The criterion for granting financial assistance
to poor patients under Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG), Rashtriya Arogya
Nidhi (RAN) and Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) under RAN are as
under:
i.
Financial
assistance is provided under HMDG to the poor patients with family income less
than Rs.1,00,000/- annually and suffering from major illness and undergoing
treatment in Government Hospitals/Institutions, to defray a part of the
expenditure on hospitalization/treatment, in cases where free medical
facilities are not available. Financial assistance limits are as:
a. Rs.50, 000/-
if the estimated cost of treatment is up to Rs. 1, 00,000/- .
b.
Rs.
75,000/- if the estimated cost of treatment is above Rs. 1,00,000/- & up to
Rs. 1,50,000/-.
c. Rs.1,
00,000/- if the estimated cost of treatment is above Rs.1, 50,000/-.
ii.
Under
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) financial assistance is provided to the patients
living Below Poverty Line (BPL), who are suffering from major life threatening
disease to receive medical treatment in Government hospitals. The financial
assistance to such patients is released in the form of ‘one time grant’ to the
Medical Superintendent of the hospital in which the treatment is being
received.
iii.
Under
the Health Minister’s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF) the criterion is as under:
(a)
Financial
assistance is provided to patients, below poverty line suffering from Cancer
and undergoing treatment in any of the 27 Regional Cancer Centres.
(b)
The
financial assistance to the Cancer patient up to Rs. 1, 00,000/- (Rs. 1.00 Lakh
only) is processed by the Institute/Hospitals concerned through the revolving
fund placed at their disposal. The cases of financial assistance above this
limit are to be referred by the Hospitals for assistance from Central funds.
(c)
The
following criteria have been fixed for providing financial assistance to poor
patients:
i.
The applicant has to
submit an application in the prescribed proforma duly filled in by the treating
Doctor/HOD and countersigned by the Medical Superintendent of the Hospital
(Government Hospital) where the patient is receiving the treatment, along with
income certificate in original from the BDO/ Tehsildar/Collector /SDM. The
details of family members in case of BPL applicants i.e. attested copy of
ration card.
ii.
The Directorate
General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) technically appraises the proposal and
thereafter, the approval of the Competent Authority is obtained for granting
financial assistance to the eligible patient. A cheque of the admissible amount
is issued to the hospital, which is required to submit utilization certificate
to the Ministry.
State/UT-wise details of
number of applications received and approved along with the amount distributed
during each of the last three years and the current year, disease and including
Maharashtra are given below:
Details of financial assistance
approved and provided under
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi during
years 2011-12, 2012-13,2013-14 & 2014-15
|
Name of State/UT
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15 (as on 24.07.2014
|
|
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1
|
7.5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Assam
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
5.22
|
4
|
14.25
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bihar
|
35
|
134.65
|
73
|
271.85
|
70
|
302.22
|
22
|
108.56
|
|
Chandigarh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
3.1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Delhi
|
27
|
97.56
|
22
|
94.48
|
24
|
81.93
|
6
|
26.2
|
|
Gujarat
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Haryana
|
14
|
41.42
|
24
|
63.85
|
27
|
65.69
|
10
|
42.83
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
3.88
|
1
|
2.5
|
-
|
-
|
|
J.& K.
|
18
|
85.3
|
15
|
48.42
|
25
|
85
|
7
|
24.02
|
|
Jharkhand
|
3
|
11
|
5
|
18.4
|
5
|
20.62
|
1
|
1.01
|
|
Karnataka
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Kerala
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
48.39
|
-
|
-
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
7
|
45.5
|
11
|
35.8
|
6
|
20.89
|
9
|
52.88
|
|
Maharashtra
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Manipur
|
3
|
14
|
4
|
17.5
|
5
|
25.03
|
1
|
2
|
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
3.01
|
-
|
-
|
|
Odisha
|
3
|
9.23
|
2
|
3.8
|
3
|
12.45
|
1
|
6
|
|
Punjab
|
4
|
8.89
|
1
|
2.4
|
3
|
5.54
|
-
|
-
|
|
Rajasthan
|
5
|
12.4
|
4
|
11.69
|
5
|
28.67
|
3
|
14.3
|
|
Sikkim
|
1
|
6.72
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
4.25
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Tripura
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
73
|
293.42
|
114
|
383.85
|
120
|
452.4
|
39
|
171.52
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
6
|
11.63
|
7
|
20.29
|
15
|
60.37
|
4
|
11.4
|
|
West Bengal
|
7
|
31.36
|
6
|
17.9
|
6
|
21.34
|
3
|
33
|
|
Total
|
207
|
810.58
|
294
|
1012.33
|
335
|
1263.65
|
106
|
493.72
|
|
Details of financial assistance approved and provided under
Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) during years
2011-12,2012-13,2013-14 & 2014-15
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name of State/UT
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15(as on 24.07.2014)
|
|
|
|
|
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
No. of patients
|
Amount
(Rs. In Lakhs)
|
|
|
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
--
|
|
1
|
0.5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Assam
|
--
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Bihar
|
30
|
13.5
|
46
|
22.75
|
57
|
45.1
|
16
|
14.5
|
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
--
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
Delhi
|
10
|
4.7
|
11
|
5.28
|
14
|
11.5
|
4
|
2.75
|
|
|
Haryana
|
4
|
1.9
|
7
|
4.2
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
3.5
|
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1
|
0.5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0.75
|
1
|
0.5
|
|
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
6
|
2.7
|
2
|
1
|
16
|
13.75
|
5
|
4.5
|
|
|
Jharkhand
|
1
|
0.5
|
4
|
2.15
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2.75
|
|
|
Karnataka
|
--
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Kerala
|
12
|
4.09
|
8
|
3.8
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
0.5
|
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
5
|
2.2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
1.4
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
Maharashtra
|
1
|
0.5
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Manipur
|
--
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Meghalaya
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0.4
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Odisha
|
--
|
-
|
1
|
0.5
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Punjab
|
--
|
-
|
1
|
0.2
|
3
|
2.5
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Rajasthan
|
--
|
-
|
1
|
0.5
|
1
|
0.75
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1
|
0.5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0.75
|
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
46
|
22.3
|
48
|
22.75
|
69
|
55.19
|
18
|
15.25
|
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
--
|
|
3
|
1.9
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
West Bengal
|
199
|
83.8
|
189
|
84.41
|
145
|
103.46
|
47
|
34.6
|
|
|
Total =
|
316
|
137.19
|
322
|
149.94
|
327
|
249.8
|
103
|
82.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|