{"id":323401,"date":"2020-05-20T06:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=323401"},"modified":"2020-05-20T06:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T06:37:54","slug":"beneficiaries-under-ayushman-bharat-crosses-1-crore-mark-prime-minister-modi-interacts-with-1-croreth-beneficiary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/beneficiaries-under-ayushman-bharat-crosses-1-crore-mark-prime-minister-modi-interacts-with-1-croreth-beneficiary\/","title":{"rendered":"Beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat crosses 1 crore mark; Prime Minister Modi interacts with 1 Croreth beneficiary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321843 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"806\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1.jpg 806w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1-696x444.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/04\/PM-modi-1-659x420.jpg 659w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his happiness as the number of the beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat has crossed one crore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said it would make every Indian proud that the number has crossed 1 crore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said, \u201cIn less than two years, this initiative has had a positive impact on so many lives. I congratulate all the beneficiaries and their families. I also pray for their good health.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said he appreciates the efforts of\u00a0doctors, nurses, healthcare workers and all others associated with Ayushman Bharat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister said, \u201cTheir efforts have made it the largest healthcare programme in the world. This initiative has won the trust of several Indians, especially the poor and downtrodden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Explaining the advantages under Ayushman Bharat, the Prime Minister one of the biggest benefits is portability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said, \u201cBeneficiaries can get top quality and affordable medical care not only where they registered but also in other parts of India. This helps those who work away from home or registered at a place where they don\u2019t belong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister said he is unable to interact with the Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries owing to the current situation. However, he interacted on telephone with Pooja Thapa from Meghalaya who is the 1 Croreth beneficiary of the Ayushman Bharat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed his happiness as the number of the beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat has crossed one crore. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said it would make every Indian proud that the number has crossed 1 crore. He said, \u201cIn less than two years, this initiative has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[5190,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323402,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323401\/revisions\/323402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}