At present, there is a huge number, who are taking benefits of government schemes. These include many schemes like providing free and cheap ration, pensions, insurance, housing, and employment. The government is also taking these schemes to the needy and poor sections. People living in cities to rural areas are getting the benefits of these government schemes. In this series, there is a scheme 'Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Chief Minister Scheme'. This is a health scheme, under which people are treated free of cost. In such a situation, if you want, you can take advantage of this scheme. You just have to check your eligibility first for this. So let us know how you can check your eligibility. You can learn more about this...

Actually, this Ayushman scheme was started by the central government, and at present, some state governments are also associated with this scheme. Under this scheme, Ayushman cards of eligible people are made and then these card holders can get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh.

Check eligibility like this:-
Step 1

If you also want your Ayushman card to be made, then it is important that you have to check your eligibility.
To check eligibility, you have to visit the official website of PM Jan Arogya Yojana mera.pmjay.gov.in

Step 2
After visiting the portal, first of all, you have to enter your 10-digit mobile number
Now you will see the captcha code on the screen, fill it in here
Then you have to click on the option of Get OTP

Step 3
After this, a one-time password ie OTP will come on the mobile number you have entered.
You have to enter this OTP here
Then you have to choose your province and district
Now you have to enter other requested information like your name, father's name here
After that, you will see that you will know whether you are eligible for the scheme or not.

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