Lok Sabha Question No. 1793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Income Criteria for Ayushman Bharat Yojana
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1793 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER, 2022

## INCOME CRITERIA FOR AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA

## 1793.  SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

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

- (a)  whether the benefits of Ayushman Bharat Yojana is fixed on the basis of SECC data of 2011 bythe Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether any condition regarding annual income has been fixed to extend the benefit of the Yojana and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether some States have increased the limit of annual income for availing benefits of the Yojana and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether the number of Ayushman beneficiaries have increased as a result thereof and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (e)  whether the income of some families have increased more than the fixed amount during the last eleven years  after  finalisation  of  Ayushman  Bharat  Yojana  on  the  basis  of  SECC  data  of  2011  and  if so,whether the Government proposes to extend its benefit to the new beneficiaries?

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

(a) to (e): Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) launched on 23.09.2018 is the world's largest insurance/assurance scheme. The scheme provides health coverage of Rs. 5 lakh per beneficiary family per annum to approximately 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families identified on the basis of select deprivation and occupational criteria in rural and urban areas respectively as per SECC database of 2011. Beneficiary database is defined under the scheme. States/UTs may, however, implement their own health protection schemes  in  alliance  with  AB-PMJAY  at  their  own  cost.  Accordingly,  States/UTs  have expanded  the  coverage  of  the  scheme  to  14.77  crore  beneficiary  families.  State/UT-wise details thereof are at Annexure.

Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  has  issued  instructions  to  States/UTs  on  23.06.2022 tomake use of their own datasets  for  identification  of  beneficiaries.  For  this  purpose,  only poor,  deprived  and  marginalized  families  may  be  enrolled,  keeping  the  overall  design  and intent of AB-PMJAY scheme intact. Government of India shall, however, provide its share of funding for all such beneficiaries limited to the number of eligible households as per SECC 2011 database.

| State/UT          | Number of Eligible Families under AB-PMJAY   | Number of Eligible Families under AB-PMJAY   | Number of Eligible Families under AB-PMJAY   |
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| State/UT          | SECC Families                                | Additional Families                          | Total Families                               |
| A&N Islands       | 21,399                                       | -                                            | 21,399                                       |
| Andhra Pradesh    | 5,530,825                                    | 8,523,463                                    | 14,054,288                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 88,928                                       | -                                            | 88,928                                       |
| Assam             | 2,701,795                                    | -                                            | 2,701,795                                    |
| Bihar             | 10,895,571                                   | -                                            | 10,895,571                                   |
| Chandigarh        | 71,278                                       | -                                            | 71,278                                       |
| Chhattisgarh      | 3,729,027                                    | 1,920,555                                    | 5,649,582                                    |
| DNH&DD            | 42,805                                       | 168,927                                      | 211,732                                      |
| Goa               | 36,975                                       | -                                            | 36,975                                       |
| Gujarat           | 4,485,330                                    | 3,613,436                                    | 8,098,766                                    |
| Haryana           | 1,551,798                                    | -                                            | 1,551,798                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh  | 478,985                                      | -                                            | 478,985                                      |
| Jammu And Kashmir | 602,793                                      | 1,902,833                                    | 2,505,626                                    |
| Jharkhand         | 2,805,753                                    | 2,905,180                                    | 5,710,933                                    |
| Karnataka         | 6,209,073                                    | 5,290,927                                    | 11,500,000                                   |
| Kerala            | 2,157,077                                    | 1,957,783                                    | 4,114,860                                    |
| Ladakh            | 10,904                                       | 28,638                                       | 39,542                                       |
| Lakshadweep       | 1,465                                        | 10,895                                       | 12,360                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh    | 8,392,162                                    | 2,504,396                                    | 10,896,558                                   |
| Maharashtra       | 8,363,664                                    | -                                            | 8,363,664                                    |
| Manipur           | 277,018                                      | -                                            | 277,018                                      |
| Meghalaya         | 347,013                                      | 207,118                                      | 554,131                                      |
| Mizoram           | 194,856                                      | -                                            | 194,856                                      |
| Nagaland          | 233,438                                      | 85,614                                       | 319,052                                      |
| Puducherry        | 103,434                                      | -                                            | 103,434                                      |
| Punjab            | 1,498,065                                    | 2,946,877                                    | 4,444,942                                    |
| Rajasthan         | 5,971,496                                    | 7,502,474                                    | 13,473,970                                   |
| Sikkim            | 39,791                                       | -                                            | 39,791                                       |
| Tamil Nadu        | 7,770,928                                    | 5,982,170                                    | 13,753,098                                   |
| Telangana         | 2,611,424                                    | 6,166,832                                    | 8,778,256                                    |
| Tripura           | 494,422                                      | -                                            | 494,422                                      |
| Uttar Pradesh     | 11,807,068                                   | 4,922,597                                    | 16,729,665                                   |
| Uttarakhand       | 537,721                                      | 1,045,932                                    | 1,583,653                                    |

Note: Above list does not include the State/UT of West Bengal, Odisha and NCT of Delhi as they are not implementing the scheme.

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