Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 17 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), J&K Executive Member, Puneet Mahajan handed over Ayushman Bharat Golden Card to a patient admitted in ASCOM Hospital, Sidhra who got operated for free medical health cover under the scheme AB PM-JAY .
Speaking on the occasion, he said Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) is a flagship scheme of the Indian Government’s National Health Policy which aims to provide free health coverage at the secondary and tertiary level to its bottom 40% poor and vulnerable population. PM-JAY is the world’s largest health assurance scheme which covers a population of the combined size of USA, Mexico and Canada.
The objective of this scheme is to provide cashless and free health benefits to the entitled beneficiaries. According to the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 6.30 lakh poor and vulnerable families of Jammu and Kashmir are entitled to it.
The Golden Card was prepared within 24 hours.
Puneet Mahajan, on the occasion, said that he has been continuously involved in the procurement and distribution of Golden Cards since the start of the scheme and stressed that this is one of the scheme that has given direct benefit to the poor and needy population. He also said that Jammu and Kashmir has become the first in India to distribute the highest number of Golden Cards under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).
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