Update on PM-ABHIM

• PM-ABHIM = Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission — India's largest pan-India scheme for public health infrastructure, launched post-COVID to build pandemic-resilient systems.
• Outlay ₹64,180 crore for FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26; a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) with Central Sector (CS) components.
• Hybrid focus: primary (Ayushman Arogya Mandirs), secondary (Block PH Units, Critical Care Blocks) and surveillance/lab (IPHLs, BSL-3, NCDC, NIV) capacities.
• High-yield for GS-II (Health, Welfare schemes) and GS-III (S&T – Pandemic preparedness).