PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA ABHIYAN (PMJAA)

About:

• PMJAA is also known as Ayushman Bharat or the National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).
  
  
• It is a government-sponsored health insurance scheme under which free treatment will be provided for up to ₹5 lakh a family a year in any government or empanelled private hospitals all over India.
  
  
• The scheme will be available for 10.74 crore beneficiary families i.e. about 50 crore Indian citizens.
  
  
• Eligibility:
  • Only financially weak and underprivileged members of the society are eligible.
    
    
  • Only individuals registered under the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 and having a valid Aadhar Card are eligible.
    
    
  
  
  
• Timeline: On September 25, 2018, the scheme will be launched on a pilot basis in 80-100 districts. From October 2018 onwards, the scheme will be expanded.