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(who have worked for more than fifteen days during preceding financial year), Beedi workers, Domestic workers,
Sanitation Workers, Mine Workers, Rickshaw pullers, Rag pickers and Auto/Taxi drivers in the unorganized sector
who are enrolled under RSBY.
Since 1st April, 2015, the Scheme Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has been transferred from Labour and
Employment Ministry to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on “as is where is” basis.
13. National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) (2007)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare had launched this programme on the pilot phase basis in the year
2006-07(January 2007) in an effort to tackle the high incidence of deafness in the country, in view of the
preventable nature of this disability. Under this programme, hearing-aid are provided as per synergy between
Assistance to Disabled Persons (ADIP) Scheme of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MSJE) and National
Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
14. The National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) (2007)
In order to protect the youth and masses from the adverse effects of tobacco usage, second hand smoke (SHS)
and to discourage the consumption of tobacco, the Govt. Of India enacted and comprehensive tobacco control
law namely “Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and
Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. In order to facilitate the effective implementation of
the Tobacco Control Law, to bring about greater awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco as well as to fulfil
the obligations under the WHO-FCTC, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India launched
the National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) in 2007- 08 in 42 districts of 21 States/Union Territories of the
country with objective to bring about greater awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco use and Tobacco
Control Laws and to facilitate effective implementation of the Tobacco Control Laws. Further, the objective of this
programme is to control tobacco consumption and minimize the deaths caused by it.
15. The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) (2003)
PMSSY was announced in 2003 with objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/
reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.
PMSSY has two components:
(i)
Setting up of AIIMS like Institutions.
(ii) Upgradation of Government Medical College Institutions.
Apart from declaration of six AIIMS in 2003, the PMSSY scheme has been enlarged to encompass setting up of
many other AIIMS at different states and also upgradation of existing Government Medical Colleges/Institutions
(GMCIs) in different states.
16. Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched in April 2005 by modifying the National Maternity Benefit Scheme
(NMBS).
The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a centrally sponsored Scheme which is being implemented with the objective
of reducing maternal and infant mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women. Under
the JSY, eligible pregnant women are entitled for cash assistance irrespective of the age of mother and number