Deputy Commissioner of Wokha District, Ajit Kumar Ranjan, IAS on Thursday informed that all the Aadhaar Centres operational under Wokha District Administration shall be functional as Ayushman Card generation Centre as well.

This change has been made to expand the coverage of PMJAY-Ayushman Cards in the district and to facilitate the beneficiaries in obtaining the cards including Aadhaar verification.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is a national public health insurance fund that aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low-income earners in the country. Roughly, the bottom 50% of the country qualifies for this scheme.

The DC has also informed that the beneficiaries of PMJAY may obtain PMJAY Ayushman cards from the Aadhaar Centres of DC Office Wokha and ADC Office Bhandari. The card can also be obtained from PMJAY hospitals such as District Hospital Wokha, CHC-Bhandari/Sanis, and CMO Office.

The Aadhaar Centre would enable Aadhaar corrections to match the entries in the beneficiaries’ identification system and shall therefore be more convenient for the beneficiaries to be successfully verified and facilitate Aadhaar seeding.

Further, the centers will act as permanent Kiosks for registration and e-card generation for Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) for all the eligible populations covered under the scheme. All the beneficiaries in the Wokha district have been requested to avail the facilities being made available.