India, Feb. 27 -- The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Delhi government and National Health Authority (NHA) to launch Narendra Modi government's flagship Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) is likely to be signed over the weekend, according to people familiar with the matter.

The scheme is the largest public health insurance scheme in the world that provides Rs.5 lakh annual health insurance cover for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation per family in both government and private hospitals.

The first step towards rolling out the Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme in Delhi involves signing the MoU between the state government and the National Health Authority (NHA) under the central government that...