Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched a new scheme of Annual Health Check-up for CGHS beneficiaries who are pensioners of the age of 75 years and above.
He also inaugurated state-of-the-art CGHS Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that CGHS services should be made available in 100 cities by 2022.
The CGHS services which started in 1954 from Delhi expanded to only 25 cities till 2014. However, in the last five years under the NDA Government, the services have been extended to as many as 71 cities.
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