evidence: Cabinet approves ₹5 lakh health cover for senior citizens 70 and above [...] Health coverage under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme originally covered citizens belonging to poor and vulnerable families based on the deprivation and occupational criteria under the 2011 Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC). The scheme provides a health cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per year for cashless secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. [...] For the families presently covered having senior citizens, there will be additional shared top-up cover of up to ₹5 lakh per year under the scheme. And those middle or upper middle class families that are not covered under the scheme owing to their socioeconomic status will benefit with a shared cover of ₹5 lakh per year if they have senior citizens.