Ayushman Bharat Yojana: The central government has approved the integration of the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme with Ayushman Bharat PM-Jan Arogya Yojana (JAY).
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY: The Government of India has approved the integration of the Employees State Insurance Scheme and Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Labor on Friday said that the Medical Benefit Council of the Employees State Insurance Corporation has approved the integration of the Employees State Insurance (ESI) scheme with Ayushman Bharat PM-Jan Arogya Yojana (JAY) to increase healthcare access for beneficiaries.
Decision taken in the meeting of the Medical Benefit Council
A statement issued by the government said that the decision to integrate the two schemes was taken in the 86th meeting of the Medical Benefit Council held at the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) headquarters. The meeting was chaired by ESIC Director General (DG) Ashok Kumar Singh.
Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is the world’s largest health insurance scheme. It aims to provide health insurance of Rs 5 lakh per year to more than 12 crore poor families (about 55 crore beneficiaries). The Council also approved the implementation of the Common Assistance Mission (CSM) for the states.
Approval to start awareness camps also
The objective of the CSM is to improve and strengthen the medical service delivery system of ESI in the states, focusing on the insured person-centric approach. Apart from this, the Council approved the introduction of annual preventive health check-ups and awareness camps for beneficiaries, to focus on early diagnosis of lifestyle disorders and detection of nutritional deficiencies in insured persons/women/transgenders.
