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FInance regime minister Nirmala Sitharaman on mon come to come out at the TMC government in West Bengal, alleging that its failure to implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme denied poor residents, including migrant workers, access to free treatment across the country.Follow updates on IndiGo chaos hereWhile replying to a debate in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said Ayushman Bharat offers national portability, allowing migrant workers from Bengal to access free treatment in any of the more than 32,000 networked hospitals across India."Staying out of the national framework, which is Ayushman Bharat, stifles the economic potential of West Bengal's healthcare sector," Sitharaman said.Also read: Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh, Gaurav Luthra fled to Thailand hours after blaze killed 25, say policeShe further said that an estimated ₹785 crore would have been reaching Bengal, but the state did not want it."If that money were put into the healthcare of the people, their own money could have been spent on anything else. But they didn't because of their stubbornness, ultimately hurting the poor people of Bengal," the minister noted.Also read: Navjot Singh Sidhu's political comeback hits ‘500 crore’ wall: Congress suspends his wife, what next for ‘guru’?If West Bengal were integrated into the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) ecosystem, which supports crores of families across the country, Kolkata could have leveraged this patient volume to emerge as the primary medical hub for eastern and northeastern India, catalysing private infrastructure growth and modernisation, she added.Also read: Starlink VP clarifies on India pricing, says website 'not live'; glitch made ‘dummy test data’ visibleWest Bengal is the only state which has not implemented the Ayushman Bharat scheme.It has implemented Swasthya Sathi, an insurance initiative by the West Bengal government.

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