{"id":292690,"date":"2024-04-24T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T11:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=292690"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:06:57","slug":"rashtriya-arogya-nidhi-ran-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rashtriya-arogya-nidhi-ran-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201c<strong>Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme<\/strong>&#8221; published in \u201c<strong>The Hindu<\/strong>\u201d on 24 April 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the Delhi High Court has held that the new threshold income to claim benefit under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme is prima facie \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">extremely low<\/span>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new umbrella scheme of RAN, the threshold of monthly income for obtaining benefit is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u20b91,571 for rural areas<\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rs 1,605 for urban areas<\/span>. The court is of prima facie view that the threshold limit is extremely low.<\/p>\n<h2>About Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 455px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/th.bing.com\/th\/id\/OIP.csegiNyJDjbBJOgI34OlMAAAAA?rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain\" alt=\"Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) \" width=\"455\" height=\"238\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">yogiyojna.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7895%;\"><strong>Aspects\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.2105%;\"><strong>\u00a0Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7895%;\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.2105%;\">1. It\u00a0is provided by the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n2. It provides <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">one-time financial assistance to poor patients<\/span> living below State\/UT wise threshold poverty line and suffering from life threatening diseases relating to heart, kidney, liver, cancer, etc. for treatment at any of Super Specialty Government hospitals\/institutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7895%;\"><strong>Scheme type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76.2105%;\">Central sector scheme<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 23.7895%;\"><strong>Components<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>The Umbrella Scheme of RAN includes three key components as follows:<br \/>\n1. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN): <\/span>It offers <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">up to 15 lakhs in financial aid<\/span> for <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">treating critical illnesses<\/span> related to the heart, kidney, liver etc, at government hospitals or institutions with super specialty services.<br \/>\n2. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Health Minister\u2019s Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF): <\/span>It provides financial assistance up to 15 lakhs for cancer treatment at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Regional Cancer Centres <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(RCCs),<\/span> Tertiary Care Cancer Centres <span style=\"color: #333333;\">(TCCCs), and<\/span> State Cancer Institutes<span style=\"color: #333333;\"> (SCIs).<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n3. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Financial Assistance for Patients with Rare Diseases: <\/span>It allocates <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">up to 20 lakhs for treatment of specified rare diseases<\/span> at government hospitals or institutes equipped with super specialty facilities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ayushman-bharat-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aayushman bharat Programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus- Schemes and Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme has been created based on the article \u201cRashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme&#8221; published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 24 April 2024. Why in the news? 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