The First State to issue 5 Crore Ayushman Cards under AB-PMJAY is ______.
2024
The First State to issue 5 Crore Ayushman Cards under AB-PMJAY is ______.
Answer: B. Uttar Pradesh — ConceptCurrent-affairs 'firsts' must be pinned to a specific, sourced milestone — the named entity, the exact metric, and the date — not to a state's general…
- A.
Gujarat
- B.
Uttar Pradesh
- C.
Andhra Pradesh
- D.
Bihar
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Correct answer: B
Concept
Current-affairs 'firsts' must be pinned to a specific, sourced milestone — the named entity, the exact metric, and the date — not to a state's general size or reputation. The governing fact here: which State was the FIRST to cross the 5-crore (50 million) issued Ayushman cards mark under AB-PMJAY (Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana).
Application
Uttar Pradesh became the first State to issue 5 crore (50 million) Ayushman cards under AB-PMJAY, announced on 27 March 2024. It crossed roughly 5.00 crore cards covering about 7.4 crore beneficiaries, aided by door-to-door enrolment drives by local officials.
Cross-check
This is reported consistently by multiple sources (Drishti IAS, Outlook India, Adda247). The other large States listed had not crossed the 5-crore issued-card milestone first, so the milestone-holder is Uttar Pradesh.