What is the name of World's largest Health Care Scheme launched by Government of India in 2018 ?

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Correct — D, Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). Launched on 23 September 2018 (from Ranchi), it is described as the world's largest government-funded health assurance scheme. It provides cashless cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation to roughly 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families — about 50 crore beneficiaries — with no cap on family size or age.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Not the 2018 world's-largest health scheme; a mobile-hospital-styled name used here as a distractor.  (b) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana is an older (2007) social-security life-and-disability insurance scheme for rural landless households — not a 2018 health-cover scheme.  (c) Not the health-assurance scheme launched in 2018; used here only as a distractor.

Concept: Ayushman Bharat (2018) has two pillars: (1) Health & Wellness Centres — now Ayushman Arogya Mandirs — for comprehensive primary care, and (2) PM-JAY, the assurance arm giving Rs 5 lakh per family per year of secondary and tertiary hospital cover. PM-JAY is fully government-funded, cashless, paperless and portable across empanelled hospitals nationwide; beneficiaries are identified using SECC 2011 deprivation criteria.

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