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Chandigarh : The central government has decided to include people above 70 years of age in the Ayushman Bharat scheme. It has been approved in the cabinet. More than 15 lakh people in Punjab are above 70 years of age. If we look at the number of voters above 70 years of age with the Election Commission, this number is 15,09,266. Under this scheme, now all senior citizens above 70 years of age will get free and cashless treatment of Rs 5 lakh annually. 6 crore senior citizens will benefit from this scheme. To avail the benefits of this demand based scheme, senior citizens will have to register. The central government is going to start the registration process soon.
According to the data of the Election Commission, 17 transgenders will also come under the purview of this scheme, while 7.32 lakh men and 7.76 lakh women will be able to take advantage of this scheme. Let us tell you that the number of senior citizens in the state is 1.89 lakh who are above 85 years of age. Ludhiana, the largest district in terms of population, has the highest number of elderly people. Whose number is 1.83 lakh while the second district is Amritsar. Where 1.45 lakh senior citizens are above 70 years of age.
District—–Total population above 70 years
Gurdaspur—–96,294
Amritsar—–1,45,494
Tarn Taran—–59,463
Kapurthala—–48,081
Jalandhar—–1,17,129
Hoshiarpur——96,390
Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar—–36,178
SAS Nagar (Mohali)—-56,573
Fatehgarh Sahib——30,510
Ludhiana——1,83,147
Moga——56,162
Ferozepur——48,387
Sri Muktsar Sahib——43,907
Faridkot——37,611
Bathinda——67,311
Mansa——43,402
Sangrur——66,167
Barnala——35,398
Patiala——1,06,388
Malerkotla——20,946
Pathankot——32,367
Fazilka——45,299