Karishma, First Baby To Be Born Under Ayushman Bharat Scheme

Chandigarh: Karishma, Born on Independence Day, has made history, as her mother, Mausami is the first beneficiary under the Narendra Modi Government’s flagship healthcare programme, Ayushman Bharat Yojna.

As reported by PTI, Mausami gave birth to Karishma at the Kalpana Chawla Government Hospital in Haryana’s Karnal through cesarean section.

Karishma’s mother received a benefit of Rs 9,000.

“Heartening to see the first claim raised and paid under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, for the cesarean delivery of baby girl in Haryana,” Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said.

Narendra Modi Government announced Ayushman Bharat, popularly called ‘Modicare’, earlier this year during the Budget Session of Parliament.

The ambitious healthcare programme promises to cover over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families, based on the database of Socio-Economic Caste Census.

Under the programme, underprivileged families will get up to Rs 5 lakh per family for hospitalisation. The beneficiaries will be allowed to take cashless medical facilities from any empanelled public or private hospitals across the country. The Khattar government rolled out the scheme in Haryana the same day PM Modi announced Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, on August 15.

The government in a statement claimed that as many as 29 states and union territories have signed up for implementing the Ayushman Bharat scheme but Delhi and Odisha have said they will implement their own state health programmes.

While Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana in Bhubaneswar on August 15, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal questioned why tag the Prime Minister’s name with the scheme. Kejriwal wants it to be named ‘Mukhya Mantri Aam Aadmi Swasthya Bima Yojana-Ayushman Bharat’ for Delhi.