Summary:
The medical aid scheme is a programme of the Dr Ambedkar Foundation an autonomous body under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. About the scheme The scheme provides a medical aid of Rs1.25 lakh to Rs3.5 lakh for treatment of kidney heart liver brain cancer and many other life-threatening diseases including organ transplants and spinal surgeries. The scheme provides a medical aid of Rs1.25 lakh to Rs3.5 lakh for treatment of kidney heart liver brain cancer and many other life-threatening diseases including organ transplants and spinal surgeries. To become eligible for the aid under the scheme a person belonging to the SC/ST category must have an annual income of less than Rs3 lakh. “For a poor person an aid of up to Rs3.5 lakh is life saving in case of a serious disease..