In Rajasthan, Registration Quagmire Leads to Zero Beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat

Jaipur: It has been two two months since the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan rolled out the Modi government's Ayushman Bharat scheme in the state after modifying its name to 'Ayushman Bharat - Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Health Insurance Scheme.' However, so far, there seems to be no system in place to implement it.

In fact, the national portal of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) shows that Rajasthan is yet to issue any e-cards. Nor have any pre-authorisation claims been raised by the state for beneficiaries entitled under the scheme.

Ayushman Bharat is the Modi government's flagship scheme and aims to achieve universal health coverage. It is supposed to provide an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to each eligible family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation across empanelled private and public hospitals.

Source: The Wire