Yogi govt allocates Rs 4 bn for about 12 mn households in UP under Modicare

Touted as world's largest public-funded health insurance scheme, Modicare is estimated to cover 500 mn people nationwide, 60 mn in UP alone

Coming on board with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) dubbed as ‘Modicare’, the Yogi Adityanath government has allocated Rs 4 billion for the ambitious scheme.

Modicare is estimated to cover nearly 11.8 million poor households consisting of 60 million people in Uttar Pradesh. Under the scheme, the Centre and the respective state would share the burden in the ratio of 60:40. It is touted as the world’s largest public-funded health insurance scheme, set to benefit over 500 million people in India.

“We have already allocated Rs 4 billion for Modicare and more funds would be made available