Ayushman Vay Vandana Card: Registrations for Ayushman Bharat Yojana have started in Delhi. Any senior citizen of 70 years or more can now get free treatment of Rs 5 lakh by getting this card made. No matter how much your income is, it does not matter. Is your income more than the condition for getting an Ayushman card? So don’t worry, the central government has solved this problem forever last year. Ayushman Vay Vandana cards are being made under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PMJAY).
Ayushman Yojana has also been implemented in Delhi. Ayushman Vay Vandana cards will also start being made in Delhi from April 28. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta herself has given this information. Under this scheme, ration card holders made under Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY Ration Card) will get priority first. Through this card, any citizen of the country whose age is 70 years or more can get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in any hospital. No matter how much their annual income is. Whether he has retired from a government job or does his own business.
Every citizen above 70 years of age can get Ayushman Vaya Vandana card made. The number of such senior citizens in Delhi is said to be around 68 thousand.
Not only this, if the family already has an Ayushman card and there is a member above 70 years of age in the family, then they will get additional cover of treatment of Rs 5 lakh. Let us know how to make Ayushman Vaya Vandana card under Ayushman Bharat Yojana (PMJAY for 70+) for senior citizens?
What is Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card?
Under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card was launched in the year 2024 with the aim of providing good medical facilities to the elderly of 70 years or more. The benefits of getting this card are that the beneficiary can get free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh in any hospital across the country. Irrespective of their annual income. According to an estimate, there are more than 6 crore elderly people above 70 years of age in the country.
Where will the card be made?
To make this card, you have to register on the Ayushman app or the Ayushman Bharat website. There you can easily get this card made online. Apart from this, for registration, help desks will be set up in all the districts’ SDM offices, as well as in the MLAs’ offices and major government offices. That means you can do this work by visiting the SDM offices and MLA offices. You can also get this card made by visiting the hospitals coming under the Ayushman Yojana. Apart from this, this card can also be made on beneficiary.nha.gov.in.