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Yogi launches UP version of Modicare with free medical aid to 5.6 mn poor

State government has allocated Rs 111 crore for the scheme in Budget; cover capped at Rs 5 lakh per family a year

Yogi Adityanath Mukhya Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan

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Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

Last Updated : Mar 01 2019 | 5:11 PM IST

The Uttar Pradesh government launched a healthcare scheme on Friday, to provide free medical aid to poor families not covered under the flagship central government scheme of Ayushman Bharat, popularly dubbed as Modicare.

The 'Mukhya Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan' will benefit nearly a million households or 5.6 million bottom of pyramid beneficiaries deprived of Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission Scheme (NHPMS).

Last month, the Yogi Adityanath government had allocated Rs 111 crore for the scheme in Annual Budget 2019-20. Like Modicare, it also promises free medical cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per annum to beneficiaries.

Modicare is estimated to

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