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‘Lockdown hit treatment under PMJAY scheme’
Why is it in news?
- The nationwide lockdown had a significant negative impact on inpatient care utilisation under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY).
- Claim volumes under PMJAY falling by more than 50% compared with the months leading up to the lockdown.
- Wide variation was witnessed across States and procedure types.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY):
- The programme is being touted as the world’s largest health protection scheme.
- PM-JAY is one of two components of Ayushman Bharat, a flagship scheme of Government of India.
- The first component is Health and Wellness Centers and second being the PM-JAY.
- It aims at providing health insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization (floater basis).
- It is to cover over 10 crore vulnerable families (approximately 50 crore beneficiaries).
- PM-JAY was earlier known as National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS).
- PM-JAY comes under the National Health Authority (NHA).
- The beneficiaries will be identified based on SECC (Socio-Economic Caste Census) database.
- No restrictions on family size, age or gender.