DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● POSTAL REGN. NO. JAIPUR CITY/001/2024-26 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2024, JAIPUR, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES `6.00 WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM SINCE 1932 AYUSHMAN BHARAT PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA EXPANDED Govt rolls out health cover for all aged 70 years and above, 6 crore to benefit PM prod to Bengal, Delhi comes as key Opp states among top beneficiaries No income limit, annual cover of Rs 5 lakh per family; Rs 5 lakh top-up for poor ANONNA DUTT KAUNAIN SHERIFF M & ANONNA DUTT PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the expanded Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to provide health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of their income — a decision which is expected to LAUNCHING AYUSHMAN Bharat Pradhan MantriJanArogyaYojana (ABPM-JAY)foreverycitizen over the age of 70 years, regardless of income level, Prime Minister NarendraModiflaggedhowtwo Opposition-ruled states, West NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 29 PM Narendra Modi hands over the Ayushman Vaya Vandana card to a beneficiary at an event in Delhi on Tuesday. ANI benefit about 6 crore people from 4.5 crore families. As announced earlier, Rs 5 Soren ‘proposer’ meets BJP leaders, is chased & detained; CEC steps in lakh annual coverage per family will be provided to all citizens in CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 BUSINESS AS USUAL BY UNNY ABHISHEK ANGAD RANCHI, OCTOBER 29 ITISrarefora“proposer”, whose job ends with signing poll nomination papers, to overDECISION shadow a candi2024 date.Thatcameto JHARKHAND pass in Giridih, Jharkhand on Sunday afternoon, as the ruling JMM,apparentlyinpanicoverapprehension that the proposer of CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Digital question paper, answer sheet, suggests panel after NEET leak NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 29 12 KILLED, 30 INJURED IN BUS ACCIDENT IN SIKAR PAGE 5 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 RADHAKRISHNAN COMMITTEE RITIKA CHOPRA Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren ChiefMinisterHemantSorenwas hobnobbing with the BJP, set off a chain of events that saw the ChiefElectionCommissionerstep in on Tuesday. Amidstlittleclarityoverwhat the proposer, Mandal Murmu, E EXPLAINED NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 29 Bengal and Delhi, would not benefit as they had opted to stay out of the scheme. The PM’s message that politics had come in the way of welfare resonates with data from the ground. Indeed, a clear trend ● six years into the scheme’s rollout is that a substantial share of the allocated funds has been utilised by HOLDINGENTRANCEexamsonline wherever possible and using a hybrid model, where question papers are transmitted digitally but answered on paper, if needed; conducting a multistage exam for medical aspirants; rationalising the choice of subjects under the Central UniversityEntranceTest(CUET); and staffing the National Testing Agency(NTA)withmorepermanent personnel to manage these changes effectively. Theseareamongthekeyrecommendations made by the seven-member committee, headed by former ISRO head Dr KRadhakrishnan,setupafterthe recent National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak that set off nationwide furore. The committee was tasked CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Jaipur