India, April 5 -- The Delhi government will on Saturday sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Union ministry of health and family welfare to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the national capital, announced the Union health ministry.

The MoU will be signed between the Delhi government and the National Health Authority, the nodal agency responsible for implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme across the country.

With this move, Delhi will become the 35th state or Union territory to adopt the scheme, which provides free health coverage of Rs.5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospital care to economically weaker sections of society.

Saturday's event will be attended...