What this scheme offers
This scheme's history captures something genuinely useful about how to read Indian welfare-scheme renames: launched as Dr. Khubchand Baghel Swasthya Sahayata Yojana under the Congress government in November 2019, deliberately built to merge several separate healthcare schemes — Ayushman Bharat, the Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme, Chief Minister Bal Hriday Suraksha Yojana, Chief Minister Bal Shravan Yojana and the National Child Health Programme — into a single trust-based, cashless system. When the BJP government renamed it Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Ayushman Swasthya Yojana in June 2024, independent coverage of the change describes it explicitly as a rename rather than a restructuring: the portal address, enrolment process, empanelled-hospital network of 1,702 facilities and benefit amounts all carried over unchanged. Antyodaya and Priority ration card holders get ₹5 lakh a year in cashless cover, other families get ₹50,000, and rare-disease treatment is covered up to ₹20 lakh — among the more generous state top-ups on top of central Ayushman Bharat coverage.
Who is eligible
- Family in Chhattisgarh with a valid ration card (Antyodaya, Priority, or general).
- Treatment sought for one of the ~1,961 covered procedures at an empanelled hospital.
Documents required
- Ration card
- Aadhaar card
- Ayushman card (issued at the empanelled hospital using your ration card + Aadhaar)
How to apply
- Visit an empanelled government or private hospital (there are 1,702 across Chhattisgarh) with your ration card and Aadhaar.
- Get your free Ayushman card issued at the hospital's help desk if you don't already have one.
- The hospital verifies your category (Antyodaya/Priority/general) to determine your coverage limit.
- Approved treatment is cashless — the hospital settles directly with the scheme.
- For rare-disease treatment or claims above the standard limit, ask the hospital's help desk about the additional approval process.