Govt brings all citizens aged 70+ under Ayushman Bharat’s ₹5 lakh health scheme
India brought its ‘senior citizens’, aged 70 years and above, under the centrally-sponsored universal healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat. Around six crore new beneficiaries across 4.5 crore families will be added to the existing Ayushman Bharat scheme, with beneficiaries getting free health coverage of ₹5,00,000 per family. The outlay is pegged at ₹3,437 crore. The various…
