Dehradun, Feb. 4 -- When the Atal Ayushman Health Scheme was announced by the then Trivendra Singh Rawat Government, it was stated that all the permanent residents of Uttarakhand would be covered under the scheme. However, the Uttarakhand State Health Authority has made the system very difficult for those who are permanent residents of Uttarakhand but do not have the ration cards to get their Ayushman cards. This was, however, never acknowledged publicly by the government. However, there are people who are not even permanent residents of the state but still have managed to get cards. It is in the wake of this, that the State Government has now openly made the ration card issued in the state mandatory for Ayushman cards.

The Uttarakhand S...