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Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY — India's Hospital Cover
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is the Centre's hospital-cover scheme: it pays up to ₹5 lakh a family each year for cashless specialist and advanced treatment. Its arm for everyone aged 70 and above, Ayushman Vay Vandana, completed two years on 29 October 2026 with 23.46 lakh hospital admissions authorised.
Last updated 29 October 20266 min read
Latest update
Added Ayushman Vay Vandana's two-year record — 23.46 lakh admissions worth ₹5,668.80 crore by 20 October 2026 — with its 29 October 2024 launch and the senior top-up rule.
- PM-JAY
- Ayushman Bharat
- health insurance
- universal health coverage
- SECC 2011
- Vay Vandana card
- centrally sponsored scheme
- Ayushman card
- Ayushman Vay Vandana
- National Health Authority
- Ayushman Arogya Mandir
- PM-ABHIM
- e-Sanjeevani
- Arogya Manthan 2026
- auto-adjudication
- portability
- senior citizens
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