Miscellaneous Schemes/ Initiatives under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
🌐 eSanjeevani – National Telemedicine Service
Launched in 2019
“Consult doctors from your home — no queues, no fees, just your phone or computer.”
🎯 What is eSanjeevani?
- A pan-India digital platform that enables patients to consult doctors remotely.
- Especially crucial during COVID-19 and in rural/underserved areas.
🔗 Integration with ABDM
- Integrated with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
- Users can now generate their ABHA ID, and link their digital health records directly on eSanjeevani.
This makes telemedicine records interoperable with India’s digital health ecosystem.
🤱 LaQshya – Labour Room Quality Improvement Initiative
Launched in 2017
“A safe and respectful childbirth is a woman’s right, not a luxury.”
🎯 Objective
To reduce preventable maternal and neonatal mortality, morbidity, and stillbirths, especially during labour room and maternity OT care.
🛠️ Key Interventions
- Train and monitor staff for respectful maternity care (tone, behaviour, communication).
- Enable natural birthing environments.
- Ensure 24×7 access to blood, diagnostics, medicines.
- Ensure skilled human resources availability.
🏥 Certification via NQAS
- Facilities are audited through National Quality Assurance Standards.
- Those scoring 70% or more are LaQshya certified.
👩🍼 Surakshit Matritva Aashwasan (SUMAN) Yojana
Launched in 2019
“No woman should die while giving life.”
🎯 Aim
To ensure zero-expense, dignified, quality healthcare for:
- Pregnant women
- Sick newborns
- Lactating mothers (up to 6 months postpartum)
✅ Free Services Provided
- Iron Folic Acid (IFA) supplements
- Tetanus-Diphtheria (TD) vaccination
- 6 home-based newborn care visits
- Comprehensive Antenatal Care (ANC)
- At least one ANC under PM Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan
SUMAN guarantees maternal dignity + neonatal care = Healthy Generations
🤱 MAA: Mother’s Absolute Affection
Launched in 2016
“Breastfeeding is a baby’s first vaccine.”
🎯 What is MAA?
- A nationwide campaign to promote exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months.
- Emphasis on counselling mothers and families via frontline health workers and institutions.
🧬 Mission Parivar Vikas
Launched in 2016
“Small family, happy family — through access and awareness.”
🎯 Objective
To increase the uptake of contraceptives and family planning services in 146 high-fertility districts (TFR ≥ 3).
📍 Geographic Focus
Seven high-burden states:
🟩 Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam
Together, they comprise 44% of India’s population.
🧺 Nayi Pahal Kit
A starter kit for newlyweds, containing:
- Family planning products
- Personal hygiene items
Promotes early conversation around reproductive health and spacing.
🧼 National Deworming Day (NDD)
Launched in 2015
“No worm should hinder a child’s growth.”
🎯 Objective
To eliminate Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) among children aged 1 to 19 years.
🧒 Target Group
- Preschool and school-age children, whether enrolled or not
🤝 Multi-ministry Collaboration
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Women & Child Development
- Ministry of Jal Shakti
🧪 Implementation
- Through Anganwadis and Schools
- Distribution of Albendazole tablets
- Behaviour change messaging: Cleanliness, toilet usage, hand hygiene
🩺 Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)
Launched in 1997
“Healthcare should not bankrupt a poor family.”
🧾 What is RAN?
- A registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
💰 Purpose
To provide financial assistance (up to ₹10 lakh) to BPL patients suffering from life-threatening diseases.
📌 Key Points
- Funds disbursed via Revolving Funds set up in 13 Central Govt Hospitals
- Private hospital treatment is not eligible
- Scrutiny done by a Technical Committee for each case
💧 Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF)
“A child shouldn’t die of something as preventable as diarrhoea.”
🗓️ Observed Since: 2014 (pre-monsoon and monsoon season)
🎯 Goal: Zero Child Deaths due to Childhood Diarrhoea
🔑 Activities
- Household visits by health workers
- ORS and Zinc distribution
- Awareness drives about hydration, sanitation, and diarrhoea prevention
🧫 National Viral Hepatitis Control Program (NVHCP)
Launched in 2018
“Hepatitis is silent — until it’s too late.”
🎯 Objectives
- Create community-level awareness, especially for high-risk groups
- Provide early diagnosis and treatment at all healthcare levels
🧭 Mission Goals
| Target | Details |
| Hepatitis B & C | Reduce mortality, prevent cirrhosis and liver cancer |
| Hepatitis C | Eliminate by 2030 (WHO target aligned) |
| Hepatitis A & E | Reduce risk in vulnerable populations |
🧬 NATIONAL AIDS AND STD CONTROL PROGRAMME (NACP – Phase V)
“A health mission that addresses not just a virus, but stigma, awareness, and public health equity.”
📜 Background
- Started in 1992 as India’s national response to HIV/AIDS.
- Four successful phases completed; currently in Phase V (up to 2026).
- Type: Central Sector Scheme
🎯 Goal
To align India’s HIV response with UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.3: Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
✅ Key Services
- Free prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and STDs.
- Focus on high-risk and vulnerable populations.
- India has shown remarkable progress:
New HIV infections have declined by 48% (vs. global average of 31% since 2010).
💊 Affordable Medicines And Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT)
Launched in 2015
“A scheme that makes expensive medicines affordable — because cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence just because of cost.”
🔍 What is AMRIT?
- AMRIT stores provide life-saving drugs and implants (esp. for cancer and cardiac care) at 60%–90% discounted rates.
- Operated in collaboration with HLL Lifecare Ltd, a PSU under MoHFW.
🏥 Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
Launched in 2006
“Health infrastructure and medical colleges for every region — not just for metros.”
🎯 Objective
- To correct regional healthcare imbalances.
- Improve medical education infrastructure.
🔧 Two Main Components
- Establishing AIIMS-like institutions in underserved states (e.g., Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Rishikesh).
- Upgrading 13 existing medical colleges to improve quality education and services.
📊 National Health Profile
Launched in 2005
“What gets measured, gets managed.”
🎯 Aim
To create a centralized health database for India — used by researchers, policymakers, and administrators.
- Prepared by: Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI)
- Tracks trends in:
- Demography
- Disease burden (communicable and non-communicable)
- Healthcare resources
🏥 National Health Resource Repository (NHRR)
Launched in 2018
“India’s health infrastructure, mapped — every bed, every facility.”
- First geospatial registry of all public and private healthcare facilities in India.
- Created by: CBHI
- Includes: Hospitals, clinics, labs, etc.
🍽️ Nikshay Poshan Yojana (NPY)
Launched in 2018
“A TB patient needs medicine — and meals.”
🎯 Objective
- Nutritional support for TB patients during their treatment.
💰 Incentive
- ₹500 per month via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT)
- Target: Every notified TB patient
- Part of: National Health Mission (NHM)
🥣 FOOD SAFETY MITRA (FSM) SCHEME
Launched in 2019
“For safe food, we need trained intermediaries between law and the kitchen.”
🎯 Aim
To help small and medium food businesses comply with food safety regulations.
- A Food Safety Mitra is:
- Professionally trained
- Certified by FSSAI
- Helps with licensing, hygiene ratings, training, and compliance
🤰 Dakshata Programme
Launched in 2015
“Well-trained birth attendants can reduce both maternal and newborn deaths.”
- Part of NHM, this initiative:
- Trains labour room staff (clinical + behavioural)
- Provides follow-up mentoring
- Improves care during intrapartum and postpartum periods
📱 ANMOL – Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Online
Launched in 2016
“From paper registers to tablets — digitizing grassroots healthcare.”
- A tablet-based app for ANMs
- Helps update and track data on:
- Pregnant women
- Immunization
- Maternal health
📞 KILKARI
Launched in 2016
“Mother’s phone becomes a source of trusted health advice.”
🎯 What is it?
- A mobile voice messaging service
- Delivers weekly messages from second trimester of pregnancy to child’s first birthday
📋 Topics Covered
- Pregnancy care
- Nutrition
- Immunization
- Breastfeeding
- Family planning
🩸 E-RAKTKOSH
Launched in 2016
“A digital blood bank at your fingertips.”
🎯 Aim
To create an online network of all blood banks in a state.
- Tracks availability of blood units
- Enables real-time inventory
- Enhances transparency and accessibility
🏥 CENTRAL– GOVERNMENT HEALTH SCHEME (CGHS)
Launched in 1954
“Retirement shouldn’t mean the end of healthcare benefits.”
🎯 Purpose
To provide comprehensive health services to:
- Central govt. employees
- Pensioners
- Dependents
📲 myCGHS App
- Access to Electronic Health Records (EHR)
- Facility booking, medicine tracking, etc.
🧠 TELE-MANAS
Launched in 2022
“Mental health care that’s just a phone call away.”
🎯 Aim
To provide 24×7 mental health services across India — especially in underserved regions.
🔧 Part of: National Mental Health Programme (NMHP)
📱 Mobile App Features:
- Self-care tools
- Mental health resources
- Confidential counselling