Ayushman Arogya Mandir

07.03.2025

Ayushman Arogya Mandir

Why in the news?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

            Delhi gets three Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, focusing on holistic patient care and disease prevention.

About Ayushman Arogya Mandir:

• It is an attempt to move from a selective approach to health care to deliver a comprehensive range of services spanning preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care.
• It has two components which are complementary to each other.
  • Under its first component, 1,50,000 Ayushman Arogya Mandir will be created to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care, that is universal and free to users, with a focus on wellness and the delivery of an expanded range of services closer to the community.
  • The second component is the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) which provides health insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs per year to over 10 crore poor and vulnerable families seeking secondary and tertiary care.
• Ayushman Arogya Mandirs offer a wide array of services, including preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative care.
• As of January 31, 2025, 1,76,141 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs have been operationalised throughout India.

key facts about the ayushman Bharat PM-JAY:

• Ayushman Bharat, a flagship scheme of the Government of India, was launched as recommended by the National Health Policy 2017, to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
• It is the largest health assurance scheme in the world which aims at providing a health cover of 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to over 12 crores poor and vulnerable families (approximately 55 crore beneficiaries) that form the bottom 40% of the Indian population.

                                                              Source: Indian Express

Consider the following statements with respect to Ayushman Arogya Mandir:

1.It is a selective approach to health care to deliver a comprehensive range of services.

2.It will deliver free and universal Comprehensive Primary Health Care to users.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

Answer C