Eligibility for Ayushman Bharat Card
The following criteria must be met in order to be eligible for an Ayushman Card:
- Families without an adult member earning for their home between the ages of 16 and 59 will be issued the Card.
- Female heads of families who do not have any male adults between the ages of 16 and 59 will be given assistance.
- To those who fall within the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes categories
- The Card is given to household members who are handicapped and have no other family members who can financially assist them.
- Households that are often landless and rely on manual labor as a source of basic income are thus eligible for the Ayushman Bharat Card.
- The houses are made out of a single room with temporary access to the walls and roofing.
- Homes whose families depend on donations, families of laborers, houses that do not even have enough shelter for their livelihood, families of bonded laborers, and primitive and vulnerable tribal groups are all granted access to the Card.
The following are the Eligibility Conditions in Urban Areas:
- Families with members who work as street vendors, craft workers, or food stalls.
- To the garbage collectors and homeless.
- To family members who work as construction workers, security guards, or plumbers.
- Families who depend on domestic workers.
The following beneficiaries are excluded from the Ayushman Bharat scheme per the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011:
- According to SECC 2011, households with a member who works for the government, a motorized two-, three-, or four-wheeled vehicle, a fishing boat, a mechanized three- or four-wheeled piece of agricultural equipment, a Kisan Credit Card with a credit limit above Rs. 50,000, and households with non-agricultural enterprises registered with the government are automatically excluded.
- According to SECC 2011, households that usually contain 7.5 acres of land with at least one irrigation equipment, own more than 2.5 acres of irrigated land with at least one irrigation equipment or own five acres or more of irrigated land for two or more crop seasons are also excluded.
- Those who pay income tax, professional tax, have three or more rooms with pucca walls and roofs, a refrigerator, and a landline phone are also excluded, the statement stated.
Registration Process for Ayushman Card
- Visit https://pmjay.gov.in
- Click on the “Am I Eligible?” button.
- After that, enter your mobile phone number.
- Then, complete and submit the Ayushman Bharat Card Application Form.
- Now, submit the form and wait for confirmation from the appropriate authorities.
After your application is approved, you will be able to download a PDF of your Ayushman Bharat Card.
Features and Analysis of Ayushman Bharat Scheme
The Government of India introduced the ‘Ayushman Bharat program in 2018 (as defined in the National Health Policy 2017) to make healthcare services more accessible and affordable to residents, and to help the country meet its aim of universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030.
Ayushman Bharat has been created to achieve the SDGs and its underlying promise to “leave no one behind.” Ayushman Bharat is an endeavor to transform from a sectoral and divided approach to healthcare delivery to a comprehensive, need-based method. It aspires to implement ground-breaking programs to address health issues comprehensively (including prevention, promotion, and ambulatory care) at the basic, intermediate, and higher levels.
The two important characteristics of ‘Ayushman Bharat‘ are as follows:
A. Establish Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs):
The initiative, which was launched in February 2018, aimed to provide quality health services to individuals closer to their homes by creating 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs).
B. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY):
The initiative, which was launched in September 2018, aimed to provide hospital and community services to society’s most needy members. More than 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families, or the bottom 40% of India’s population, were to receive medical coverage of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization under the scheme.
PM-JAY will cover practically all secondary care and most tertiary care treatments’ medical and hospitalization costs. PM-JAY has defined 1,350 medical packages that include surgery, medical and daycare treatments, medications, diagnostics, and transportation.
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