PM Modi to launch Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission on Monday at 11 am and address people via video conferencing on the occasion, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Sunday.

“Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission will create a seamless online platform through the provision of a wide-range of data, information and infrastructure services, duly leveraging open, interoperable, standards-based digital systems while ensuring the security, confidentiality and privacy of health-related personal information. The Mission will enable access and exchange of longitudinal health records of citizens with their consent,” the statement read.

The key components of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission include a health identity card for every citizen that will also work as their health account,