Lok Sabha Question No. 2201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-01
Subject: Status of Implementation of ABDM
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Malaiyarasan D

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No-2201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2025

## STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ABDM

## 2201. SHRI MALAIYARASAN D:

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

(a) the current status of implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) across various States in the country, State-wise including Tamil Nadu;

(b) the total number of citizens registered under the Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) as on date within the State of Tamil Nadu;

(c) whether the Government has conducted any assessment of the digital infrastructure readiness of rural health centres and primary healthcare facilities under ABDM;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether there are concerns raised by experts regarding data privacy, cybersecurity, or misuse of citizens' health data under the ABDM ecosystem; and

(f) if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to address these concerns and ensure that citizens' data is protected under the framework of ABDM?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) & (b) The current status of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) across various states including Tamil Nadu is made available at Annexure-A.

(c) & (d) The infrastructure required for development of interoperable digital platform & certain modules under ABDM has broadly been assessed and identified in line with the objectives of ABDM. For administrative support, various policy frameworks such as 'Health Data Management policy', 'Sandbox Guidelines', 'Health Information Provider Guidelines' etc. have been prepared and issued for smooth implementation of ABDM. National Health Authority (NHA) provides necessary support including technical assistance and training for all stakeholders to integrate their solutions under ABDM ecosystem. ABDM is implemented in all States as a Central Sector Scheme under which States are provided funds for supporting the human resources deployed for implementation of ABDM, capacity building of various stakeholders and IEC (information, education & communication).

(e) & (f) ABDM ensures privacy by design so that health data is exchanged between the intended stakeholders on ABDM network only after the patient's consent. Also, there is no centralised repository of health data. Before integrating with ABDM, digital health applications are validated in a sandbox environment and they also undergo security audits like WASA (Web Application Security Audit) ensuring that they are secure, protect sensitive patient data, and comply with ABDM's Health Data Management policy, 2020. The Health Data Management policy is also in alignment with the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

State-wise Number of Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) created, Health Facility Registry (HFR)and Health Professional Registry (HPR )as on July 28, 2025:

| State                                        | ABHA         | HFR    | HPR    |
|----------------------------------------------|--------------|--------|--------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands                  | 4,55,870     | 250    | 970    |
| Andhra Pradesh                               | 4,64,67,084  | 20,982 | 62,706 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                            | 4,21,833     | 581    | 2,787  |
| Assam                                        | 2,08,51,933  | 15,537 | 23,443 |
| Bihar                                        | 5,31,05,029  | 16,220 | 37,071 |
| Chandigarh                                   | 9,50,254     | 712    | 4,455  |
| Chhattisgarh                                 | 2,34,52,988  | 11,418 | 23,490 |
| Delhi                                        | 93,10,693    | 1,809  | 16,162 |
| Goa                                          | 9,15,048     | 1,001  | 3,271  |
| Gujarat                                      | 4,85,64,533  | 17,902 | 22,348 |
| Haryana                                      | 1,64,69,229  | 5,786  | 13,294 |
| Himachal Pradesh                             | 62,06,138    | 4,218  | 4,227  |
| Jammu And Kashmir                            | 95,17,058    | 5,349  | 12,644 |
| Jharkhand                                    | 1,46,20,041  | 5,820  | 15,209 |
| Karnataka                                    | 3,39,47,871  | 64,446 | 68,437 |
| Kerala                                       | 2,55,50,101  | 10,253 | 39,594 |
| Ladakh                                       | 3,93,400     | 391    | 1,044  |
| Lakshadweep                                  | 1,06,388     | 50     | 274    |
| Madhya Pradesh                               | 4,97,07,237  | 17,097 | 15,168 |
| Maharashtra                                  | 6,13,49,257  | 28,591 | 68,611 |
| Manipur                                      | 11,10,548    | 650    | 3,006  |
| Meghalaya                                    | 13,98,693    | 768    | 2,761  |
| Mizoram                                      | 6,64,991     | 749    | 2,902  |
| Nagaland                                     | 7,63,538     | 1,303  | 1,574  |
| Odisha                                       | 3,92,06,340  | 8,560  | 927    |
| Puducherry                                   | 11,65,689    | 416    | 3,398  |
| Punjab                                       | 1,51,45,804  | 8,576  | 15,206 |
| Rajasthan                                    | 6,32,96,944  | 43,516 | 53,518 |
| Sikkim                                       | 4,51,229     | 238    | 1,628  |
| Tamil Nadu                                   | 1,65,66,212  | 14,123 | 11,650 |
| Telangana                                    | 2,48,97,951  | 17,779 | 24,423 |
| The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 8,35,651     | 483    | 1,163  |
| Tripura                                      | 24,29,127    | 3,153  | 5,498  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                | 13,89,72,389 | 7,639  | 9,078  |
| Uttarakhand                                  | 71,34,607    | 68,226 | 95,741 |
| West Bengal                                  | 4,88,01,710  | 12,456 | 937    |

Note - It is to mention that the above data does not include 1,19,47,360 ABHA numbers and 5,097 HPR as the state name against these ABHA numbers and HPR has not been populated since state and district were not mandatory fields during ABHA creation through demographic authentication. The state and district fields have been made mandatory since September 2023.

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