Rai said 297 CRPF personnel, 108 of CISF, 76 of CISF, 74 of ITBP, 22 of SSB have died since 2019.
6.2 crore approved hospital admissions till January 2024,as many as 57.5lakh were senior citizens aged 70 years and more. The government’s expenditure for treatment under the scheme reached a staggering Rs 79,200 crore over the last six years till January 2024, of which Rs 9,878.5 crore was allocated for treatment.
The All India Sufi Sajjada Nashin Council (AISSC) on Tuesday said that it supports the government's proposal to amend the Act and that it was long overdue.