 elections. It can be difficult to implement in such short time, he stated.
BJP, BJD lock horns over Odisha decision to stay away from ‘Modicare’
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