Jharkhand changes name of PMJAY to Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana

Changing the name of Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana has created a political storm in the state. The state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Congress-JMM of even stealing the plan of the Center and the Prime Minister. The world's largest health insurance scheme was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the land of Jharkhand.

Ranchi: Changing the name of Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana has created a political storm in the state. The state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Deepak Prakash has accused the Congress-JMM of even stealing the plan of the Center and the Prime Minister. The world's largest health insurance scheme was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the land of Jharkhand.

What's Jan Arogya Yojana

Jharkhand government has changed the name of Ayushman Bharat-PM JAY to Ayushman Bharat-Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana. Its publicity is also being promoted by the government by putting up banners and hoardings. Instead of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, it has now been described as Ayushman Bharat-Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana. Under this scheme, treatment facility up to Rs 5 lakh is provided to poor families in government and non-government hospitals every year.

PM Modi launched world's largest health insurance scheme from Ranchi

On 23 September 2018, this scheme was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Prabhat Tara Maidan in Ranchi. Under this scheme, all the members of about 29 lakh families coming under Antyodaya in the state were insured for free treatment up to 5 lakhs every year. At that time, the then Chief Minister Raghuvar Das said that more than 28 lakh families of the state, who are not in Antyodaya but are poor and have cards. Now, the word Prime Minister has been substituted by 'Chief Minister'.

Explaining the reason for replacing PM-JAY in the state with CM-JAY i.e. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Health Minister Banna Gupta said that in the PM scheme, the central government was giving only 60% of the premium amount of health insurance of Antyodaya family, while 40% to be spent by the state government. At the same time, out of 57.17 lakh, about 28.17 lakh such families are not in Antyodaya but are poor. Jharkhand government spends 100% of the premium of their insurance amount. The Jharkhand government bears most of the entire insurance amount, so how will the name be in the name of the Prime Minister.