Haryana: In Haryana, people with income up to three lakhs are also under the ambit of Ayushman Yojana, CM Manohar Lal announced

Haryana CM Manohar Lal.
– Photo: Amar Ujala

Expansion

In Haryana, the income limit of the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Yojana has been increased from Rs 1 lakh 80 thousand to Rs 3 lakh annually. CM Manohar Lal made this announcement on Saturday during a public dialogue program at Bakana village in Yamunanagar.

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CM said that the portal will be opened for making Ayushman card for one month. He said that with the new announcement eight lakh new families are expected to be included in the scheme. The beneficiary family will have to pay an annual premium of Rs.1500 only. He informed that the number of families getting free treatment up to Rs 5 lakh under the Ayushman Bharat Chirayu Haryana scheme would be around 38 lakh. He said that so far the Haryana government has spent Rs 500 crore under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

BDPO will keep the account of panchayats

Apart from this, the CM announced that in future, the accounts of the panchayats will have to be kept by the block development and panchayat officer, whereas earlier the village secretary used to look after them. He said that the present government has made the working system of panchayats transparent, so along with the village secretary, it is necessary to have the account of the panchayat with the BDPO. The important aspect is that he himself keeps the accounts of 6500 panchayats of the state with him all the time.