Chhattisgarh is in a better position than states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Bihar
More than 3 lakh 60 thousand senior citizens of the state got PM Ayushman Vaya-Vandana Card
The work of Vaya-Vandana card registration, which will start in the country from October 2024, is being done rapidly in the state after November.
Raipur, 25 May 2025
Under the PM Ayushman Vaya-Vandana Yojana launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for senior citizens, citizens aged 70 years and above are getting free treatment. In Chhattisgarh, under the leadership of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai and guidance of Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal, Ayushman Vaya-Vandana cards have been made for more than 3 lakh 60 thousand senior citizens aged 70 years and above. Due to this, Chhattisgarh has reached the fifth position in the whole country in terms of making Vaya Vandana cards. In this case, the state has created a record by surpassing states like Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha and Bihar.
On the instructions of Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai, Ayushman Vaya-Vandana cards are being made continuously by running special campaigns in all the districts of the state. So that no eligible senior citizen is deprived of the benefit of free treatment under the scheme. Apart from various government departments, camps are being organized by continuously contacting social organizations, pensioner organizations, Shiaan-Sadan, Senior-People Welfare Associations, old age homes, private residential societies, etc. for Ayushman Vaya-Vandana registration in the districts.
It is noteworthy that any person whose parents or other members are 70 years and above and have an Aadhaar card can get a free Ayushman card made through the nearest government hospital, CMHO/ Chief Medical and Health Officer office or government health worker or can get more information by talking on toll free telephone number 104. If a person wants, he can also register his general Ayushman card or the Ayushman Vaya-Vandana card of the senior member of the family by downloading the Ayushman Bharat app and Aadhaar Face ID app from Google Play Store through Aadhaar verification. It is noteworthy that in the Vaya-Vandana card registration started in the country from the month of October 2024, work has been done rapidly in the state after November.
The state government is developing 6 districts, where more than 60 percent Ayushman Vaya-Vandana card registration coverage has been done, as “Vaya-Mitra” districts, under which special health services like organizing “Vaya-Mitra Health Checkup Camps” in district hospitals and community health centers for senior citizens in these districts, organizing health checkup camps in remote areas through “Mobile Medical Unit”, tele-medicine and mental health counseling in Ayushman-Arogya Mandir and organizing “Siyan-Jatan Camp” every Thursday, facility of treatment through Ayush system, cataract checkup, etc. are being provided.
