Jabalpur, Aug. 26 -- Union Minister JP Nadda lauded the Ayushman Bharat Scheme while addressing a gathering in Jabalpur terming it as a "holistic" health policy.

The Union Minister on Monday said that the government has emphasised making the Ayushman Bharat scheme a "preventive, promotive and curative" healthcare solution.

"A new health policy has been formulated under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi, which is a holistic health policy. In this health policy, we have emphasised for the first time that it should include preventive, promotive and curative healthcare. Our concern should be that a person should not fall ill in the first place," Nadda.

Nadda and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav jointly launched several public welfare initiat...