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The scheme will benefit over 10 lakh families in Agra region and a total of 1.18 crore people in the state.” Agra: Deemed as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare scheme, the Ayushman Bharat, launched by Prime Mninster Narendra Modi, is likely to benefit over 10 lakh families in eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division. Katheria handed over Ayushman Bharat golden cards to six eligible families. Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) and Agra MP Ramshanker Katheria kick-started the scheme here at a function organised by the state health department. Launch ceremony of the scheme, which took place in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, was live telecast in the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University’s Khandari campus..