Modicare: Centre finalises 1,100 benefit packages, states still not ready

NITI Aayog and Union health ministry to hold a second round of consultation with states

The government, which has finalised around 1,100 health benefit packages to be given under the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), plans to launch the new flagship programme on August 15. However, state governments are still deliberating the implementation model, cost and intended beneficiaries. 
 
“We will hold another round of consultations with states as they are still seeking clarification. In the second round, we will finalise the architecture and various implementation models that states can adopt,” according to a senior official overseeing the roll-out of the scheme.
 
Last month, the Union health ministry and the NITI Aayog had called