New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget at Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI Photo/ TV Grab) New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget at Parliament, in New Delhi on Thursday. (PTI Photo/ TV Grab)Presenting the last full Budget of the NDA government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced that the government will launch flagship National Health Protection scheme intended to cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families and 50 crore beneficiaries. The programme is being touted as the world’s largest health protection scheme. Besides, the Finance Minister stated that the government was slowly but steadily progressing towards the universal health coverage.

Source: Indian Express February 01, 2018 07:12 UTC