West Bengal gets ₹3,000 crore for healthcare revamp, Ayushman Bharat card rollout from July: CM Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a ₹3,000 crore allocation from the Centre for healthcare improvements in the state. The rollout of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme is set to begin in July, with six crore beneficiaries expected to be included initially. The Chief Minister also emphasized plans for increased recruitment in the healthcare sector to address staffing shortages.
- ▪The West Bengal government has received ₹3,000 crore for revamping public healthcare, with ₹500 crore already transferred.
- ▪Ayushman Bharat cards are expected to be distributed to beneficiaries starting in July 2026.
- ▪An agreement will be signed to extend Ayushman Bharat benefits to over one crore migrants from Bengal living outside the state.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday (May 23, 2026) announced that his government has received a sanction of around ₹3,000 crore in the current fiscal from the Centre for revamping the public healthcare sector in the State, of which ₹500 crore has already been transferred. PM Modi welcomes move to implement Ayushman Bharat scheme in West BengalCards for the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme are likely to be distributed to beneficiaries of the State from July this year, the CM said.“We have received a sanction of ₹2,103 crore from the Union Health Ministry for the National Health Mission (NHM) for the current financial year, a fourth of which, ₹500 crore, has already been transferred by the Centre,” Mr.
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