PM Launches new mobile application for Ayushman Bharat, Startup Grand Challenge

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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 1, 2019, launched a new mobile application for the Ayushman Bharat, the world’s largest health insurance scheme aimed at securing the health of over 10.70 crore Poor families in the country.  The Prime Minister presided over the over the valedictory function of Arogya Manthan in New Delhi.

The PM interacted with select beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri – Jan Arogya Yojana PM-JAY and visited the exhibition on PM-JAY which showcased the journey of the scheme over the past one year.  He also launched the ‘Ayushman Bharat Start-Up Grand Challenge’ and released a commemorative stamp on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the PM said, “The first year of Ayushman Bharat has been about resolution, dedication, and mutual learning. We are running the world’s largest health care scheme successfully in India due to our determination.” He said that the access to medical facilities should be easily available to every poor and every citizen in the country and added that there is a sense of dedication behind this success and this dedication belongs to every state and union territory of the country.

PM Modi said that it is a great achievement to awaken hope among the lakhs of poor people of the country to recover from the disease. He said that in the last one year, if any one person’s land, house, jewelery or any other items are saved from mortgage or sale for medical treatment, then this is a huge success of Ayushman India. He said in the last one year about 50,000 poor could avail the benefit under PMJAY outside their district and state where they could get better facilities, according to a PIB release.

The PM  said that Ayushman Bharat is one of the revolutionary steps of New India not just because it is playing an important role in saving the life of an ordinary person, but it is also a symbol of the dedication and strength of 130 crore people of the country. Ayushman Bharat ensures better treatment to patients in any part of the country, he said.