Noida: A residents’ group in Noida has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to increase the advantages of Ayushman Bharat well being care scheme to senior residents retired from the personal sector with no medical advantages. Solely low-income households are eligible for advantages below this well being insurance coverage scheme. Nevertheless, the Noida Federation of Condo Homeowners Affiliation (NOFAA) seems to be recommending entry to the scheme for extra folks.

“A big inhabitants of our nation consists of senior residents above the age of 60 years. This determine, which is round 12 per cent now, is growing day-to-day with the passage of time. Though they pay their taxes truthfully, nonetheless a few of them are so unlucky that they don’t seem to be entitled to any profit of presidency schemes. They’ve been left excessive and dry on the street,” NOFAA mentioned within the letter.

“Majority of senior residents working within the personal sector don’t get pension or medical amenities after retirement. The speed of curiosity on deposits is so low that they cannot handle to even have two meals a day.

“Throughout their sundown years, they want extra medical consideration. Additionally the insurance coverage corporations are reluctant to provide them any appropriate cowl,” the letter added.

The NOFAA mentioned all the nation is praising PM Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, which supplies sure sections of the inhabitants with a medical cowl of as much as Rs 5 lakh.