Arogya Manthan : Deliberations on Universal Health Coverage and more National Health Authority organized Arogya Manthan 3.0 as Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana completes three years of successful implementation ~Shri Shri Mansukh Mandaviya, Hon’ble Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare interacted with beneficiaries from different States/UTs~

Ayushman Bharat PMJAY has now benefited more than 2 Crore people Government of India’s flagship public health assurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), surpassed the 2 crore hospital admissions landmark yesterday. Since the launch of the scheme on 23rd September 2018, more than 2 crore treatments have been provided to patients across 33 States/UTs in the country. Treatments worth more than Rs 25,000 crore have been provided till date through a growing network of 23,000 public and private empanelled hospitals.

Article by Shri Atal Dulloo, IAS (AGMUT:1989) – Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Jammu & Kashmir Achieving universal health coverage, including quality essential service coverage and financial protection for all, is target 3.8 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) - the Vision of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). Ever since the launch of AB PM-JAY more than 2 Crore treatments have been provided to the eligible beneficiaries across the country. AB PM-JAY being the world’s largest public funded scheme is etching history as it is touching lives of the most vulnerable. The scheme inherently aims at streamlining the pricing of various packages & procedures and indirectly promoting equity and social justice.

Interview “We have been working with lot of positive energy and missionary zeal for AB PM-JAY scheme which has revolutionized the public health sector in India” says, Geetali Tare, Financial Advisor, National Health Authority (NHA) in an exclusive interview. As she completes her tenure at NHA, Ms Geetali Tare returns to her parent cadre at Controller General Auditor of India (CAG) with a new role and responsibility

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on 27 September 2021. It will create a seamless online platform that will enable interoperability within the digital health ecosystem. The Mission will now connect the digital health solutions of hospitals across the country with each other.

In the last three years, AB PM-JAY scheme has achieved several milestones in achieving the target of Universal Health Coverage. Till date, more than 2 crore treatments have been provided to the beneficiary under the scheme. More than 17 crore beneficiaries have been verified through Beneficiary Identification System (BIS) and have been provided with Ayushman cards.