Lok Sabha Question No. 428 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-31
Subject: Data Security and Privacy under AB-PMJAY
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 428 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST  MARCH, 2023

## DATA SECURITY AND PRIVACY UNDER AB-PMJAY

## *428. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D.:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  collecting  personal  data  of  the  beneficiaries  under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and if so, the details thereof along with the kind of data which is being collected;
- (b) whether the Government is collecting the biometric data for the Yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is mandatory to collect the biometric data to extend the benefits of the Yojana  to  the  beneficiaries  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  biometric information  collected  by  the  Government  and  private  players  in  furthering  various initiatives under the Yojana, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the data such as biometrics, personal health record, personal information has been collected after obtaining the consent of the citizens under the Yojana, and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  details  of  repository  in  which  the  data  collected  under  this  scheme  is  being stored along with the steps that have been taken to keep the data secure?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (  e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 428 FOR 31 ST     MARCH, 2023

(a)  to  (e)  Ayushman  Bharat  -  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya  Yojana  (AB-PMJAY) launched on 23.09.2018 is the largest publicly funded health protection scheme in the world which provides health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 60 crore beneficiaries through a network of 26,892 hospitals empanelled in the country. AB-PMJAY is a notified scheme under Section 7 of Aadhaar Act. During e-KYC/authentication, personal details like name, guardian name,  gender  and  address  of  beneficiaries  are  collected.  Further,  at  the  time  of treatment, beneficiary's medical details are collected. The consent of the beneficiary is duly recorded every time the data are collected. Data collected under the scheme are  secure  and  stored  in  data  warehouse  in  an  encrypted  form  in  accordance  with established Application Data Security Norms. National Health Authority (NHA) has on boarded Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) empanelled Cloud  Service  Provider  with  its  Data  Centers  in  India.  As  per  MeitY  policy, necessary  actions  are  taken  to  safeguard  against  all  types  of  security  breaches including  Data  Security.  NHA  has  also  engaged  Telecom  Consultants  of  India Limited (TCIL) as Security Operation Center (SOC) who monitors security postures (alerts & incidents) of the cloud infrastructure.

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