CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -PM-JAY provides cashless cover of up to INR5, 00, 000 to each eligible family per annum for listed secondary and tertiary care conditions. The cover under the scheme includes all expenses incurred on the following components of the treatment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, world’s largest health assurance scheme aims to cover over 100 million poor and vulnerable families, or around 500 million individuals, providing a coverage of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.

Detailed explanation-3: -They are: Families that do not have an earning adult member aged between 16 and 59 years. Households headed by female members having no adult male members aged between 16 and 59 years. Households with a single room having makeshift walls and roof.

Detailed explanation-4: -Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2023-24 increased the allocation for Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to Rs 7200 crore, while Rs 646 crore has been allocated for the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).