PM Modi’s guarantee being fulfilled, say BJP leaders as CM Gupta launches Ayushman Vay Vandana card in Delhi

April 28, 2025 2:30 PM

PM Modi’s guarantee being fulfilled, say BJP leaders as CM Gupta launches Ayushman Vay Vandana card in Delhi

The Delhi government on Monday launched its ambitious health insurance scheme by distributing Ayushman health cards to elderly citizens aged 70 years and above, making them eligible for free medical treatment worth up to Rs 10 lakh annually. The ‘Ayushman Vay Vandana Scheme’, aimed at covering six lakh beneficiaries in phases, is part of a promise made by the BJP ahead of the Assembly elections, which ended the party’s 27-year absence from power in Delhi. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta launc...

4 lakh elderly women enroll for Ayushman Vay Vandana Card since launch: Health Ministry

November 18, 2024 2:33 PM

4 lakh elderly women enroll for Ayushman Vay Vandana Card since launch: Health Ministry

About four lakh elderly women aged 70 and above have enrolled for the Ayushman Vay Vandana Card in the last three weeks since its launch in October-end, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. Of these, more than 1,400 females have benefitted from the manifold treatments under the scheme, the ministry said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 29 rolled out the Ayushman Vay Vandana scheme -- an extension of the flagship Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB ...