26 cr cards created under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY-MA Yojana

New Delhi [India], October 20 : Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) has crossed the milestone of 26 crore Ayushman cards across the country on October 19, 2023, said an official release.
According to an official press release, "The flagship scheme being implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA) provides health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 crore beneficiary families."
Ayushman card creation is the most fundamental activity under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and concerted efforts are being continuously made to ensure every beneficiary under the scheme has an Ayushman card, it said.
It is one of the key activities under the Ayushman Bhavah campaign launched with the intent to ensure the saturation of health schemes of the Government of India. Since the launch of the campaign on September 13, 2023, more than 1.5 crore Ayushman Card requests have been successfully received on NHA's IT platform.
In the month of October 23, 86 lakh Ayushman Cards were created till October 19, 2023.
In order to reach out to the last mile, NHA has launched the 'Ayushman App' for Ayushman Card creation. The app has a unique feature of self-verification. In simple 4 steps, this feature enables users to create an Ayushman Card without visiting any card creation centre. Further, any person can help beneficiaries to create an Ayushman card, said the release.
Thus, the Ayushman App enables Jan Bhagidari. The success of this application can be measured by the fact that the app has been downloaded more than 26 lakhs times, since its launch of the app on September 13, 2023, it said.
As per the release, today the Ayushman Card has become a symbol of equity, entitlement and empowerment. It gives an assurance to the poor and deprived families that they will be protected against the double whammy of disease and the debilitating impact of catastrophic expenditure incurred for its treatment. Underscoring this fact, the Government is making all-out efforts to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries possess Ayushman Cards.
With 4 crore Ayushman Cards, Uttar Pradesh tops the list of States with the highest number of Ayushman Cards. Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh stand at number two and three positions with 3.69 cr and 2.04 cr Ayushman cards respectively. Further, it is a matter of immense satisfaction that 49 per cent of Ayushman Cards are held by female beneficiaries, it said.
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY has successfully catered to 5.7 crore hospital admissions worth more than Rs 70,000 crore. Thus, saving more than 1 lakh crore out of pocket expenditure for poor and deprived families.
"More updates about the scheme are available at https://dashboard.pmjay.gov.in/pmj/#/," the release added.