AB-PMJAY SEHAT to provide golden cards to JKRLM associated women, their families
Srinagar: Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT scheme would cover five lakh women and their families who are associated with self help groups of Jammu and Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM) to pace up 100 percent saturation in J&K.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT Scheme is emerging as a ray of hope for poor families who couldn’t afford health treatment at prestigious and well known medical institutes of the country.
Chief Executive Officer Ayushman Bharat, Ayushi Sudan emphasised the need for IEC activities, and directed the concerned to create mass awareness among the people so that more and more people get registered for SEHAT scheme.
She urged the officers to ensure that no one is left without a golden card during the Special drives so that they are entitled to the benefits of the Golden Card.
Ayushi Sudan also said that the department will continue to organise special drives till every citizen is covered under this scheme.
Speaking about the roping in of JKRLM, she said that these workers have set out for an entrepreneurship journey and the health of their families needs to be taken care of under the scheme.
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) SEHAT Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir provides health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year to all the residents at empanelled hospitals. The scheme covers up to three days of pre-hospitalization and fifteen days of post-hospitalization expenses including diagnostics and medicines.
Notably, to ensure hassle-free registration of all eligible beneficiaries under the scheme, the State Health Agency has set up a network of more than 8000 Common Service Centres (CSCs) in Jammu and Kashmir. The virtual learning environment (VLE) Centres are also being stationed in villages for ensuring 100 percent registration and awareness activities at the grassroots level in association with PRIs and ASHA workers.
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