7th Pay Commission - 7th CPC latest news today: Modi Government's NEW move for these government employees; CAPF, CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP personnel to benefit

7th Pay Commission - 7th CPC latest news today: After announcing ‘Disability Compensation’ to central government employees benefiting CAPF (Central Armed Police Force) a few weeks ago, the Central Government is now going to launch Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme on 23rd January 2021. Centre will launch the Ayushman CAPF healthcare scheme in Assam. The scheme is expected to provide relief to the central paramilitary force personnel.

According to the official sources, Home Minister Amit Shah will hand over the first Ayushman health cards to the chiefs, a sub-officer and a jawan of each of the central armed police forces (CAPFs) like the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB apart from the NSG and the Assam Rifles that function under the command of his ministry on January 23.

"The Ayushman CAPF health scheme is expected to be launched by the home minister on January 23 in Guwahati. A presentation on the scheme will be made and the minister may address the beneficiaries too during the event," a senior official involved in the process told PTI.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), termed as the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme across the globe, in September, 2018.

The scheme provides a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to over 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families (about 53 crore beneficiaries). AB PM-JAY also provides cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiaries at the point of service.

The CAPFs, with an estimated manpower of about 10 lakh personnel, are deployed for rendering a variety of internal security duties across the country, border guarding and VIP protection.