Lok Sabha Question No. 957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Ayushman Health Cards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mohammad Jawed, Gopal Jee Thakur, Ramcharan Bohra, Vaithilingam Ve., Dharambir Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 957 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## AYUSHMAN HEALTH CARD S

## 957. DR. MOHAMMAD JAWED: SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR: SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA: SHRI VE. VAITHILINGAM: SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  distributed Ayushman  Health  Cards/e - Cards  to  all BPL/eligible families, if so, the details thereof, State/UT wise, particularly in Bihar;
- (b) whether it is a fact that large number of eligible beneficiaries have been left out of the coverage of the scheme in many States/UTs including Puducherry, if so, the reasons therefor;

(c)the time by which all the eligible beneficiaries are likely to be covered under the Scheme;

- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that genuine beneficiaries get benefits of the Yojana;
- (e)  the  number  of  beneficiaries  who  have  availed benefit s  under  the  Ayushman  Bharat Yojana,  State/UTwise and  the  criteria  fixed  for  inclusion  of  new beneficiaries  under  the Scheme; and
- (f) the number of Private and Government hospitals engaged under the Yojana in Haryana and Delhi ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STAT E IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c): Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY) covers deprived  families  in  rural  areas  and  families  of  workers  of  identified  occupa categories in urban areas, as per the Socio - Economic  Caste  Census  (SECC) - 2011  data. Further, all such beneficiary families under erstwhile Rashtriya Swa sthya Bima Yojana that do not figure in the targeted groups as per SECC data are also covered under AB - PMJAY.

AB - PMJAY is an entitlement - based scheme and all the entitled families are covered from the day one of the implementation of the scheme in the S tate/UT. No registration or enrolment of beneficiaries is required for availing the benefits under the scheme.

- (c): However, to facilitate easy availing of benefits, after verification of benefi -cards have been issued. As of 14.09.2020, over 12.55 crore beneficiaries have been verified under the scheme.

In Bihar, as of 14.09.2020 53.9 Lakhs beneficiaries have been verified. The Stat wise details of e -cards issued to the beneficiaries are at Annexure.

(d) : To ensure that no eligible beneficiary is deprived of the scheme benefits State Health Agencies (SHAs) have been directed to conduct the beneficiary identific in  mission  mode.  SHAs  have  also  been  advised  to  screen  all  the  in - patients  in  the empan eled hospitals in order to identify the scheme beneficiaries.

Further, a  comprehensive  media  and  outreach  strategy  to  spread  awareness  an empowering the beneficiaries about their entitlements and rights under the scheme has followed.  This  includes use  of  media  vehicles  such  as  outdoor  media,  digital  display  a ticket  counters  across  various  railway  stations,  announcements  at  major  bus  sta passenger train branding, national and regional press coverage, op -eds and advertorials in print  media,  ra dio  campaign,  telecast  of  beneficiary  testimonials  via  Doordarshan,  ma messaging through SMS, traditional media etc.

To establish/validate the identity of the beneficiary prior to taking treatm identification  system  is  put  up  in  place.  Upon successful  validation  of  identity  of  the beneficiary, a paper - based e - card is provided with unique ID for streamlining the deliver of services.

(e) : As of 14.09.2020, over 1.23 Crore hospital admissions have been authorized under scheme. The State/U T-wise details are at the Annexure.

At  present,  there  is  no  provision  to  include  new  beneficiary  families  unde scheme. However, missed - out family member(s) can be added to the existing beneficiary families.

(f): As  of  14.09.2020,  545  hospitals,  incl uding  374  hospitals  of  private  sector,  are empaneled in Haryana.

AB - PMJAY is presently not being implemented in NCT of Delhi. However, since there is portability of benefits across the country, 66 hospitals, including 35 privat are empaneled in Delhi for providing services to beneficiaries from other States.

## Annexure

| State/UT wise details of e-cards issued to beneficiaries under AB PMJAY (as of 14.09.2020)   | State/UT wise details of e-cards issued to beneficiaries under AB PMJAY (as of 14.09.2020)   | State/UT wise details of e-cards issued to beneficiaries under AB PMJAY (as of 14.09.2020)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                                     | e-Cards Issued (in Lakhs) *                                                                  | Authorized Hospitalizations (in Lakhs)                                                       |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                                  | 0.15                                                                                         | 0.002                                                                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh*                                                                              | -                                                                                            | 8.88                                                                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                            | 0.02                                                                                         | 0.018                                                                                        |
| Assam                                                                                        | 122.78                                                                                       | 1.496                                                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                                        | 53.9                                                                                         | 2.068                                                                                        |
| Chandigarh                                                                                   | 0.51                                                                                         | 0.059                                                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                 | 30.06                                                                                        | 10.674                                                                                       |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Daman & Diu                                                      | 4.02                                                                                         | 0.53                                                                                         |
| Goa                                                                                          | 0.22                                                                                         | 0.101                                                                                        |
| Gujarat                                                                                      | 72.85                                                                                        | 19.056                                                                                       |
| Haryana                                                                                      | 22.5                                                                                         | 1.646                                                                                        |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                             | 8.47                                                                                         | 0.707                                                                                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir UT                                                                         | 11.08                                                                                        | 0.891                                                                                        |
| Ladakh UT                                                                                    | 0.32                                                                                         | 0.008                                                                                        |
| Jharkhand                                                                                    | 87.99                                                                                        | 6.267                                                                                        |
| Karnataka                                                                                    | 97.83                                                                                        | 9.143                                                                                        |
| Kerala                                                                                       | 64.51                                                                                        | 13.573                                                                                       |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                  | 0.02                                                                                         | 0                                                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                               | 145.7                                                                                        | 4.473                                                                                        |
| Maharashtra                                                                                  | 68.99                                                                                        | 3.339                                                                                        |
| Manipur                                                                                      | 2.45                                                                                         | 0.213                                                                                        |
| Meghalaya                                                                                    | 15.73                                                                                        | 1.761                                                                                        |
| Mizoram                                                                                      | 3.52                                                                                         | 0.439                                                                                        |
| Nagaland                                                                                     | 2.43                                                                                         | 0.149                                                                                        |
| Puducherry                                                                                   | 1.23                                                                                         | 0.031                                                                                        |
| Punjab                                                                                       | 44.24                                                                                        | 3.933                                                                                        |
| Rajasthan*                                                                                   | -                                                                                            | 9.846                                                                                        |
| Sikkim                                                                                       | 0.32                                                                                         | 0.021                                                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                   | 247.27                                                                                       | 16.912                                                                                       |
| Tripura                                                                                      | 11.45                                                                                        | 0.718                                                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                | 96.16                                                                                        | 4.51                                                                                         |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                  | 38.91                                                                                        | 2.126                                                                                        |
| Total Count                                                                                  | 1,255.62                                                                                     | 123.591                                                                                      |