26 crore cards created under AB-PMJAY till October 19: Health Ministry
The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana crossed the milestone of 26 crore Ayushman cards across the country on October 19, the health ministry said on Friday.
The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana crossed the milestone of 26 crore Ayushman cards across the country on October 19, the health ministry said on Friday.
The National Health Authority has crossed a major milestone of generating more than one crore tokens for outpatient department registrations using Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) based scan and share service.
According to the data released by the National Health Authority under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Uttar Pradesh leads the nation by generating as many as 4,77,19,482 Ayushman Bharat health accounts.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said that the launch of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana…
With this, eight lakh new families are expected to be included in the scheme. The beneficiary family will have to pay an annual premium of Rs 1,500 only.
According to the data available, the government took the resolution to cover 1.16 crore families under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the last five financial years and has so far benefited 68.92 lakh families from the scheme, achieving 59.01 percent of the target.
Hailing the government’s “Ayushman Bharat” initiative, the vice-president said 1.4 billion people are getting medical treatment at an affordable price.
More than 134 crore people across the country have benefitted from AB-HWCs, and more than 86.90 crore beneficiaries have been cumulatively screened for non-communicable diseases.
With the launch of the scheme Antyodaya families have been brought under the ambit of 'Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana' (AB-PMYAY).
Addressing the Silver Jubilee celebrations of a private cancer hospital, Jagdeep Dhankhar said, “Wiping the tears of the poor is the job of everyone because that is the mandate given by our creator. If you give, you gain greatly.”