Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Uttar Pradesh on October 15, 2021 and launch Pradhan Mantri Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana in Varanasi.

Key Points

• Earlier on the same day, he inaugurated nine medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh.
• PM is also set to inaugurate several development projects worth more than Rs 5200 crore for Varanasi.

About Prime Minister Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PMASBY)

PMASBY is going to be one of the largest pan-India schemes to strengthen healthcare infrastructure across India. This scheme is being launched in addition to the National Health Mission. It is a central sector scheme, that targets for building an IT enabled disease surveillance system by means of developing a network of surveillance laboratories at national, regional, district and block levels.

Objective of PMASBY

PMASBY will be launched with the objective of filling critical gaps in public health infrastructure, with special focus on critical care facilities & primary care across the urban and rural areas.