PMJAY

Centre to ramp up awareness, with 15% of the 60 million senior citizen target covered, even as experts flag budgetary issues, slow pace

Panel recommends strengthening existing school and college-based health education programmes on nutrition, fitness, and mental well-being

E-Sanjeevani offers free online doctor consultations, while Ayushman Bharat provides Rs 5 lakh hospital cover for seniors aged 70 years and above. Here's how to access these benefits

Under PM-JAY, an Ayushman card is also issued to facilitate cashless and paperless access to eligible beneficiaries to avail quality medical services and benefits

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta launches Ayushman Vay Vandana scheme offering ₹10 lakh cover for citizens aged 70 and above, combining central and state contributions

Learn how to use official portals to find empanelled hospitals near you under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and access up to ₹5 lakh in free healthcare benefits

Ayushman Bharat (AB-PMJAY) excludes OPD care, dental work, IVF, and cosmetic surgery from its ₹5 lakh health insurance cover - here's the full list of uncovered conditions

Delhi becomes the 35th state/UT to implement the AB PM-JAY, a scheme launched in 2018, which focus on providing healthcare access to poor and vulnerable families

After a strong second quarter, Narayana Hrudayalaya delivered a steady performance across business units, in the third quarter of the fiscal year (Q3FY25)

A nationwide survey by rights groups has revealed that 82 per cent of persons with disabilities lack any form of insurance while 42 per cent are unaware of the government's flagship health scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The findings were presented at the National Disability Network (NDN) Meeting last week, where civil society groups and disability rights organisations from over 20 states convened to discuss pressing issues faced by the community. The survey, conducted under the 'Ayushman for All' campaign by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP), gathered responses from more than 5,000 persons with disabilities across 34 states and union territories. Despite the scheme's aim of providing health coverage to vulnerable populations, only 28 per cent of disabled respondents reported having applied for it. "These numbers aren't just statistics; they represent real people left without essential healthcare," said

The move will also benefit family members of the IPs, which is estimated at nearly 150 million beneficiaries

According to a parliamentary response by the Union Health Ministry in 2023, around 6.5 lakh families in Delhi are eligible

Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar on Saturday chaired a meeting of the central advisory committee for PM-AJAY scheme, reviewing its progress and discussing strategies for the socio-economic upliftment of Scheduled Caste (SC) communities across India. The Pradhan Mantri Anusuchit Jaati Abhyuday Yojana (PMJAY) is aimed at reducing poverty among the SC communities through various initiatives like the generation of additional employment and improving socio-economic indicators in SC dominated villages. The meeting saw the participation of state cabinet ministers, senior officers from states and Union Territories, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, and representatives from key Union Ministries, including Finance, Agriculture, Rural Development, and Women and Child Development, along with NITI Aayog members, according to an official statement. Kumar emphasised the scheme's focus on the holistic development of SC-populated village

With its ambitious mission to provide health insurance to over 500 million people, this flagship scheme aims to ensure access to quality healthcare for the country's most vulnerable populations

Budget estimates (BE) for the financial year (FY) 2025-26 have put the allocation for PMJAY at Rs 9,406 crore, a 28.8 per cent increase from Rs 7,300 crore in FY25's BE

Haryana IMA calls allocation inadequate, sends team to meet NHA

The police have arrested the chairman of a private hospital in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, who evaded arrest for more than two months in connection with the deaths of two PMJAY beneficiaries after botched angioplasty procedures, an official said on Saturday. Kartik Patel, the chairman of Khyati Multispeciality Hospital, was arrested after he landed at the Ahmedabad airport from Dubai late on Friday night, inspector V B Aal of the Ahmedabad crime branch said. Seven persons underwent angioplasty, a procedure that widens blocked or narrowed coronary arteries to improve blood flow to the heart, at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital on November 11, last year, following which two of them died, prompting Vastrapur police to register three FIRs the next day. The probe showed the hospital organised free check-up camps in villages to convince Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) cardholders to undergo angioplasty despite no medical necessity. They were shown in the "emergency" category to expedite

The Centre's flagship health scheme will run in convergence with the state's Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY)

According to the Nathealth-Hospital Federation of India, the sector is pushing for an increase in healthcare spending to 2.5 per cent of the GDP

Once the first family member aged 70 or above is enrolled, you can use the 'add member' feature on the enrolment portal to include other family members aged 70 or older under the AB PM-JAY Senior Cit