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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced the launch of (PMJAY) Ayushman Bharat Yojana in his Independence Day speech of the year 2018. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is a flagship National Health Protection Scheme funded by the Government of India.

Ayushman Bharat Yojana subsumes the Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS) and Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) and is also known as the AB-PMJAY scheme.

Ayushman Bharat Yojana scheme caters not only the poor but rural families too, which is why it is economically beneficial to the poor and destitute households in rural and urban areas.

There is also the option of dialling toll-free helpline number 14555 or visiting the nearest Common Service Centres (CSC) to check one's eligibility for Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Yojana

The following entities are covered under the Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme:

Residing in only one room with kuccha walls and kuccha roof

Landless households finding their income from manual casual labour

Female-headed households

Disabled member and no able-bodied adult member

Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe households

Households without shelter

Destitute/ living on alms

Manual scavenger families

Primitive tribal groups

Legally released bonded labour