Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

transmission and morbidity. This scheme is operative in total 21 towns and 11 more towns
with population of 40,000 and above are to be included in future.
11.5.41 An outlay of Rs. 100.00 lac is provided for the 11 th Five Year Plan. An
expenditure of Rs. 3.89 lac was incurred during 2007-08. An outlay of Rs. 20.00 lac had
been provided for the Annual Plan 2008-09 for material supply, against which an expenditure
of Rs. 15.72 lac incurred. An outlay of Rs. 25.00 lac was provided for the Annual Plan 2009-
10, against which an expenditure of Rs. 0.99 lac had been incurred.
11.5.42 Against the approved outlay of Rs. 25.00 lac for the Annual Plan 2010-11, an
expenditure of Rs. 13.67 lac was incurred. An outlay of Rs. 10.00 lac is provided for the
Annual Plan 2011-12 for material & supply i.e. Malarial Larvicide Oil(MLO), Bacillus
thuriengiensis var isrealensis(Bti) WP, Napsec sprayer, hand operated pumps, Brass
continuous sprayer(filter pumps), kerosene oil(for Phyreythrum spray) etc and payment of
2% incidental charges on the material received from GoI(in kind). The Government of India
supplies the material(in kind) i.e. Fenthion, Temephos and Phyreythrum for anti larval
operations in the urban areas as its 50% share.
DHS-3 Punjab Nirogi Yojna (33:67)
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Outlay – Rs. 100.00 lac
11.5.43 As per Government of India directions, a scheme “Punjab Nirogi Yojna” was
framed to establish “State Illness Assistance Fund” to avail assistance under the GoI scheme
“Rashtriya Aarogya Nidhi(RAN)”. The objective of this scheme is to provide financial
assistance to the poor persons below the poverty line (BPL) in getting treatment of major life
threatening diseases. From the State Illness Fund, financial assistance can be provided to the
hospitals upto Rs. 1.50 lac in an individual case and the state government can forward all
such cases to Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi(RAN) where the quantum of financial assistance is
likely to exceed Rs. 1.50 lac.
11.5.44 An outlay of Rs. 200.00 lac is provided for the 11 th Five Year Plan. An
amount of Rs. 100.00 lac was deposited in the Punjab Nirogi Society (PNS) bank account
during 2007-08. Against the outlay of Rs. 100.00 lac in the Annual Plan 2008-09, same
amount was credited with the PNS. The state government has created State Illness Fund with
a corpus of Rs. 2.50 crore for treatment of persons below the poverty line.