New Delhi, April 23 -- Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday said that the distribution of health cards under the Vaya Vandana Yojana - an insurance policy-cum-pension scheme by the central government - will start on April 28 at the Thyagaraj Stadium.

Large-scale registration of beneficiaries for the scheme will also start on the same day at district offices and locations identified by public representatives, according to a release issued by the chief minister's office.

Gupta made the announcement following a high-level meeting with officials at the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of the Vaya Vandana Yojana and the setting up of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, under the central government's Ayushman Bharat insurance ...