NEW DELHI: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi will roll out the Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission from
Jharkhand on September 23, Union health minister JP Nadda said on Thursday.
At the flagging-off ceremony of battery-operated bus services at AIIMS here, he said whatever budget is required to implement the Ayushman Bharat programme will be allotted by the government as it is committed to provide affordable healthcare to the people.
The ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme, touted as the world's largest healthcare scheme, aims to provide a coverage of Rs five lakh a family annually, benefiting more than 10 crore poor families.
JP Nadda
