A big news related to the Ayushman Bharat scheme is coming out. According to the PTI report, the government is working on a special kind of proposal. Under this, the insurance amount of Ayushman Bharat Yojana can be increased from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. A decision regarding this can be taken while presenting the budget on February 1. Apart from this, the Union Health Ministry is also considering doubling the number of beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. In this, beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, construction workers, non-call mine workers, and Asha workers can also be included in the next three years.
According to media reports, it costs more than Rs 5 lakh to cure many serious diseases like cancer. Keeping this in view, a plan is being prepared to increase the insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family under the proposal.
According to media reports, given this, the budget of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme can be doubled to Rs 15 thousand crore for the financial year 2025. Ayushman Bharat Yojana is also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
This is a health insurance scheme of the Government of India. It was started in the year 2018. There are a large number of such poor people in the country who, when they fall ill, are not able to get proper treatment due to lack of money.
Considering this problem of poor people in the country, the Government of India is running this wonderful scheme. You can easily apply for this scheme by visiting the official website of Ayushman Bharat Yojana or your nearest public service center.
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