Lok Sabha Question No. 2192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: OPD Services under RAN and ABY
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 2192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020

## OPD SERVICES UNDER R AN AND ABY

## 2192. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN: SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  the coverage  of  the  Rashtriya  Arogya  Nidhi (RAN) and\Ayushman Bharat Yojana (ABY) insurance schemes to include out - patient services, which are currently excluded and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has made sufficient allocation of funds for supporting long term and lifelong treatments under these schemes for critical and rare diseases, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the National Policy For Treatment of Rare Diseases has suggested alternate sources of funding, such as crowd - funding or corporate donations to supplement the one - time payment envisaged  under  the Policy,  if  so, steps  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  help  people avail  such alternative sources;
- (d) whether the Government has only utilised 50% of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana funds in 2019- 20;and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) : Government  is  implementing  Umbrella  Scheme  of  Rashtriya  Arogya  Nidhi (RAN)  to provide financial assistance for treatment of poor patients suffering from life threateni undergoing treatment in Government hospitals. Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB- PMJAY) provides health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per annum for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to poor and vulnerable families identified Socio - Economic Caste Census Database .T here is no proposal to extend the coverage of these schemes to out - patient services.

(b) : Sufficient funds have been allocated under AB - PMJAY and Umbrella scheme of RAN for providing  the  hospitalization  and  treatment  services  to  entitled  beneficiaries.  The  a under Budget Estimates (BE) 2020 - 21 for AB - PMJAY and Umbrella scheme o f RAN are Rs. 6400  crore  and  Rs.  177.32  crore  respectively.  BE  2020 - 21  for  Umbrella  scheme  of  RAN includes Rs. 77.32 crore for the rare diseases component.

(c) : Government has  formulated draft of the  National Policy  for Rare Diseases 2020  a placed it on the website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare inviting comments from a stakeholders. The draft policy inter alia provides for creation of alternate funding me through      setting  up  a  digital  platform  for  voluntary  individual  and  corporat e  donors  to contribute to the treatment cost of patients of rare diseases. Government has already action to create digital platform for the purpose.

(d) & (e) : Rs. 6400 crore was provided for AB -PMJAY in the BE 2019 - 20, which was reduced to Rs.  3200  crore  at  the  Revised  Estimates  stage  and  Rs.  2993  crore  was  disbursed  to States/UTs.