Maharashtra launches ₹65.25 crore 'Majha Gaon, Arogyasampann Gaon' rural healthcare initiative

Key facts

• Maharashtra government launched the ₹65.25 crore 'Majha Gaon, Arogyasampann Gaon' rural healthcare initiative on World Health Day.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the campaign in Mumbai in the presence of Deputy Chief Ministers Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Ajit Pawar.
• Public Health and Family Welfare Minister Prakash Abitkar outlined the campaign’s vision to strengthen rural healthcare systems and make villages disease-free.
• The initiative emphasises preventive healthcare including sanitation, clean drinking water, wastewater management, nutrition, and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
• It prioritises maternal and child health, mental health, and lifestyle-related illnesses.
• Administrative committees have been set up from state to village level for implementation.
• Villages meeting predefined health indicators will be recognised as 'Arogyasampann Gaon'.