<h1>National Health Protection Scheme provides government-funded secondary and tertiary hospitalisation cover for eligible poor and vulnerable families.</h1> The document describes two Ayushman Bharat initiatives: Health and Wellness Centres to strengthen primary care with comprehensive services, free essential medicines and diagnostics and private adoption options; and the National Health Protection Scheme, a government-funded programme providing secondary and tertiary hospitalisation coverage to poor and vulnerable families, supported by funds for implementation and linked to upgradation of district hospitals into medical colleges.