14-Jan-2025
Ayushman Bharat
Miscellaneous
Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)
- About
- World’s largest government-funded health insurance scheme, launched in 2018.
- Provides ₹5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care (surgery, treatments, medications, diagnostics).
- Beneficiaries
- Targets families identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data.
- States/UTs can use similar socio-economic databases for remaining unauthenticated families.
- Funding
- 60:40 share for states/UTs with their own legislature.
- 90:10 share for Northeast states, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
- 100% central funding for UTs without legislature.
- Nodal Agency
- National Health Authority (NHA) oversees implementation in alliance with states.
- State Health Agency (SHA) handles implementation at the state level.