Lok Sabha Question No. 83 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Ayushman Health Cards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rebati Tripura, Mahabali Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 83 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH FEBRURAY, 2020 AYUSHMAN HEALTH CARD S

## *83. SHRI REBATI TRIPURA: SHRI MAHABALI 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;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise including Tr ipura and Bihar; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor and the time by which the cards are lik distributed to all the eligible beneficiaries under the scheme?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) to (c ):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 83 FOR 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2020

(a)  to  (c )The Ayushman  Bharat - Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana ( AB - PMJAY) is anentitlement - based scheme and no registration or enrolment of  entitled  beneficiaries,  identified  as  per  Socio - Economic  Caste  Census database, is required for availing the benefits under the scheme.  Howeve order to create awareness and facilitate avail ing of benefits, after verifying the identity  of  beneficiaries  under  the  scheme,  paper - based  e - cards  have  been issued to the beneficiaries.

The  identification  of  beneficiaries  is  a  continuous  process  and responsibility of issuing AB - PMJAY e - cards lies with the States/UTs. A  on 03.02.2020,  over  12.04  crore  beneficiaries  have  been  verified.  This includes 4.68 crore scheme cards made by States using their own IT syste The State/UT - wise details of beneficiary verification are at Annexure.

Also,  M emorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  has  been  signed  with Common  Service  Center  (CSC)  e - Governance  Services  India  Limited  for utilizing  their  network  of  CSCs  to  verify  AB -PMJAY  beneficiaries'  identity under the scheme. The CSCs are operated by village level entrepreneurs (VLE) who verify the identity of beneficiaries and issue e - cards .

Besides,  beneficiary  identification  process  is  undertaken  at  al empanelled  hospitals  including  private  service  providers  through  Prad Mantri Arogya Mitras (PMAMs).

Further,  Open  Beneficiary  Identification  System  policy  has  bee launched  whereby  services  of  different  public  or  private  entities can be deployed in addition to the network of CSC VLEs and PMAM to facilitate the beneficiary identification process. States/ UTs have also been advised to issue e - cards to entitled beneficiaries in a mission mode.

*E-cards have been issued on State IT system. Details are not yet available

## Annexure

| State/UT wise details of e-cards issued under AB-PMJAY (as on 03.02.2020)   | State/UT wise details of e-cards issued under AB-PMJAY (as on 03.02.2020)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT                                                                    | Total cards issued                                                          |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                                                 | 11,965                                                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh*                                                             | -                                                                           |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                           | 1,069                                                                       |
| Assam**                                                                     | 1,22,79,077                                                                 |
| Bihar                                                                       | 43,48,901                                                                   |
| Chandigarh                                                                  | 47,452                                                                      |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                | 27,10,199                                                                   |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and                                                  | 2,77,438                                                                    |
| Daman and Diu                                                               | 1,18,037                                                                    |
| Goa                                                                         | 21,079                                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                                     | 73,46,491                                                                   |
| Haryana                                                                     | 18,74,424                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                            | 8,16,306                                                                    |
| UT of Jammu & Kashmir and UT of Ladakh                                      | 11,42,247                                                                   |
| Jharkhand                                                                   | 86,80,489                                                                   |
| Karnataka**                                                                 | 97,82,874                                                                   |
| Kerala                                                                      | 62,80,933                                                                   |
| Lakshadweep                                                                 | 589                                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                              | 1,38,29,213                                                                 |
| Maharashtra                                                                 | 62,73,326                                                                   |
| Manipur                                                                     | 2,11,447                                                                    |
| Meghalaya                                                                   | 15,53,912                                                                   |
| Mizoram                                                                     | 3,93,273                                                                    |
| Nagaland                                                                    | 2,44,901                                                                    |
| Puducherry                                                                  | 98,041                                                                      |
| Punjab                                                                      | 40,83,773                                                                   |
| Rajasthan*                                                                  | -                                                                           |
| Sikkim                                                                      | 28,431                                                                      |
| Tamil Nadu**                                                                | 2,47,27,248                                                                 |
| Tripura                                                                     | 8,86,141                                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                               | 86,00,045                                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                                 | 37,74,543                                                                   |
| GRAND TOTAL                                                                 | 12,04,43,864                                                                |

NOTE: The above information relates to beneficiaries supported under AB-PMJAY in alliance with state schemes