India, Feb. 4 -- Pointing to the low rate of cards issued for health insurance schemes operated by the state and central governments, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked the administration to speed up the work. While Maharashtra is lagging behind other states in issuing Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPMJAY) health insurance cards, its own scheme has no cards for beneficiaries, a lacuna which the CM wanted rectified.

In a review meeting of health projects on Monday, Fadnavis asked the health department to launch a drive to issue Ayushman Bharat cards to beneficiaries and also chalk out a scheme to issue cards for state government health schemes. The Maharashtra government operates a scheme similar to ABPMJAY called the Mah...