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Ayushman Bharat - Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Yojna

   आयुष्मान भारत - प्रधानमंत्री जन आरोग्य योजना 

Ayushman Bharat - Pradhanmantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY), Scheme is launched by central government of India on 23 September 2018.

Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme, which will cover over 10 crore (one hundred million) poor and vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore (five hundred million) beneficiaries) providing coverage up to 5 lakh rupees ($7,100) per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization. 

Benefits of the scheme are portable across the country and a beneficiary covered under the scheme will be allowed to take cashless benefits from any public or private empaneled hospitals across the country.

It will be an entitlement based scheme with entitlement decided on the basis of deprivation criteria in the SECC database. It will target about 10.74 crore poor, deprived rural families and identified occupational category of urban workers' families as per the latest Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data covering both rural and urban.

Wellness centres

Rs 1200 crore ($170 million) allocated for 1.5 lakh (150,000) health and wellness centres,Under this 1.5 lakh centres will be setup to provide comprehensive health care,including for non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health services, apart from free essential drugs and diagnostic services  The government will upgrade existing Public Health Centres to Wellness Centres. The welfare scheme has been rolled out on August 15, 2018. Further, Contribution of private sector through CSR and philanthropic institutions in adopting these centres is also envisaged.The list of Services to be provided at Health & Wellness Centre include: 


Pregnancy care and maternal health services



Neonatal and infant health services


Child health



Chronic communicable diseases


Non-communicable diseases



Management of mental illness



Dental care


To Check Your Eligibility

Visit: 

https://mera.pmjay.gov.in/search/login

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