Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ayushman Bharat scheme via video conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Also Read | Inside the farmer disquiet at Delhi’s doorstepUnion Home Minister and Lieutenant Governor of J-K will also be present on the occasion. The scheme will provide free of cost insurance cover to all the residents of J-K. The hospitals empanelled under PM-JAY scheme shall provide services under this scheme as well. Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is going to launch #SEHAT - "Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine " Health Insurance scheme for the entire J&K on December 26, 2020," the department wrote on Twitter.

Source: Mint December 24, 2020 13:36 UTC