Families below Rs 8L income eligible for state health cover

Kolkata: Those who do not qualify for the central government’s Ayushman Bharat scheme will be covered under the state government’s new initiative — the ‘Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana’. Under ‘Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana’, beneficiaries will receive health insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had earlier emphasized that, much like Ayushman Bharat, the…