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HMDG

Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant
NationwideIndividualCentralMinistry Of Health & Family WelfareNo start date
myScheme’s own wording, reproduced in full. Where it is thin, that is the finding, and the completeness checks are below.

What this is

A health scheme by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for financially poor patients to defray a part of the expenditure on Hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals,for life threatening diseases covered under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), in cases where free medical facilities aren't there.

In detail

A health scheme by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for financially poor patients to defray a part of the expenditure on Hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals,for life threatening diseases covered under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), in cases where free medical facilities are not available. Only those having annual family income up to Rs.1.25,000/- and below are eligible for financial assistance from Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG). Under this scheme, Financial assistance is provided towards treatment in Government hospitals including super specialty Government hospitals / institutes.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant must not be an employee of either Central or State Govt.
  • The applicant must have been Hospitalized / Undergoing Treatment in a Government Hospital (including super specialty Government hospitals / institutes).
  • The Total Annual Family Income of the applicant must not exceed ₹1,00,000/- per annum.
Listed by myScheme
Documentation completeness
5 of 9 checks passed
Checks are about the record,
not about the scheme.
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Eligibility published here322 characters
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Benefit amount published herefield empty
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Description more than a name300 characters
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Implementing agency published herefield absent from the record
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How to apply published here1 URL(s) published
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Start date published herenot published
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End date published hereno end date recorded, so indefinite by omission
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Stored links well-formedall parse
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Not expired while still listedno end date
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Provenance

Every field above, and where it came from
schemeNameHealth Minister’s Discretionary GrantmyScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryNameMinistry Of Health & Family WelfaremyScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme