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National Health Authority signs MoU with Common Service Centre to issue new PVC Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY Cards to beneficiaries for free

Share Mumbai: The National Health Authority (NHA) today signed an MoU with Common Service Centres (CSCs) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to generate new PVC beneficiary cards called “Ayushman cards” under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) and further streamline and ease the process of service delivery under the scheme. Eligible beneficiaries will now be able to get their Ayushman cards issued free of cost (at no charge to the beneficiary) and will no longer be required to pay the nominal fee of Rs. 30 per card that they had to pay until now to the Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) field level operators under the Common Service Centres (CSC) across the country. Ayushman cards generated at any of the PM-JAY empanelled hospitals, however, were issued for free and will continue to be issued free of charge. The MOU was signed by Dr Ram Sewak Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority and Dr. Dinesh Tyagi, Manag

Former TRAI chief RS Sharma to take over as CEO of National Health Authority

Former TRAI chief RS Sharma to take over as CEO of National Health Authority January 29, 2021 Former TRAI chief and UIDAI chairman Ram Sewak Sharma will take over as chief executive of the National Health Authority, which is the implementation body for Ayushman Bharat as well as the National Digital Health Mission, reported Business Standard.  The appointment comes amidst rollout of India’s vaccination program against COVID-19; Sharma has recently been named the chairperson of the empowered committee for CoWIN, the government’s COVID-19 vaccine delivery platform. He will take charge on February 1, replacing Dr. Indu Bhushan, whose three-year term has concluded. 

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Vaccine recipients in second round may get time, place options | India News

The idea is to better plan and manage vaccination sessions, while also facilitating recipients to get vaccinated at their preferred location. States will have the option to reserve a certain percentage of slots through appointments and keep some slots open for those who want to walk in for inoculation. “Authentication of the person receiving the vaccine is extremely important because of two factors: eligibility and establishing identity. It is to avoid a situation like if you are at a polling booth and realise somebody else has cast your vote,” Sharma said, underlining that Aadhaar was a robust instrument to authenticate identity and eliminate any leakages and loopholes in the system. The government is currently inoculating 3 crore health and frontline workers, who are likely to be covered by March-end. The next round will cover ‘priority’ population groups, including those above 50 years of age and those younger but with co-morbidities with the number estimated at 27 crore

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