<span style="color: #222222;">Over 18 crore and 50 lakh Ayushman Cards have been issued to the beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana ( AB- PMJAY ) so far. The scheme is being implemented to provide health cover to the people.<br />''<br />''Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya in a tweet said that the scheme has proved to be a boon for the poor people. He said, under the scheme more than three crore 65 lakh hospital admissions  worth over 43 thousand 140 crore rupees have been authorised.<br />''AB-PMJAY was launched on 23rd September 2018 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to provide health assurance of up to five lakh rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary health care hospitalizations.</span><br />