₹five lakh per annum per family Kolkata: Months ahead of the 2021 state polls, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expanded the state-run "Swasthya Sathi' health scheme to cover the entire population of the state.
The decision will be applicable from December 1, 2020, Banerjee announced.She drew parallel with the Centre's 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme saying that it was being run n a 60:40 ratio with the states implementing it, while 'Swasthya Sathi' was totally funded by the West Bengal government. "Earlier, we had decided to enroll at least 7.5 crore people under 'Swathya Sathi'.
I am announcing today that every family in West Bengal, every person, be it a child or an old man or woman, irrespective of their religious.