Tamil Nadu yet to implement expanded AB PM-JAY for people over 70 years

Expanded Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantry-Jan Arogya Yojana (EU PM-Jay), designed for those who are 70 years and older, has not yet been implemented in Tamil Nadu, although about one year has passed since the launch of the plan.

As of now, the differences of opinion regarding the implementation between the Union Government and the Tamil Nadu government have not been solved. “We had a few discussions with the center, dedi a senior official added that the state government expects to announce the central government. Former MLA and Madras Security Union President Sk Mahandran said in a statement that the plan was “only on paper” after contacting the relevant authorities, including the National Health Authority (NHA).

On October 29 last year, the Union government expanded the scope of EU PM-Jay to provide free treatment benefits up to 5 Lakh per year for all elderly people aged 70 years and older, regardless of their socio-economic status. According to an official prediction, the 4.5 Crore 6 Crore elderly citizens represent the family. This number reached by considering the 2011 census and estimating the number of elderly people with an annual growth rate of 3.73%.

In Tamil Nadu, approximately 43.19 Lakh, which belongs to the 32.35 Lakh family, will benefit. A certificate of NHA states that 4.06 Lakh individuals from the 3rd Lakh family are included in the PM-Jay database. The estimated figures of new beneficiaries and their families are 28.66 Lakh family. (According to the Election Commission’s data during the 2024 Delight Sabha survey, people aged 70 and over constitute approximately 53.12 Lakh). The ratio of the primary contribution between the center and the states is 60: 40, except for the three states in the Northeastern states and the three states in the Himalaya region. The authority says the Union Government 1,000 Crore and State, La Crore, a year.

Opened in September 2018, the EU PM-Jay first tried to provide a secondary and third care hospital to the 12 Crore family, which first constituted the country’s population “economically vulnerable bottom 40%of the country’s population. As for the differences between the center and the state, the authority explains that in terms of the original version of the plan, people have emerged in the definition of the aklık Defenseless Bottom of Economically ”.

While the center relys on the findings of 2011’s socio-economic caste caste census (SECC), the state government generates 1.2 lakh income per family as the basis of the determination of poverty. As a result, the Prime Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Program (CMCHIS) benefits the 1.48 Crore family, where the 86.5 Lakh family is included in the integrated CMCHIS-PM-Jay. First, it absorbs 60% of the premium (869 La per family) in terms of the second.

Açık We mean that the center, which waives the economic criterion for beneficiaries aged 70 years and over, should accept our estimation about economically vulnerable people. We want to get 60% share for these people, ”he adds.