Behind the Ayushman Bharat review at Kolkata: West Bengal is the thirty-sixth State or Union Territory in PM-JAY

Background

A national Ayushman Bharat review has been meeting at Kolkata, and this item sets out West Bengal's own place in the scheme. West Bengal became the thirty-sixth State or Union Territory to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. The scheme is the health assurance arm of Ayushman Bharat and is usually written as PM-JAY. It gives eligible families cover for hospital treatment, which they can use at empanelled public and private hospitals. The National Health Authority is the body that implements PM-JAY. The scheme runs under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. With West Bengal in, the scheme covers every State and Union Territory counted in that figure of thirty-six.