NEWS DELHI, NEW DELHI : The US Agency for International Development (USAID) gave an additional $3 million (around ₹22.5 crore) to India to help in its war against the covid-19 pandemic, as the number of coronavirus cases in India on Thursday ballooned to 34,976 and the toll reached 1,137.
The money will help more than 20,000 health facilities under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana AB-PMJAY, the health insurance scheme for 500 million poor and vulnerable people.
The financial support will help the National Health Authority (NHA), the nodal agency for implementing AB-PMJAY, in establishing a financing facility that can mobilize resources from the private sector for health facilities enrolled under the scheme through