# Bengal gets Rs 3,000 cr healthcare boost, Ayushman rollout from July 2026-08-10T12:58:14+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced that the Centre has sanctioned about Rs 3,000 crore for revamping the state's public healthcare sector this fiscal, with Rs 500 crore already released. He said Ayushman Bharat health insurance cards will likely be distributed from July, covering around six crore existing Swasthya Sathi cardholders initially. The announcement marks a shift from the previous Mamata Banerjee government's claims that the BJP-led Centre withheld nearly Rs 1 lakh crore in funds. Adhikari said the Union Health Minister has assured reimbursement of earlier NHM allocations once utilisation certificates for 2021-22 are submitted by May 30. The state also plans to sign an agreement in June to extend Ayushman cover to over one crore migrant residents. ## Coverage - millenniumpost.in Tags: Ayushman Bharat, Central funds, healthcare, Suvendu Adhikari, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-gets-rs-3000-cr-healthcare-boost-ayushman-rollout-from-july/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-gets-rs-3000-cr-healthcare-boost-ayushman-rollout-from-july/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.