Chandigarh, November 20- Haryana Chief Minister, Sh.  Manohar Lal has taken several public welfare initiatives in the last 8 years to realise the “Antyodaya” vision of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Working on this vision, tomorrow on Monday, November 21, the Chief Minister will give another wonderful present to the Antyodaya families as the scope of the Central Government's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) has been expanded to include about 29 lakh families under this scheme. Under this scheme, the medical treatment up to Rs. 5 lakh will be done in government and private hospitals on the panel of Haryana Government.

Working on the vision that every person of Haryana gets the benefit of quality health care facilities, the state government has been continuously strengthening and expanding the health care services in the state.

The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal believes that the work of 2021 census was delayed due to Covid crisis and the number of Antyodaya families has been increased in last 10 years, therefore the Haryana Government has decided to consider the verified data of the Parivar Pehchan Patra to give benefits to those families whose name were not included in the 2011 census.

Under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme, 1.24 crore people from about 28 lakh families of Haryana will get benefits

In the year 2018, under the leadership of Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, the Central Government had announced Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, with the objective of providing health facilities to the needy and the underprivileged in the country. In Haryana, the benefits of this scheme are also being given to the eligible beneficiaries as per the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) list. But Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal has increased the annual income limit of BPL families from Rs. 1.20 lakh to Rs. 1.80 lakh.

According to the criteria of the central government, 15,51,798 families in Haryana were being covered under this scheme, but the Haryana Government has now increased the scope of the scheme under which about 1.24 crore people of about 28 lakh families of the state will get the benefit of this scheme.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana will be marked as historic day in Haryana

The Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal will hold the initiative of expanding needy beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana from Manesar in Gurugram. On this occasion, all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs and Cabinet Ministers will join it virtually and distribute golden cards to Antyodaya families.