Twarit Sukh: Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide Rs 5 lakh medical coverage to to 10 crore families

Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY)-Ayushman Bharat from here Sunday, and termed it a "game-changer initiative to serve the poor".
The health scheme would come into effect from today (Sunday), he said.
"PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat is the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world. The number of beneficiaries is almost equal to the population of Canada, Mexico and the US taken together," Modi said.
In an apparent reference to the Congress, he said the previous governments had indulged in "vote-bank politics" without empowering the poor.