Former Union Minister and local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday said that Right to Health Facilities may also become a reality soon.
“On the lines of Right to Education and Right to Food in the form of Food Security Act, the Right to Health Facilities may also become a reality, said Bansal while addressing the residents in Industrial Area phase I here. Bansal said that the Union Government had already started National Health Insurance Scheme for the poor people by providing them insurance of Rs 30,000 per year. The party president Sonia Gandhi had been stressing that residents should also be provided good health facilities as has been done by ensuring good education for each child under RTE and ensuring food for every family under National Food Security Act, he said.
Bansal also spoke upon the misconception about the subsidies on lPG and use of Aadhaar cards. He said that earlier the lPG cylinders were being black marketed and general public was facing problems in getting these cylinders. “The Government had launched MNREGA scheme for providing 100 days employment to the labour. But, there were complaints that money was not reaching the beneficiaries for whom the scheme was meant for. looking into the complaints, it was decided to provide the benefit to the actual beneficiaries. Therefore, the subsidies on lPG or payment of wages under MNREGA, was started through the bank, linked with Aadhar cards,” he added.
Referring to National Food Security Act, Bansal said that smart ration cards were being made and this would also ensure that depot holders will have to give ration to the card holders. He said that many schemes were being formulated for the public but later it was found that the number of beneficiaries was less than the number expected, for whom the scheme was formulated. This was because of less awareness about the schemes. Former Union Minister and local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal on Sunday said that Right to Health Facilities may also become a reality soon.