Ayushman Bharat Yojana

Ayushman Bharat Yojana
Type of project	Health insurance
Country	India
Prime Minister(s)	Narendra Modi
Ministry	Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Launched	23 September 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-23)
Budget	₹8,088 crore (US$1.0 billion) (2021–22) [1]
Status	Y Active
Website	www.pmjay.gov.in

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) (PM-JAY lit. 'Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme', Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY lit. 'Live Long India Prime Minister's People's Health Scheme';) is a national public health insurance scheme of the Government of India that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low income earners in the country. Roughly, the bottom 50% of the country qualifies for this scheme.^[2] People using the program access their own primary care services from a family doctor and when anyone needs additional care, PM-JAY provides free secondary health care for those needing specialist treatment and tertiary health care for those requiring hospitalization.^[3]

The programme is part of the Indian government's National Health Policy and is means-tested. It was launched in September 2018 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. That ministry later established the National Health Authority as an organization to administer the program. It is a centrally sponsored scheme and is jointly funded by both the union government and the states. By offering services to 50 crore (500 million) people it is the world's largest government sponsored healthcare program.^[4] The program is a means-tested program, considering its users are people categorized as low income in India.^[5]