World's largest govt healthcare scheme to cover 10 cr Indian families: Jaitley
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Presenting the Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said a National Health Protection scheme is being launched to cover 10 crore poor Indian families offering up to Rs 5 lakh in hospitalisation a year.
Jaitley said the scheme will cover 50 crore beneficiaries and going to be the world's largest government funded healthcare programme.
"We will build a new India in 2022. It will generate lakhs of jobs for women," said Jaitley.
It will be extended further after ascertaining the results of this scheme, said Jaitley.
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