health-insurance

NEW DELHI: All citizens above the age of 70 years in the country will be provided health cover of five lakh rupees, without any socio-economic limit. The Union Cabinet has approved the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) for this purpose. About 4.5 crore families with six crore senior citizens will get a cover of five lakh rupees. This was an announcement in the Union Budget.

ABPMJAY, the world's largest publicly funded health insurance scheme, covers 55 crore individuals in 12.34 crore households with a coverage of five lakh rupees per annum.