India, 1991.
Following the success of Aadhar and Saksham Yojana, Aryan knew that the next national transformation had to come from public health. But not by copying failed welfare models. His vision was different:
"We will not give it for free. We will make it sustainable. If the people own it, they will protect it."
He called it HealthGrid India.
HealthGrid was not a traditional public healthcare scheme. It was a digital-first, insurance-backed, data-integrated healthcare network.
The rollout was cautious but strategic:
Phase 1 (Year 1–5): Cover all citizens above 55 and below 10 years of age.
Insurance provided through LIC Health, with premium-based tiers.
No free rides — every citizen must opt into minimum premium schemes.
HealthGrid featured:
Aadhar-linked digital health profile for every citizen.
DNA & biometric medical history stored securely.
Real-time disease surveillance and outbreak detection.
Private & public hospital integration.
Fully cashless emergency coverage in every district.
Aryan addressed the media with confidence:
"We are not distributing medicine. We are building the nervous system of a healthy nation."
Every Aadhar ID now included a secure HealthGrid Layer.
State governments were made stakeholders. LIC Health partnered with district hospitals. Aryan appointed doctors-turned-bureaucrats as Health Commissioners for each state.
Critics said it would collapse. But within two years:
Infant mortality fell by 8%.
Rural vaccination coverage rose to 92%.
LIC Health crossed 100 million policyholders.
HealthGrid became India's first public-private health matrix, and it worked.
Aryan added another silent victory to his list.
But the real win, as he would say later, was when a tribal woman in Bastar received a remote heart scan via satellite — and lived.
He didn't just want to govern. He wanted India to live longer.
And now, it would.