MAA Vatsalya Card Yojana

MAA Vatsalya Card Yojana in gujarati language

Mukhyamantri Amrutam “MA” & “MA Vatsalya” Yojana

Introduction of the Programme: -
For people who are living below poverty line & lower income group, an illness not only represents a permanent threat to their income and earning capacity, but in many cases it results in the family falling into a trap of debt. When need to get treatment arises for a poor family they often ignore it because of lack of resources, fearing loss of wages, or they wait till the last moment when it is too late. Health and poverty are interwoven. These families are pushed into a vicious debt poverty cycle due to excessive expenditures arising out of catastrophic health shocks.

To address this key vulnerability faced by the BPL population in the Gujarat, Mukhyamantri Amrutam “MA” Yojana was launched on 4th September, 2012 by Government of Gujarat.

When in the Lower middle class families, critical illness occur and when such families are not included in the definition of BPL so they cannot get free treatment, and they are not able to spend money for critical illness. So, Based on feedback from various stakeholders, the
Scheme was extended to “all the families having an annual income Rs.1.20 lakh or below Rs.1.20 lakh per annumnames as Mukhyamantri Amrutam Vatsalya” in August 2014.