According to an official in the Niti Aayog, the World Bank by 15 May is likely to submit a report on how other countries where such health insurance mechanism is in place ensures that there is no fraud or corruption under the scheme. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/MintNew Delhi: The Niti Aayog has sought World Bank’s assistance to provide it with information and expertise on fraud detection and prevention to ensure no embezzlement of funds takes place in the Centre’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM). The World Bank assistance is being taken as it has expertise from its international experience. According to an official in the NITI Aayog, the World Bank by 15 May is likely to submit a report on how other countries where such health insurance mechanism is in place ensures that there is no fraud or corruption under the scheme. Touted as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare insurance programme, ‘AB-NHPM’ will provide a coverage of Rs5 lakh per family annually and benefit more than 10 crore families belonging to the poor and vulnerable sections of the society.

Source: Mint May 06, 2018 09:22 UTC