Parliamentary Panel Recommends Free Biannual Kidney Tests for Below-Poverty Populations

India's Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health recommended free kidney function tests (KFT) every 6 months for people below the poverty line and nominal cost for others, under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Healthtech builders should prepare diagnostic platforms and lab networks for mass screening—government-backed volume guarantees could open scale, but require compliance infrastructure and cost optimization.

Source: ET HealthWorld ↗