{"id":31762,"date":"2025-04-06T10:05:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T04:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31762"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:05:20","slug":"delhi-to-implement-ayushman-bharat-jan-arogya-yojana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/delhi-to-implement-ayushman-bharat-jan-arogya-yojana\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi to implement Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About the News\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The Delhi government has signed an MoU with the<strong> National Health Authority<\/strong> to roll out the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, making Delhi the <strong>35th Union Territory\/state<\/strong> to implement this flagship health insurance scheme. <strong>West Bengal <\/strong>remains the only state yet to adopt it.<\/p>\n<h2>Ayushman Bharat Scheme Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Ayushman Bharat is a <strong>flagship healthcare initiative<\/strong> by the Government of India, designed to provide accessible and affordable healthcare services to vulnerable sections of society. Launched on 23rd September <strong>2018<\/strong>, the scheme is officially known as Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). It is recognized as the <strong>largest health assurance scheme in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Key Features<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Coverage of Medical Procedures: <\/strong>The scheme offers free and cashless treatment for <strong>1,961 medical procedures <\/strong>across 27 specialities. This includes a wide range of services such as: Medicines, Diagnostic services, Hospitalisation, ICU care, Surgeries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial Coverage<\/strong>: Under Ayushman Bharat, eligible families are provided with an annual health coverage of up to Rs 10 lakh:\n<ul>\n<li>Rs 5 lakh from the Central Government.<\/li>\n<li>Rs 5 lakh as a top-up from the States\/UTs Government.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Implementation and Governance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Health Authority (NHA) is the <strong>apex body<\/strong> responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Impact and Reach<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The scheme aims to cover <strong>55+ crore beneficiaries<\/strong>, targeting 12 crore families, which constitutes approximately <strong>40% of India\u2019s vulnerable population.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>As a result of the Ayushman Bharat initiative, the <strong>out-of-pocket expenditure<\/strong> for healthcare has significantly decreased, from<strong> 62% in 2014 to just 38% today.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana FAQs\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1. <\/strong>What is Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana in English?<br \/>\nAyushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana is a health insurance scheme offering financial protection for medical treatment in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>What is Ayushman Bharat card?<br \/>\nAyushman Bharat card is a health insurance card that provides access to free medical treatment at empanelled hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>Who is eligible for Ayushman Bharat card?<br \/>\nEligibility includes low-income families, socially vulnerable groups, and individuals identified through the SECC (Socio-Economic Caste Census) database.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2119281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>PIB<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi government signed an MoU with the National Health Authority to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31763,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}