Lok Sabha Question No. 1130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: AB-PMJAY Card Holders
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Bunty Vivek Sahu

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1130 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH JULY, 2025

## AB-PMJAYCARD HOLDERS

## †1130. SHRI BUNTY VIVEK SAHU:

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

- (a) the number of AB-PMJAY Card holders in the country till June 2025, State-wise including Chhindwara Lok Sabha Constituency;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries included under this scheme;
- (c) the number of Accredited Social Health Activists, Anganwadi workers and Anganwadi assistants covered under this scheme till June 2025;
- (d) the number of hospitals empanelled under this scheme, including private hospitals; and
- (e) the total number of patients under this scheme and its financial cost till June 2025?

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

(a) and (b): As on date, over 41 Crore Ayushman Cards have been created in the country under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The State/UTwise details of number of Ayushman cards created under the scheme are at Annexure.

Constituency-wise data is not captured under the scheme, instead, district-wise data is available. As on date, a total of 14.60 lakhs Ayushman cards have been created in Chhindwara District.

In January 2022, Government of India revised the beneficiary base of the scheme from 10.74 crore to 12 crore families, covering the bottom 40% of India's population. Further, in March 2024, the eligibility criteria were expanded to include 37 lakh Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs), and their families. Recently, the scheme has been further extended to cover 6 crore senior citizens aged 70 years and above, representing 4.5 crore families, through Vay Vandana Card, irrespective of their socio-economic status.

- (c): As on date, the details of total number of Ayushman cards created with respect to members of ASHA, AWW and AWH families are as below:
- (d): As on date, a total of 31,466 hospitals have been empanelled under the scheme across the country, out of which 14,194 are private hospitals.
- (e): As on date, more than 9.84 crore hospital admissions worth over Rs. 1.40 lakh crore have been authorized under the scheme.

| Category   | Ayushman Card Created   |
|------------|-------------------------|
| ASHA       | 10.45 lakhs             |
| AWW        | 15.01 lakhs             |
| AWH        | 15.05 lakhs             |

| State/UT                        | Ayushman cards created   |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands     | 80,093                   |
| Andhra Pradesh                  | 1,61,70,534              |
| Arunachal Pradesh               | 1,61,828                 |
| Assam                           | 1,74,49,682              |
| Bihar                           | 3,91,99,682              |
| Chandigarh                      | 2,82,361                 |
| Chhattisgarh                    | 2,37,31,624              |
| Delhi                           | 3,88,412                 |
| Dadra &Nagar HaveliandDaman&Diu | 4,45,800                 |
| Goa                             | 94,511                   |
| Gujarat                         | 2,82,88,362              |
| Haryana                         | 1,35,29,909              |
| Himachal Pradesh                | 14,10,402                |
| Jammu And Kashmir               | 87,09,601                |
| Jharkhand                       | 1,26,65,623              |
| Karnataka                       | 1,85,81,649              |
| Kerala                          | 83,75,566                |
| Ladakh                          | 1,96,591                 |
| Lakshadweep                     | 36,563                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                  | 4,35,66,400              |
| Maharashtra                     | 3,17,60,601              |
| Manipur                         | 6,82,035                 |
| Meghalaya                       | 20,81,597                |
| Mizoram                         | 5,83,088                 |
| Nagaland                        | 7,48,095                 |
| Odisha                          | 3,46,19,714              |
| Puducherry                      | 5,37,951                 |
| Punjab                          | 90,85,672                |
| Rajasthan                       | 2,25,93,582              |
| Sikkim                          | 90,403                   |
| Tamil Nadu                      | 81,69,255                |
| Telangana                       | 83,26,118                |
| Tripura                         | 21,32,382                |
| Uttar Pradesh                   | 5,33,20,357              |
| Uttarakhand                     | 60,39,029                |