Lok Sabha Question No. 3219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anto  Antony

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## RASHTRIYA AROGYA NID HI

## 3219. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is providing financial assistance to the poor patients under R Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including number of patients benefited and quantum of a ance given during the last five years, year and State - wise; and
- (c) the details of criteria put in place for the financial assistance?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (c):      The Government is implementing Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi provide financial assistance to patients belong to families living b elow StateUT - wise threshold poverty line.  The scheme has following three components:
- (i) Health Mini ster's Cancer Patient Fund -to provide financial assistance to poor patients suffering from Cancer.
- (ii) Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi -to provide financial assistance to poor patients suffering from threatening diseases other than Cancer.
- (iii) Rare Disease -to provide financial assistance to poor patients suffering from specifie diseases.

General  criteria  governing  the  Umbrella  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Arogya  Nidhi  is at Ann exure- I . Financial assistance for eligible patients is released to treating hospitals.  There is no State/UT - wise allocation of funds under RAN scheme.  Hospital - wise amount of assistance provided and number of patients benefitted under the Scheme during the last five years Annexure - II .

## Annexure - I

## General cond itions governing the Umbrella Scheme of RAN

1. Financial  assistance  will  be  provided  to  poor  patients  belonging  to  families  li State/UT - wise threshold  poverty line prescribed from time to time .
2. Patients  will  be  provided  financial  assistance  for  their  treatment  at  Governmen having super specialty facilities. Those having treatment in private hospitals will not financial assistance under the scheme.
3. The financial ass istance to eligible patients will be in the form of 'one -time grant'.
4. Government servants and their families will not be eligible under this scheme.
5. Therewill be no reimbursement of expenditure already incurred.
6. Families covered under Ayusm an Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Jojna (PMJAY) will not be eligible for financial assistance under RAN and HMCPF components.  However, in case disease component, p atients belonging to the socio - economic categories that are eligible to be PMJ beneficiaries will also be considered for packages not covered under PMJAY.
7. Maximum financial assistance admissible under the Scheme will be Rs. 15 lakh.
8. Financial assistance received under Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) or from any other source by the patient for treatment, shall be deducted from the admissible amou assistance under the Umbrella Scheme of RAN.
9. Common application form has been prescribed for submission of request for financial underany of the component of the Umbrella Scheme of RAN. The application shall be signe treating  doctor/Head  of  the  Department  and  countersigned  by  the  Medical  Superintende hospital concerned.
10. Application for financial assistance shall be submitted along with:
11. (i) Annual family Income certificate (in original), duly certified by the concern Authority..
12. (ii) A copy of the ration card along with details of all the family members, is Food and Civil Supplies Department o f the State/UT Government.

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Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN)

Annexure -II

Table-I

| S. No.   | Name of Hospital    | 2014-15              | 2014-15        | 2015-16              | 2015-16        | 2016-17              | 2016-17        | 2017-18              | 2017-18        | 2018-19              | 2018-19         |
|----------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
| S. No.   | Name of Hospital    | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs | No.of Patients | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs | No.of Patients | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs | No.of Patients | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs | No.of Patients | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs | No.of Patient s |
| 1        | AIIMS, Delhi        | 1843.89              | 773            | 1197.09              | 413            | 1563                 | 642            | 3237.41              | 1200           | 2510.88              | 518             |
| 2        | AIIMS, Bhubaneshwar | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 1.2                  | 1              | 2.5                  | 1              | 1.5                  | 1               |
| 3        | RMLH Delhi          | 37.44                | 46             | 20                   | 33             | 45.57                | 50             | 55.56                | 6              | 15.85                | 6               |
| 4        | G B Pant Delhi      | 17                   | 15             | 21.69                | 23             | 11.87                | 11             | 11.72                | 7              | 2.26                 | 2               |
| 5        | BHU Varanasi        | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 4                    | 1              | 2.7                  | 2               |
| 6        | GSMHS, Jammu        | 2.16                 | 1              | 7.6                  | 2              | 2.4                  | 3              | 3.6                  | 2              | --                   | --              |
| 7        | GBPCH Srinagar      | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 2.5                  | 1              | --                   | --             | --                   | --              |
| 8        | ILBS, Delhi         | 78.89                | 9              | 74.96                | 15             | 216.02               | 24             | 113.29               | 15             | 97.57                | 13              |
| 9        | IPGMER,Kolkata      | 2.37                 | 2              | 11.49                | 7              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --              |
| 10       | KGMU, Lucknow       | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 1.4                  | 1              | --                   | --             | 1.4                  | 1               |
| 11       | LNJP, Delhi         | 11.2                 | 4              | 7.26                 | 5              | 15.9                 | 11             | 21.78                | 15             | 12.29                | 7               |
| 12       | MCH, Kolkata        | 1.2                  | 1              | 1.6                  | 1              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --              |
| 13       | NEIGRIHMS, Shillong | 56                   | 106            | 17.96                | 3              | 40                   |                | --                   | --             | 5.46                 | 2               |
| 14       | NRSMCH Kolkata      | 7.5                  | 2              | 7                    | 2              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --              |
| 15       | PGIMER, Chandigarh  | 43.9                 | 65             | 43.71                | 52             | 117.55               | 81             | 118.32               | 31             | 60.3                 | 15              |
| 16       | RCC, Tvm.           | 8.7                  | 2              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 18                   | 4               |
| 17       | GTB, delhi          | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 0.95                 | 1              | 4.13                 | 1              | --                   | --              |
| 18       | Safdarjang, delhi   | 38.2                 | 39             | 26.8                 | 33             | 123.75               | 118            | 113.65               | 75             | 192.61               | 69              |
| 19       | GMCH, Guwahati      | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 15.5                 | 5              | 3                    | 1              | 7.5                  | 3               |
| 20       | SGPGIMS,Lucknow     | 12                   | 1              | 18.9                 | 4              | 32.35                | 7              | 65.52                | 12             | 86.55                | 20              |
| 21       | SKIMS, Srinagar     | 18                   | 4              | 51.68                | 19             | 101.35               | 25             | 194.66               | 50             | 173.73               | 47              |
| 22       | TMC, Mumbai         | 3.63                 | 1              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | 34                   | 3              | 4.44                 | 1               |
| 23       | Silchar MCH, Assam  | --                   | --             | 2.5                  | 1              | --                   | --             | --                   | --             | --                   | --              |

|   24 | Civil Hospital, Aizawl          | --   | --   | 2     | 1   | --    | --   | --    | --   | --     | --   |
|------|---------------------------------|------|------|-------|-----|-------|------|-------|------|--------|------|
|   25 | GMC, Jammu                      | --   | --   | 0.95  | 1   | --    | --   | 10.47 | 5    | 3      | 1    |
|   26 | Igmc, Shimla                    | --   | --   | 2     | 1   | --    | --   | 3.28  | 2    | --     | --   |
|   27 | IKDRC, Ahmedabad                | --   | --   | 11.15 | 4   | 25.59 | 9    | 17    | 5    | 3.5    | 1    |
|   28 | KEM Mumbai                      | --   | --   | 2.05  | 1   | --    | --   | 2.6   | 1    | --     | --   |
|   29 | MCH Tvm                         | --   | --   | 1.65  | 1   | --    | --   | --    | --   | --     | --   |
|   30 | MMABM,Anantnag                  | --   | --   | 3     | 3   | 1.2   | 1    | --    | --   | --     | --   |
|   31 | NITRD, Delhi                    | --   | --   | 1.5   | 1   | 10.05 | 2    | --    | --   | --     | --   |
|   32 | Sasoon GH Pune                  | --   | --   | 7.2   | 1   | --    | --   | --    | --   | --     | --   |
|   33 | SCTIMST, Tvm                    | --   | --   | 16.1  | 3   | 147   | 34   | 82.13 | 32   | 137.65 | 33   |
|   34 | Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 26    | 4    | 5.55   | 2    |
|   35 | Delhi state Cancer Inst         | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 2     | 1    | --     | --   |
|   36 | DH, Kozhencherry                | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 3.57  | 2    | 1.26   | 1    |
|   37 | BRAM, raipur                    | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 1.49  | 1    | --     | --   |
|   38 | GH, Ernakulam                   | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 10.5  | 3    | --     | --   |
|   39 | GMC, Kottayyam                  | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 0.92  | 1    | 3      | 1    |
|   40 | GMC, Tvm.                       | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 2     | 1    | --     | --   |
|   41 | HBCH&RC, V.patnam               | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 3.45  | 2    | 11.48  | 2    |
|   42 | KNMH, Allahabad                 | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 10.9  | 3    | 7.7    | 3    |
|   43 | LHMC, Delhi                     | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 6.15  | 1    | --     | --   |
|   44 | PCTH&RC, Puducherry             | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 64.49 | 12   | 146.51 | 22   |
|   45 | PGIMS, Rohtak                   | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 7.75  | 2    | --     | --   |
|   46 | SAT, Tvm.                       | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 3     | 1    | --     | --   |
|   47 | SMS, Jaipur                     | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 4     | 1    | --     | --   |
|   48 | SVIMS, Tirupati                 | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 49.36 | 10   | 38.08  | 7    |
|   49 | RMLIMS, Lko                     | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | --    | --   | 5      | 1    |
|   50 | JMMC, Aligarh                   | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | --    | --   | 1.15   | 1    |
|   51 | RIMS, Ranchi                    | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | --    | --   | 10     | 1    |
|   52 | JIPMER Puducherry               | 30   | 39   | 30    | 34  | 40    | 42   | 30    |      | --     | --   |
|   53 | NIMHANS Bengaluru               | 40   | 243  | 50    | 83  | 40    | 51   | 10    |      | --     | --   |
|   54 | AIIMS, Jodhpur                  | --   | --   | --    | --  | --    | --   | 10    |      | --     | --   |

Table-II

| Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   | Details of Funds Released to Hospitals and patients benefitted under Health Minister's Cancer Patient Fund (HMCPF)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                               | Name of Hospital                                                                                                     | 2014-15                                                                                                              | 2014-15                                                                                                              | 2015-16                                                                                                              | 2015-16                                                                                                              | 2016-17                                                                                                              | 2016-17                                                                                                              | 2017-18                                                                                                              | 2017-18                                                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                                                              | 2018-19                                                                                                              |
| S. No.                                                                                                               | Name of Hospital                                                                                                     | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs                                                                                                 | No.of Patients                                                                                                       | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs                                                                                                 | No.of Patients                                                                                                       | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs                                                                                                 | No.of Patients                                                                                                       | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs                                                                                                 | No.of Patients                                                                                                       | Amount (Rs. In Lakhs                                                                                                 | No.of Patient s                                                                                                      |
| 1                                                                                                                    | Cancer Hos.Tripura, Agartala                                                                                         | 80                                                                                                                   | 625                                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | 42.5                                                                                                                 | 259                                                                                                                  | 50                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                    | Cancer Hospital &Research centre, Gwalior, M.Pradesh.                                                                | 110                                                                                                                  | 719                                                                                                                  | 375                                                                                                                  | 3218                                                                                                                 | 290                                                                                                                  | 478                                                                                                                  | 240                                                                                                                  | 1447                                                                                                                 | 118.67                                                                                                               | 532                                                                                                                  |
| 3                                                                                                                    | Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata,                                                                     | 50                                                                                                                   | 337                                                                                                                  | 20                                                                                                                   | 227                                                                                                                  | 76                                                                                                                   | 235                                                                                                                  | 70                                                                                                                   | 762                                                                                                                  | 90                                                                                                                   | 770                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                                    | Civl Hospital, Aizawl, Mizoram                                                                                       | 20                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | 2                                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 5                                                                                                                    | Dr.B.B.Cancer Institute, Guwahati, Assam.                                                                            | 90                                                                                                                   | 2182                                                                                                                 | 30                                                                                                                   | 210                                                                                                                  | 130                                                                                                                  | 919                                                                                                                  | 65                                                                                                                   | 1116                                                                                                                 | 20                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    |
| 6                                                                                                                    | AIIMS, New Delhi.                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                                   | 45                                                                                                                   | 891.51                                                                                                               | 165                                                                                                                  | 912.98                                                                                                               | 265                                                                                                                  | 118.15                                                                                                               | 59                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 7                                                                                                                    | Kamala Nehru Memo.Hospital, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.                                                                | 40                                                                                                                   | 220                                                                                                                  | 160                                                                                                                  | 1358                                                                                                                 | 132                                                                                                                  | 502                                                                                                                  | 25                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 8                                                                                                                    | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology,Bangalore, Karnataka                                                           | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | 40                                                                                                                   | 58                                                                                                                   | 20                                                                                                                   | 26                                                                                                                   | 40                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 9                                                                                                                    | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education &Research, Chandigarh                                                   | 20                                                                                                                   | 45                                                                                                                   | 88.5                                                                                                                 | 7                                                                                                                    | 19                                                                                                                   | 6                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 10                                                                                                                   | Pt. B.D.Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.                                         | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 11                                                                                                                   | Pt.J N MMedical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh                                                                        | 20                                                                                                                   | 32                                                                                                                   | 20                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 12                                                                                                                   | Puducherry Regional Cancer Society, JIPMER, Puducherry                                                               | 10                                                                                                                   | 16                                                                                                                   | 10                                                                                                                   | 24                                                                                                                   | 10                                                                                                                   | 10                                                                                                                   | 20                                                                                                                   | 12                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    |
| 13                                                                                                                   | Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala                                                                    | 50                                                                                                                   | 1237                                                                                                                 | 26.3                                                                                                                 | 45                                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                                    | 20                                                                                                                   | 95                                                                                                                   | 65                                                                                                                   | 76                                                                                                                   |
| 14                                                                                                                   | Regional Cancer Control Society, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh                                                            | 50                                                                                                                   | 467                                                                                                                  | 25                                                                                                                   | 75                                                                                                                   | 65                                                                                                                   | 318                                                                                                                  | 50                                                                                                                   | 388                                                                                                                  | 40                                                                                                                   | 165                                                                                                                  |

|   15 | Regional Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu                    | 140   | 143   | 299.44   | 159   | 120   | 44   | 95   | 51   | 70   | 25   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------|----------|-------|-------|------|------|------|------|------|
|   16 | RST Hospital &Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra.                            | 20    | -     | -        | -     | -     | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   17 | Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences., Lucknow, U.Pradesh | -     | -     | -        | -     | 9     | 2    | 7    | 1    | -    | -    |
|   18 | Sher-I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar.                 | 20    | 293   | 128.23   | 24    | 95.96 | 20   | 15.8 | 3    | -    | -    |
|   19 | Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra                                     | 20    | 47    | 57       | 28    | 15    | 1    | 50   | -    | -    | -    |
|   20 | Arunachal State Hospital, Naharlagun                                           | -     | -     | 6        | 1     | -     | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   21 | GMC, Jammu                                                                     | -     | -     | 0.8      | 1     | 0.4   | 1    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   22 | GSMHS, srinagar                                                                | -     | -     | 9.5      | 2     | 1     | 1    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   23 | ILBS, Delhi                                                                    | -     | -     | 5.67     | 2     | -     | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   24 | MCH, Kolkata                                                                   | -     | -     | 8.45     | 3     | -     | -    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   25 | NRSMCH, Kolkata                                                                | -     | -     | 67.55    | 18    | 20    | 6    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   26 | RML Delhi                                                                      | -     | -     | 5        | 1     | 1.7   | 1    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   27 | Safdarjang Hospital, Delhi                                                     | -     | -     | 79.82    | 9     | 42.43 | 8    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   28 | GMC, Guwahati                                                                  | -     | -     | -        | -     | 10    | 3    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   29 | NIMS, Hyderabad                                                                | -     | -     | -        | -     | 5.2   | 1    | -    | -    | -    | -    |
|   30 | SCTIMST, Tvm.                                                                  | -     | -     | -        | -     | 7.5   | 2    | -    | -    | -    | -    |

Note: Number of patients benefitted includes the number of patients treated by Hospitals out of Revolving Funds as per Utilisation Certificate received.