Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi

WHY IN NEWS?

Delhi HC relief to minor, whose mother claimed lacunae in two major health-related schemes — the Centre’s Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme and Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) — due to which patients suffering from life-threatening diseases are being deprived of monetary benefits to avail treatment.

ABOUT RAN

• The umbrella scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) has three components namely (i) Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), (ii) Health Minister's cancer Patients Fund (HMCPF) and (iii) Scheme for financial assistance for patients suffering from specified rare diseases.
• The objectives of the three components of the RAN Scheme are:
  • Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi - to provide financial assistance to poor patients living below threshold poverty line and suffering from life threatening diseases relating to heart, kidney, liver etc. for their treatment at Government hospitals/institutes having super specialty facilities.
  • Health Minister's cancer Patient Fund - to provide financial assistance to poor patients living below threshold poverty line and suffering front cancer, for their treatment at Regional cancer centres (RCCs/Tertiary care Cancer centres) and State Cancer Institutes.
  • Financial assistance scheme for poor patients suffering from rare diseases - to provide financial assistance to poor patients living below threshold poverty line and suffering from specified rare diseases for their treatment at Government hospitals/institutes having super specialty facilities.
• RAN Scheme is being implemented by the Department of Health and Family Welfare under the MoHFW.

Prelims Question

Q. Which of the following schemes are aimed at providing financial assistance to poor to access healthcare?
1. Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
2. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
3. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1,2 and 3

Answer to the Prelims Question