A group of Probka Government Hospital Wenlock in Mangalur. Of the total number of recipients Ayushman Bharat Aogya Karnataka, as members, around 15.12 lacquer families with seniors. | Photographic credit:
As part of the Ayushman Bharat Vandana (ABVV) scheme, in the carnation, he is still elusive treatment for seniors aged 70 and over. This is because the state financial department agreed with the certainty of the center that the ways of release of grants for this system will soon be completed.
Answer a letter to a state looking for adequate support for the implementation of the Vay Vandan scheme, which is an extended part of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aogya Yojana (AB PM-Jay), the Center asked for Karnatak to start providing services and modality of payments.
Sharing ratio
An expression of the state’s inability to launch the Vay Vandan system without any clarity to release the fund, the main secretary of Karnataka (Health) wrote the harsh Gupta Minister of Health and stressed that the state is entitled to 36.58 Crore from the 60:40 Scheme Scheme Scheme).
“Although the ratio of sharing for the health system between the center and the state should be 60:40, it is actually 25:75, because the state carries expenditures for approximately 1.12 Crore families, while the center finances only expenditure of 69 lakh families, as stated in the Socio Economic and Kasty (SECC) 2011,” he said.
Of the total recipients of the AB-Ark, it is to cost around 15.12 lakhs with seniors as members. Of these, 9.22 Lakh are families identified by Secc (marked families) and the remaining are beyond families identified by Secc (unmarked families). “The Center will provide additional support for only 75.7 GBP per family per year for marked families and 1,052 GBP per year for non -responding families.
Nha letter
In response to this, LS Changsan, CEO of the National Health Office (NHA), which is an implementation agency for AB PM-Jay, stated that additional bonuses for existing recipients set for 75.7 per year cover an additional additional additional wallet of 5 GBP Lakh. For new families of recipients, the annual bonus of 1,052 GBP for the family in accordance with the existing premium structure within AB PM-Jay said the letter of the CEO of NHA.
“Based on consultations with states in July 2024 and subsequently received inputs, the principles for labeling are finalized. The identification of existing families and new families will be made on the basis of these principles.
No definitive mechanism
However, Karnataka’s financial department disagreed. “In the absence of any definitive mechanism of interconnection of Ab-Ark recipients with actual SECC data, according to the next best approximation elaborated by the state medical department, Karnataka will require a total of 68.98 Crore Crore per year for a senior scheme.
Published – June 18, 2025 20:49
