Lok Sabha Question No. 2085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Ayushman Bharat Card
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Geeta Kora

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## AYUSHMAN BHARAT CARD

## 2085.  SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

(a)the number of Ayushman Bharat cards issued in the country and the number of people benefited by it, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand;

(b) the number of people who have been benefitted by ABY in Jharkhand; and

(c) the number of people who have not been issued the said cards till date and the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

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

(a) to (c): State/UT-wise details of Ayushman cards issued in the country are at Annexure-I.

Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is an entitlement based scheme. No enrolment or registration is required under the scheme. Beneficiary can directly visit any empanelled public or private hospital to avail cashless health benefits.

As of 5 th December, 2021, more than 10 lakh hospital admissions worth over Rs. 1057.50 crore are authorized under AB-PMJAY for the eligible beneficiaries from Jharkhand.

State/UT-wise  details  of  families  without  any  member  having  Ayushman  card  are  at Annexure-II.

|   Sl. No. | State / Union Territory     | Ayushman Cards Issued   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Gujarat                     | 1,04,31,886             |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh              | 2,56,85,119             |
|         3 | Uttar Pradesh               | 1,68,73,019             |
|         4 | Haryana                     | 27,69,671               |
|         5 | Rajasthan                   | -                       |
|         6 | Punjab                      | 76,21,627               |
|         7 | Bihar                       | 71,69,929               |
|         8 | Jharkhand                   | 91,68,912               |
|         9 | Tamil Nadu                  | 2,47,27,663             |
|        10 | Chhattisgarh                | 1,48,12,873             |
|        11 | Maharashtra                 | 73,53,249               |
|        12 | Uttarakhand                 | 40,74,713               |
|        13 | Jammu and Kashmir           | 57,10,328               |
|        14 | Ladakh                      | 99,680                  |
|        15 | Karnataka                   | 97,83,035               |
|        16 | Andhra Pradesh              | -                       |
|        17 | Kerala                      | 67,28,899               |
|        18 | Himachal Pradesh            | 10,99,961               |
|        19 | Puducherry                  | 3,75,985                |
|        20 | Goa                         | 21,934                  |
|        21 | Manipur                     | 3,78,382                |
|        22 | Assam                       | 1,24,98,493             |
|        23 | Chandigarh                  | 66,840                  |
|        24 | Sikkim                      | 41,446                  |
|        25 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 39,262                  |
|        26 | Arunachal Pradesh           | 30,762                  |
|        27 | DNH and DD                  | 4,15,929                |
|        28 | Lakshadweep                 | 10,010                  |
|        29 | Meghalaya                   | 16,89,657               |
|        30 | Mizoram                     | 3,58,219                |
|        31 | Nagaland                    | 2,61,851                |
|        32 | Tripura                     | 12,66,717               |

## Note:

1. Beneficiary cards in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan are issued at family level and hence not counted among individual Ayushman cards.
2. Telangana has joined the scheme in May, 2021. Details of cards issued by the State are not available.

## State/UT-wise details of families without any member having Ayushman card

| State / Union Territory     | Families without Ayushman Cards   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Uttarakhand                 | -                                 |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 59,76,577                         |
| Tripura                     | 28,823                            |
| Sikkim                      | 26,185                            |
| Punjab                      | 6,85,041                          |
| Puducherry                  | 50,034                            |
| Nagaland                    | 1,36,298                          |
| Mizoram                     | 81,404                            |
| Meghalaya                   | 1,01,689                          |
| Manipur                     | 1,46,391                          |
| Maharashtra                 | 56,37,681                         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 7,86,505                          |
| Lakshadweep                 | -                                 |
| Kerala                      | -                                 |
| Jharkhand                   | 20,26,954                         |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 4,52,216                          |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 53,480                            |
| Haryana                     | 6,46,383                          |
| Gujarat                     | 41,19,255                         |
| Goa                         | 27,973                            |
| DNH and DD                  | 18,810                            |
| Chhattisgarh                | -                                 |
| Chandigarh                  | 3,326                             |
| Bihar                       | 74,89,745                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,50,136                          |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 9,436                             |

Note:  The  above  list  of  States  and  Union  Territories  consists  of  only  those  States  /  UTs  for  which Ayushman cards are generated using NHA IT platform. In case of States using their own IT systems for generating  beneficiary  cards  viz.  Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Karnataka,  Rajasthan  and  Tamil  Nadu,  the complete  list  of  beneficiary  families  without  a  single  member  possessing  beneficiary  card  is  not  fully available with NHA.