<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) achieved a milestone of 5 crore hospital admissions amounting to 61 thousand 501 crore rupees. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement today said that till date, over 23 crore beneficiaries have been verified and issued Ayushman Cards for availing free treatment in PM-JAY empaneled hospital network consisting 28 thousand 351 hospitals, including 12 thousand 824 private hospitals across the country.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">It added that the flagship scheme being implemented by the National Health Authority provides health cover of 5 lakhs rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 Crore beneficiary families. The Ministry said that AB PM-JAY is being implemented in 33 States and Union Territories except for Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal. </span></p>