Background: Every year, 55–60 million Indians are pushed into poverty due to a high out of pocket
expenditure on account of healthcare, especially hospitalisation expenses.India has committed to
achieve UHC as part of the SDG agenda.
Methodology: a cross-sectional study was done in the urban eld practice area of PGIMS,Rohtak among the beneciaries of
Ayushmann Bharat scheme. A pre-designed, pre-tested semi-structured interview schedule was used to collect the data. Data
was compiled and analysed using spas v20.0.
Result: Out of 100 study participants, 83% were aware that their whole family was insured under AB-NMPM for amount of 5 lakhs
annually.However, only 52% were aware that OPD services in private empanelled hospitals are not covered under the scheme.
52.7% participants out of 72, who have availed the services under this scheme, were satised with the scheme and the procedure
under this scheme.
Conclusion: he awareness regarding different benets and exceptions of the country's agship programme among the
beneciaries is very poor. Awareness need to be raised among the beneciaries for better implementation of the programme.
The present study was carried out in two districts of Karnataka State during 2017-2018 to analyze the participation of tribal youth in agricultural activities. One hundred and sixty tribal youth were interviewed using a pre-tested interview schedule. The results revealed that a large number of tribal youth (40.63%) belong to high category of overall participation in agricultural activities, whereas 38.13 and 21.25 per cent of the tribal youth belong to low and medium level of overall participation in agricultural activities. Further, it was found that there exist no significant difference between Soliga and Kuruba tribal youth with respect to their participation in agricultural activities.
An attempt is made to construct a scale to measure the livelihood status of tribal youth using summated rating method. The methods of rating was followed in the construction of the scale. The livelihood scale developed was found to be reliable and valid. The scale developed is useful in explicitly measuring the livelihood status of tribal youth. Thirty farm youth from North Canara district of Karnataka state was interviewed to analyze their livelihood status using the scale developed for the study. The results revealed that more number of tribal youth (43.34%) were belonging to high livelihood status, whereas 36.66 and 20.00 per cent of tribal youth were belonging to medium and low level of livelihood status.
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