India, June 7 -- West Bengal is set to join the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), the Centre's flagship publicly funded health assurance scheme, on Monday.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the scheme in the state will be signed between the National Health Authority (NHA), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of West Bengal, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

With the signing of the MoU, West Bengal will become the 36th State/Union Territory in the country to implement AB PM-JAY.

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