PM Modi interacts with the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat at Ranchi

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Ranchi ( Jharkhand) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ranchi in Jharkhand on February 17, 2019. He interacted with select beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Governor of Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu and CM of Jharkhand Raghuvar Das were also present on the occasion.

Earlier on February 17 at Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, the PM said that it is this land of Jharkhand that witnessed the launch of Ayushman Bharat Yojana that has benefitted lakhs of people across India including thousands from Jharkhand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat from Ranchi on September 23, 2018, and termed it a “game-changer initiative to serve the poor’.

Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY) aims to reduce the financial burden on poor and vulnerable groups arising out of catastrophic hospital episodes and ensure their access to quality health services. The scheme envisions health assurance of Rs 5 lakh per family per year, to benefit over 50 crore people, and is the world’s biggest health assurance scheme. The number of beneficiaries of this scheme is roughly equal to the population of the European Union, or the population of America, Canada and Mexico, taken together, according to a PIB release.