Assistance To APL Category Patients Under the scheme Health Ministers Discretionary Grant (HMDG)" of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, financial assistance is provided to patients having annual family income up to Rs.1,00,000/- and below, to defray a part of the expenditure on Hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospital as per guidelines of the scheme. The quantum of financial assistance granted is as follows:- I. Rs.50,000/-, if the estimated cost of treatment is up to Rs.1,00,000/-; II. Rs.75,000/- if the estimated cost of treatment is above Rs.1,00,000/- and up to Rs.1,50,000/- III. Rs.1, 00,000/- if the estimated cost of treatment is above Rs.1, 50,000/-. At present, no proposal to raise the ceiling of annual family income for availing assistance under HMDG scheme is under consideration of the Government. The Health Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.
