AB-PMJAY: Women account for nearly 49 per cent of beneficiaries of health insurance scheme AB-PMJAY: Govt

The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has made a aware effort to place girls on the centre of the nationwide dialog on well being which has ensured their equal participation in it, the federal government knowledgeable Lok Sabha on Friday. In a written reply to a query, Union Minister of State for Well being S P Singh Baghel stated girls account for roughly 49 per cent of Ayushman card recipients.

Additional, 141 well being profit packages below the medical health insurance scheme are completely earmarked for ladies, he stated.

Correspondingly, utilisation of scheme companies by girls stands at roughly 48 per cent of the full authorised hospital admissions, he stated.

A complete of 4.78 crore and 9.22 crore Ayushman playing cards had been created throughout 2019-20 and 2022-23, respectively, Baghel stated in reply to a separate query. He added the variety of Ayushman playing cards has considerably elevated during the last years.

Below the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the federal government supplies a medical health insurance of Rs 5 lakh per household per 12 months.