India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), 10.74 crore eligible households were identified initially from the Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) 2011, based on certain deprivation and occupational criteria in rural and urban areas respectively. Further, in January 2022, the Government of India revised the beneficiary base to 12 crore families, considering the decadal population growth rate of 11.7% and gave the flexibility to States/UTs to use other databases of schemes meant for similar socio-economic profile which are aadhaar verified. In March 2024, 37 lakh families of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Anganwadi Workers (A...