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Interim Budget 2024: All ASHA, anganwadi workers to get healthcare cover

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Interim Budget 2024: All ASHA, anganwadi workers to get healthcare cover
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2 Feb 2024 7:15 AM IST

New Delhi: The government on Thursday announced the extension of healthcare cover under Ayushman Bharat to all ASHA and anganwadi workers.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is the largest publicly funded health insurance scheme in the world that provides coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation.

Till December 27 last year, 55 crore people belonging to 12 crore families were covered under the scheme. While presenting the interim Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said it is the government’s priority to adequately and timely finance MSMEs.

Ayushman Bharat Healthcare Cover ASHA Workers Anganwadi Workers AB-PMJAY Health Insurance Scheme Nirmala Sitharaman 
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