Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the distribution of Ayushman cards to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ma Amrutam (PMJAY-MA) scheme in Gujarat .

• As the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi launched the Mukhyamantri Amrutam (MA) scheme in the year 2012 to provide insurance coverage for economically weak citizens to make costly medical treatment and interventions more accessible and affordable.
• In 2014, this scheme was extended to cover families with an annual income limit of Rs.4 lakh.
• It was later expanded to cover other groups and was rebranded as Mukhyamantri Amrutam Vatsalya (MAV) Yojana.
• In 2018, the Central Government, led by Prime Minister Modi, launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) – the world’s largest government-funded health insurance scheme providing a maximum cover of up to Rs.5 lakh per family each year for primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
• The Gujarat government integrated the MA / MAV Yojana with the central government’s scheme in 2019 with the name PMJAY-MA Yojana.