new delhi p chidambaram should not be taken seriously union health minister jp nadda said on friday after the congress leader termed the budget announcement on a new national health protection programme a big jumla rhetoricformer union finance minister p chidambaram took a dig at the centres new healthcare scheme saying a scheme without money was like flying a kite without a stringhe also took a swipe at finance minister arun jaitley over his claim that he would raise money for the scheme in the future by calling it a perfect jumla gimmickchidambaram had yesterday described the scheme as another jumla as the centre had not earmarked any funds for it in the budget estimateswhen asked about chidambarams remarks nadda said i think mr chidambaram should not be taken seriously nadda said the scheme was a historic and revolutionary stepthis is the first time in history that any government has shown such a courage i would want that you praise it we stand committed to it implementing the scheme nadda saidthe national health protection scheme nhps announced by jaitley in the budget aims to cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the countrythe scheme will cover about 10 crore households and give a maximum coverage of rs 5 lakh per person it is expected to impact about 50 crore peopleit would entail an investment of rs 10000rs 12000 crore and was likely to be launched either on august 15 or october 2 official sources saidseeking to allay the concerns about the funding of the scheme health minister j p nadda today said finances would not be a problem and added that the centre was working out the nittygritties of the programmechidambaram yesterday said that the promise of rs 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary healthcare was a big jumla the target group is 10 crore families there is as yet no scheme he had saidhe had said that assuming that each family will avail rs 50000 the amount required per year will be rs 5 lakh crore is the fm serious chidambaram had asked