Lok Sabha Question No. 956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No-956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## IMPLEMENTATION OF AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION

## 956 SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a) whether digital health solutions across healthcare ecosystem had proved to be of immense benefit over the years with initiatives like; COWIN, ArogayaSetu, e-Sanjeevani etc., and if so, the efforts made the further improve this ecosystem;
- (b) the details of progress made in the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) at national level;
- (c)  whether  the  implementation  of  ABDM  is  going  to  bridge  the  rural-  urban  inequalities prevailing in digital infrastructure and healthcare in the country and if so, the details thereof along with the manner in which it addresses the inequality issue;
- (d) the number of Digital Health IDs created so far, State/UT-wise;
- (e) whether the Health IDs created are linked to Aadhaar and if so, the roadmap devised for its effective implementation;
- (f) the present status of implementation of the mission along with the funds sanctioned/spent till date; and
- (g) whether the Government proposes to make any amendments to the health ID programme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (g): Government has utilized digital technologies in various health interventions such as CoWIN,  eSanjeevani,  ArogayaSetu  etc.  at  national  level,  which  have  benefitted  patients through quality, affordable & timely healthcare services delivery.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) seeks to promote digitalization of healthcare and create an interoperable digital health ecosystem for the country so that healthcare becomes more accessible and affordable.

ABDM  aims  to  develop  core  modules  such  as  registry  of  Health  facilities,  Healthcare professionals  etc.  required  for  interoperability  so  that  various  digital  health  system  can interact with each other.

As  on  15 th July  2022,  a  total  22,97,64,327  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  Account  (ABHA) number has been created. (State wise ABHA number detail is attached as Annexure  - A). Further, 1,07,740 Health Facilities and 27,614 Healthcare Professionals have been registered and 6,23,899 ABHA Mobile App has been downloaded.

Inclusion is one of the core design principles for all ABDM building blocks. For citizens who require  assistance  for  creation  of  ABHAs,  assisted  modes  have  been  rolled  out.  Further, offline ABHA generation module has been rolled out in rural areas wherein interconnectivity is limited or not available.

Aadhaar number is one of the means to create ABHA number.  A user can also create the ABHA number from driving license. 92.46% of ABHA numbers are created from Aadhaar (as of July 15, 2022).

On 26 th February 2022, the Union cabinet has approved the national roll out of Central Sector Scheme, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a budget of Rs.1600 crore for five years.  As  on  date,  Rs.  60.00  Crore  has  been  released  to  National  Health  Authority  for implementation of the mission.

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## Annexure - A

1,80,84,706 ABHA numbers were created through the CoWin portal. NHA is currently working with CoWIN team to populate state/district data against these Health IDs.

|   S. No. | Name of the States / UTs           | Total ABHA Number generated (Till 15/7/2022)   |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh                     | 3,21,93,270                                    |
|        2 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 1,93,22,667                                    |
|        3 | Bihar                              | 1,64,48,015                                    |
|        4 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 1,54,68,403                                    |
|        5 | Maharashtra                        | 1,47,97,023                                    |
|        6 | Kerala                             | 1,30,28,684                                    |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 1,27,10,214                                    |
|        8 | West Bengal                        | 1,11,37,714                                    |
|        9 | Gujarat                            | 1,04,24,660                                    |
|       10 | Odisha                             | 99,82,587                                      |
|       11 | Rajasthan                          | 69,79,099                                      |
|       12 | Karnataka                          | 66,95,047                                      |
|       13 | Delhi                              | 63,41,034                                      |
|       14 | Punjab                             | 50,33,419                                      |
|       15 | Jharkhand                          | 46,83,646                                      |
|       16 | Jammu And Kashmir                  | 44,01,619                                      |
|       17 | Haryana                            | 43,55,525                                      |
|       18 | Telangana                          | 40,49,079                                      |
|       19 | Tamil Nadu                         | 31,09,455                                      |
|       20 | Uttarakhand                        | 25,86,307                                      |
|       21 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 17,97,309                                      |
|       22 | Assam                              | 10,85,136                                      |
|       23 | Puducherry                         | 8,76,330                                       |
|       24 | Chandigarh                         | 5,33,297                                       |
|       25 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 5,20,472                                       |
|       26 | Manipur                            | 4,57,657                                       |
|       27 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands        | 4,20,327                                       |
|       28 | Tripura                            | 3,64,492                                       |
|       29 | Goa                                | 3,34,395                                       |
|       30 | Sikkim                             | 3,08,880                                       |
|       31 | Mizoram                            | 2,99,320                                       |
|       32 | Nagaland                           | 2,65,841                                       |
|       33 | Ladakh                             | 2,60,217                                       |
|       34 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 2,01,862                                       |
|       35 | Meghalaya                          | 1,34,620                                       |
|       36 | Lakshadweep                        | 71,999                                         |