Port Blair, Sept. 28: Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), a flagship scheme of the Government of India has successfully completed 4 years of its implementation on 23rd September, 2022. The scheme aims to provide cashless treatment worth Rs 5 lakh per family per year against secondary and tertiary hospitalization care. Presently, 12,638 families (40,137 members) have registered under the AB-PMJAY scheme in this UT and are entitled for cashless treatment at more than 28,000 empanelled public and private hospitals across the country.

To mark the completion of four years of implementation, Ayushman Bharat Pakhwara is being observed from 15th to 30th September, 2022 across the country. During the 15 days long Ayushman Bharat Pakhwara various programmes are being carried out in this UT to create awareness about the scheme.

As a part of this, Shri. R. Vivek, IEC Manager, State Health Agency (SHA), Port Blair conducted orientation sessions on Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) for the students and faculty of  Kamaraj English Medium School on 19th September, 2022 and Tagore Government College of Education on 26th September, 2022. These sessions were aimed to create awareness about the benefits attached to the scheme. The students were exhorted to further inform and educate their parents and community about the scheme.