Centre’s health and wellness programmes reached villages, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah on Monday said that various health and wellness campaigns of the Centre were not only implemented in urban centres but also reached the rural areas of the country..

Various health and wellness campaigns of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have not been confined only to urban centres but reached the rural areas of the country as well, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Monday.

The Centre has also improved health infrastructure across the country, he said.

Programmes such as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Fit India Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission, ‘Poshan’ scheme (midday meal) and ‘Indradhanush’ (children’s immunisation scheme) are steps to help people enjoy better health and prevent them from falling sick, Shah said.

These campaigns are not ”urban-centric but have percolated to the rural areas as well”, he said after inaugurating a super-speciality centre for neuroscience and cardiothoracic diseases here.

The allocation for the health sector in the Union budget has been increased to Rs 86,200 crore this year as against the previous year’s Rs 73, 931 crore, Shah said.

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The Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme has given a new lease of life to the poor people, Shah said.