Port Blair, Nov. 29: An awareness meeting was held in the conference hall of the Port Blair Municipal Council to sensitize the Ward Councilors about the implementation of Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. The meeting was attended by the Chairperson, PBMC, Smti. U Kavitha, Senior Vice Chairperson, PBMC, Shri Azizur Rahman and all Ward Councilors.

The Nodal Officer, AB-PMJAY, Dr. P Lal briefed the gathering about the benefits and operational aspects of the scheme. He exhorted the Ward Councilors to take steps to identify the left out beneficiaries of their respective areas.

The use of web portal https:// aapkedwarayushman.pmjay.gov.in which can be used by any citizen to see the list of eligible PMJAY beneficiaries of any geographical area was demonstrated during the meeting.

Presently, 12,745 families (40,279 members) have registered under the AB-PMJAY scheme in this UT. The registered beneficiaries are entitled for a cashless treatment worth 5 lakh per family per year against secondary and tertiary hospitalization care at 28,000 empanelled public and private hospitals across the country.