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Project SARATHI: Student Volunteers for Hospital Patient Help

10 August 20261 min read
GOVERNMENT SCHEMESProject SARATHI:Student Volunteersfor Hospital PatientHelp10 August 2026safalsetu.com

Why in the news

Health Minister J.P. Nadda met officials in New Delhi on 1 August 2026 to plan a countrywide rollout in central government hospitals and institutes.

Key facts

  • Nodal body: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • Youth-led and volunteer-driven assistance for patients.
  • Enrolment, orientation, attendance, monitoring and certification via the MY Bharat portal (Youth Affairs ministry).
  • Volunteers also help patients create ABHA IDs, easing queues.

What volunteers do

  • Guide patients around the hospital, move wheelchairs and stretchers, help at OPD desks and locate labs.
  • Offer purely supportive services only; role creep in understaffed hospitals is the risk this limit addresses.
  • Draw on NSS units, nursing trainees and youth volunteers.

Related terms

  • MY Bharat: autonomous body from 31 October 2023; its National Youth Corps pays volunteers a monthly honorarium.
  • NSS: older student volunteering scheme (1969).
  • ABHA: 14-digit health account number under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (2021).

Exam angle

  • Nodal ministry: Health and Family Welfare.
  • Portal ministry: Youth Affairs and Sports.

Test yourself

1. Which ministry is the nodal ministry for Project SARATHI?

Notes name the health ministry as nodal; the youth ministry hosts the MY Bharat portal.

2. What is Project SARATHI's volunteers' role in public hospitals?

Volunteers give non-clinical guidance; no clinical, medical or administrative duties.

3. Through which portal are Project SARATHI volunteers registered and certified?

Registration, attendance, performance tracking and certification run via the MY Bharat portal.

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