📋 AYUSHMAN BHARAT PROGRAMME

🔷 Launch

• Announced February 2018 by Govt. of India
• Aim: Cover preventive, promotive, primary, secondary & tertiary care
• Two major components:

🔶 Component 1: Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM)

• 1.5 lakh centres planned (National Health Policy 2017)
• First HWC inaugurated: 14th April 2018, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
• As of 31st March 2024: 1,72,148 centres operational

Services Provided:

• Maternal & child health, Communicable & Non-Communicable Diseases
• Common NCDs: Hypertension, Diabetes, 3 cancers (Oral, Breast, Cervix)
• Mental health, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral health, Geriatric care, Palliative & Trauma care, Yoga
• Free essential drugs & diagnostic services

Staff at Sub Health Centre Level:

• Headed by Community Health Officer (CHO) - BSc/GNM Nurse or Ayurveda Practitioner
• 6-month certificate programme in community health (via IGNOU)
• Team: Multi-purpose workers (Male & Female) + ASHAs
• 393 Programme Study Centres across India (282 IGNOU + 111 state-specific)

Wellness Activities:

• Cyclathons, marathons, eat RIGHT & SAFE, tobacco/drug cessation, meditation, laughter clubs, open gyms, Yoga sessions

Telemedicine:

• Guidelines provided to states for specialist consultations from PHCs to Hub Hospitals
• Pilot in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Maharashtra

🔶 Component 2: AB-PMJAY (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana)

• Health cover: Rs. 5 lakh per family per year
• Beneficiaries: 10.74 crore poor & vulnerable families
• Identified via Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data

🔷 Expanded Service Packages at AAMs (12 packages):

1. Care in pregnancy & childbirth
2. Neonatal & infant health care
3. Childhood & adolescent health care
4. Family planning, contraceptive & reproductive health services
5. Management of communicable diseases (National Health Programmes)
6. General OPD for acute/minor illnesses
7. Screening, prevention, control & management of NCDs, TB & Leprosy
8. Basic oral health care
9. Screening & basic management of mental health ailments
10. Care for common ophthalmic & ENT problems
11. Elderly & palliative health care
12. Emergency medical services including burns & trauma

🔷 Expected Outcomes (7):

1. Increased public trust in govt. healthcare facilities
2. Assured healthcare services for continuum of care
3. Reduction in out-of-pocket expenditure
4. Increased awareness about preventive & promotive healthcare
5. Benefits of healthy lifestyle (Yoga, eat right & safe)
6. Enabling environment to increase health-seeking behaviour of poor
7. (Implied) Overall health system strengthening

🔷 AB PM-JAY Expansion (Sep 11, 2024 - Key Update!)

• Union Cabinet approved major expansion on 11th September 2024
• All senior citizens aged 70 and above get health coverage - regardless of income
• Benefits 4.5 crore families including 6 crore senior citizens
• Coverage: Rs. 5 lakh per family (free health insurance)

Key New Developments for Senior Citizens:

⚡ Quick Recall Points for MCQs:

• Announced: Feb 2018
• First HWC: 14 Apr 2018, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
• Operational HWCs (2024): 1,72,148
• AB-PMJAY cover: ₹5 lakh/family/year
• Beneficiaries: 10.74 crore families
• Senior citizen expansion: ≥70 yrs, Sep 2024
• CHO heads Sub Health Centre AAM
• Training support: IGNOU + state universities

🔄 AB-PMJAY: Latest Updates & Statistics (2025-2026)

📊 Current Coverage Figures (as of June 5, 2026 - PIB)

🏥 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) - Latest

🧓 Ayushman Vay Vandana Scheme (70+ Senior Citizens)

• Launched: November 2024 (on Dhanvantari Jayanti / 9th Ayurveda Day) by PM Modi
• 1.20 crore senior citizens enrolled (as of June 5, 2026)
• 13.84 lakh treatments availed worth Rs. 3,000 crore
• Card issued: Ayushman Vay Vandana Card
• Eligibility: Age ≥70 yrs (verified via Aadhaar) - regardless of income
• Coverage: Rs. 5 lakh per year

🗓️ Key Recent Developments

Delhi Joins AB-PMJAY (2025)

• 6.54 lakh eligible families (~30 lakh individuals) in Delhi now covered
• Delhi offers top-up: Rs. 5 lakh (Centre) + Rs. 5 lakh (Delhi Govt) = Rs. 10 lakh total annual coverage
• 6 lakh people aged 70+ in Delhi get Rs. 5 lakh/year under Vay Vandana scheme

NCD Screenings at AAMs (till Nov 30, 2025)

• Hypertension: 39.50 crore screenings
• Diabetes: 36.70 crore screenings
• Oral cancer: 32.40 crore screenings
• Cervical cancer: 15.23 crore screenings
• Breast cancer: 8.37 crore+ screenings
• Yoga/Wellness sessions: 6.54 crore

Budget 2026-27

• AB-PMJAY allocation raised to Rs. 9,500 crore (up 5.56% from previous year's Rs. 9,406 crore)

Cervical Cancer Campaign (Feb 2026)

• Free HPV vaccine to ~1.15 crore girls aged 14 years across India

⚡ MCQ-Ready Quick Facts (Updated for Exams)

Note for CFM exams: Your PSM textbook (28th ed.) quotes figures as of March 2024 (1,72,148 AAMs, 10.74 crore families). The updated figures above (1.86 lakh AAMs, 12 crore families, 44.14 crore cards) are from PIB 2026 and are more current. If asked about "latest" data in MCQs, use the updated figures.