What is the Rajiv Aarogyasri Scheme in Telangana?
QUICK GIST Rajiv Aarogyasri is Telangana’s state health scheme for low-income families. It began in 2007 in undivided Andhra Pradesh and continues in Telangana through the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. In December 2023, the Telangana government raised the cover from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh per family per year. As of mid-2024, the scheme covered […]
What is the Mizoram Universal Health Care Scheme?
QUICK GIST The Mizoram Universal Health Care Scheme (MUHCS) started on 1 April 2025 and is designed to cover every family in Mizoram, aligned with Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY. General families choose a yearly contribution based on the ward they want: ₹2,500 for a general ward, ₹5,000 for semi-private and ₹10,000 for private, each with cover […]
What is the Ladakh Golden Card Health Scheme?
QUICK GIST Ladakh’s health cover runs through Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, which started there in December 2018 for 10,904 SECC families, plus the UT’s own Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme, introduced in December 2020 to cover everyone else. The UT administration has made every ration card holder eligible for a Golden Card, giving ₹5 lakh of […]
What is the Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang Scheme in Manipur?
QUICK GIST Chief Minister-gi Hakshelgi Tengbang (CMHT) is Manipur’s state health assurance scheme, launched on 21 January 2018. In 2022, the state raised its cover from ₹2 lakh to ₹5 lakh per eligible family per year. It works alongside Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, covering vulnerable groups beyond the national list. Eligibility proof can include an AAY […]
What is CM-JAY Tripura?
QUICK GIST The Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (CM-JAY) is Tripura’s state-funded health scheme, launched on 15 February 2024. It covers about 4.15 lakh families who were left out of Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY, which already covers around 5.12 lakh families in the state, so together every family in Tripura can have cover. CM-JAY mirrors PM-JAY, […]
What is the Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Andaman and Nicobar?
QUICK GIST In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the older ANISHI health insurance scheme was merged into Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY. Eligible families, mainly Priority Household (PHH) and Antyodaya (AAY) ration card holders, get cashless treatment of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year at empanelled hospitals, on the islands and on the mainland. The […]
What is the Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Sikkim?
QUICK GIST Sikkim implements Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY through its State Health Agency. Eligible families get cashless cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation at empanelled hospitals, with packages that include medicines, diagnostics, room charges, doctor fees, OT and ICU. Eligibility starts with SECC 2011-identified families, and the […]
What is the Ayushman Bharat in Chandigarh?
QUICK GIST Chandigarh implements Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY directly, without a separate state-branded scheme. Eligible families get cashless, paperless treatment of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation, at government and empanelled private hospitals. Eligibility follows PM-JAY’s criteria, originally drawn from SECC 2011, with later national expansions. Since late 2024, […]
What is the Ayushman Bharat Scheme in Lakshadweep?
QUICK GIST In Lakshadweep, Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY gives eligible families cashless hospital cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year. The national census list covered only 1,425 families in the UT. Lakshadweep’s administration extended cover to about 10,895 more families at its own cost, in convergence with its Dweep Suraksha Yojana, bringing total […]
What is the Mukhyamantri Abua Swasthya Suraksha Yojana in Jharkhand?
QUICK GIST The Mukhyamantri Abua Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (MASSY) is Jharkhand’s flagship health scheme, run with Ayushman Bharat. It gives eligible families up to ₹15 lakh of cover per family per year on a floater basis, with no cap on family size. Families with Red/Pink, Yellow or Green ration cards under the National or Jharkhand […]
What is Ayushman Bharat Bihar?
QUICK GIST In February 2024, the Bihar cabinet extended Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY to all ration card holders covered under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). Eligible families get cashless treatment of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year at empanelled government and private hospitals, with no premium. Reports describe the state-funded extension as the […]
What is the AB PM-JAY SEHAT Scheme in Jammu and Kashmir?
QUICK GIST AB PM-JAY SEHAT (Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine) is Jammu and Kashmir’s universal health scheme, launched by the Prime Minister on 26 December 2020. It extends Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY to every resident of J&K, adding roughly 15 lakh families to those already covered. Each family gets ₹5 lakh of cashless cover per […]
