New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has urged the Centre to revisit the funding pattern under Ayushman Vay Vandana, saying that the existing 60:40 Centre-State arrangement could place a disproportionate financial burden on states with ageing populations, particularly Kerala.
Tharoor raised the issue under Rule 377 in the Lok Sabha. In a post on X, he said that his submission was laid on the Table of the House on Monday and called for a financing mechanism that takes demographic differences among states into account.
"Between disruptions: My submission under Rule 377 was laid on the Table of the House yesterday," Tharoor said in his tweet.
He said that the Ayushman Vay Vandana scheme, which extends Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) health insurance coverage to senior citizens aged 70 years and above, continues to operate under the existing 60:40 Centre-State funding pattern.
According to Tharoor's submission, central financial assistance is also subject to a prescribed per-beneficiary-family ceiling. He argued that states have to bear expenditure beyond the prescribed limit.
