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“If a beneficiary from Bihar has gone to Mumbai for treatment of cancer, he can make a request for the benefits by making registration at our Mumbai office,” Nitish said.Prominent among others who also spoke on the occasion were Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ashwini Kumar Choubey , Ram Kripal Yadav, Bihar assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, legislative council’s officiating chairman Haroon Rashid, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi , state health minister Mangal Pandey and principal secretary (health) Sanjay Kumar. When the wrongdoers can commit huge irregularities in that scheme, what can’t they do for Rs5 lakh health insurance per family,” Nitish said and asked the state government officials to remain extra alert while providing insurance benefits to the beneficiaries.He also said arrangements have also been made for registration under the Ayushman Bharat scheme at the state government’s resident commissioner’s office in New Delhi and the investment commissioner’s office in Mumbai. PATNA: Lauding the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) as the “best scheme for poor families”, CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday said his government would implement the PM’s flagship scheme with “full perseverance and complete transparency” in the state.More than 1.08 crore families in Bihar would be covered under the scheme, which came into effect from Sunday itself after its nationwide launch by PM Narendra Modi from Ranchi in Jharkhand “I congratulate PM Narendra Modi for launching such a virtuous health scheme under which a family can get treatment up to Rs5 lakh per annum without paying any money at the listed private or government hospitals,” Nitish said while launching the scheme in the state along with governor Lalji Tandon.In Bihar, around 400 private and government hospitals have so far been linked with the scheme.Recalling the massive irregularities detected in the Rashtriya Swashthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) in which some doctors in Samastipur and other districts had withdrawn huge government money by making fake insurance claims in the name of performing surgery for uterus removal (known as uterus scam), the CM said the implementation of Ayushman Bharat would require regular monitoring with complete transparency as the wrongdoers can do anything to make money.“In the RSBY, the insurance amount was only up to Rs30,000 per beneficiary..