{"id":14318,"date":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/11-03-2021\/pradhan-mantri-swasthya-suraksha-nidhi-pmssn\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T00:00:00","slug":"pradhan-mantri-swasthya-suraksha-nidhi-pmssn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/11-03-2021\/pradhan-mantri-swasthya-suraksha-nidhi-pmssn","title":{"rendered":"Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister approved the <strong>Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN) <\/strong>as a <strong>single non-lapsable reserve fund<\/strong> for <strong>share of Health<\/strong> from the proceeds of<strong> Health and Education Cess<\/strong> levied under<strong> Section 136-b of Finance Act, 2007.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The accruals into the <strong>PMSSN will be utilised for the flagship schemes<\/strong> of the Health Ministry including:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ayushmann Bharat\u2013Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ayushman Bharat\u2013Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>National Health Mission <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pradhan<\/strong> <strong>Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)<\/strong> and also <strong>disaster preparedness<\/strong>, and responses <strong>during health emergencies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The administration and maintenance of the PMSSN are entrusted to the<strong> health ministry <\/strong>and in a<strong>ny financial year.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The expenditure on such schemes of the MoHFW would be initially incurred from the <strong>PMSSN <\/strong>and thereafter, <strong>from gross budgetary support (GBS)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The major benefit will be: <strong>enhanced access to universal<\/strong> &#038; <strong>affordable health care<\/strong> through <strong>availability of earmarked resource<\/strong>s, while ensuring that the <strong>amount does not lapse at the end of financial year.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Health is vital for improved developmental outcomes. From an economic standpoint, <strong>better health improves productivity<\/strong>, and r<strong>educes losses due to premature death, prolonged disability and early retirement.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Health and Nutrition <\/strong>also <strong>directly impact scholastic achievements<\/strong> and <strong>have a bearing on productivity and income. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Health Outcomes depend substantially on <strong>public spending on health.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>One extra year of population life expectancy raises <strong>GDP per capita by 4%,<\/strong> Investment in health creates <strong>millions of jobs<\/strong>,<strong> largely for women<\/strong>, through a much needed expansion of the <strong>health workforce<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In the budget speech 2018, the Finance Minister while announcing Ayushman Bharat Scheme, also announced <strong>replacement of existing 3% Education Cess by 4% Health and Education Cess.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:735px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color:#fff2cc; width:466.5pt\">\n<p><strong>Cess<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cess is a <strong>form of tax charged\/levied over and above the base tax<\/strong> liability of a taxpayer.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A cess is usually <strong>imposed additionally <\/strong>when the<strong> state or the central government <\/strong>looks to <strong>raise funds for specific purposes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Types of Cess in India<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Education Cess<\/strong>: Education cess was introduced to finance and provide standard quality education to poor people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and education cess<\/strong>: Proposed in Budget 2018 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to meet the education and health needs of rural and rural and Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swachh Bharat Cess<\/strong>: Introduced in 2015, a 0.5% Swachh Bharat cess was imposed to fund a national campaign for clearing the roads, streets and the infrastructure of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Krishi Kalyan Cess<\/strong>: This cess was aimed at developing the agricultural economy, and was collected at the rate of 0.5%.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infrastructure Cess:<\/strong> Announced in Union Budget 2016, this cess was charged on the production of vehicles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1703736\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source:PIB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister approved the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi (PMSSN) as a single non-lapsable reserve fund for share of Health from the proceeds of Health and Education Cess levied under Section 136-b of Finance Act, 2007. 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