In Latest AAP vs Centre, Health Funds To Punjab May Be Stopped: Sources
The Centre`s choice to prevent budget to Punjab for a national fitness scheme units up the following large conflict among the BJP and Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which guidelines the state. The budget given to states beneathneath the Ayushman Bharat for Health Wellness Centres will now no longer be launched for Punjab, pinnacle fitness ministry reassets stated today, accusing the AAP authorities of converting the call and branding of the scheme.
“The cash is given for this scheme. If there may be no scheme, then no cash. Punjab has now no longer best modified the branding however has additionally commenced calling them mohalla clinics,” reassets stated.
Last week, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated in parliament that each Punjab and Andhra Pradesh had created healthcare centers with the aid of using the usage of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna.
The Union Health Ministry reportedly wrote to the Punjab authorities these days pronouncing that it’d be “improper” to deviate from the phrases of the Memorandum of Understanding.
In 2018, all states were advised approximately the branding, coloration and coding for use for the fitness scheme. Punjab had did not observe the instructions, reassets stated. Last year, Punjab received ₹ a hundred forty five crore beneathneath the scheme.
AAP, which got here to energy in Punjab remaining year, these days released four hundred greater Aam Aadmi clinics withinside the state, taking the entire wide variety of the neighbourhood clinics to 500.
