{"id":314888,"date":"2024-10-30T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=314888"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:24:08","slug":"health-coverage-expansion-under-pm-jay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/health-coverage-expansion-under-pm-jay\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Coverage Expansion Under PM-JAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post on<strong> Health Coverage Expansion Under PM-JAY\u00a0<\/strong>has been created based on the article <a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/ccidist-ws\/th\/th_delhi\/issues\/105435\/OPS\/GNVDH6S7C.1+GPEDH9590.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8221; PM rolls out health cover for persons aged 70 and above &#8220;<\/a>published in The Hindu on 30th October 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in news?<\/h2>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a significant extension to the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY).<\/p>\n<h2>About the extension<\/h2>\n<p>1. The extension to the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) now includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>i) Eligibility for Senior Citizens:<\/strong> The scheme will now cover all individuals aged 70 and above, regardless of income, ensuring they can receive free hospital treatment up to \u20b95 lakh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ii) Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card:<\/strong> Senior citizens will receive an Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card, which will help reduce out-of-pocket medical expenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Several health-related projects were also inaugrated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>i) Health Sector Investments:<\/strong> New projects amounting to \u20b912,850 crore were launched at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ii) Global Appeal of Ayurveda:<\/strong> Celebrations for Ayurveda Diwas took place in over 150 countries which\u00a0 reflected the growing global interest in Ayurveda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/expansion-of-the-ayushman-bharat-pradhan-mantri-jan-arogya-yojana-ab-pm-jay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expansion of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Schemes and programmes<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post on Health Coverage Expansion Under PM-JAY\u00a0has been created based on the article &#8221; PM rolls out health cover for persons aged 70 and above &#8220;published in The Hindu on 30th October 2024. Why in news? Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced a significant extension to the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/health-coverage-expansion-under-pm-jay\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Health Coverage Expansion Under PM-JAY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,956],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-314888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}