Lok Sabha Question No. 3470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-21
Subject: Expenses on Ayushman Bharat Cards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Kalipada Saren Kherwal

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3470 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST MARCH, 2025

## EXPENSES ON AYUSHMAN BHARAT CARDS

## 3470. SHRI KALIPADASAREN KHERWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Ayushman Bharat Cards issued by the Government during the last three years in the country, State/district-wise including West Bengal; and
- (b) the number of persons who have availed the benefit of the said card alongwith the expenses incurred thereon during the last three years in the State of West Bengal, district-wise including Jhargram?

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

- (a): State/UT-wise details of number of Ayushman cards created during the last three years under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) are at Annexure . The State of West Bengal has not onboarded AB-PMJAY.
- (b): In view of (a) above, the question does not arise.

Annexure State/UT-wise details of number of Ayushman cards created during the last three years under AB-PMJAY

| State/UT                    | Number of Ayushman cards created   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 37,370                             |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 1,55,59,664                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,20,611                           |
| Assam                       | 1,67,66,350                        |
| Bihar                       | 2,11,76,165                        |
| Chandigarh                  | 1,18,411                           |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1,00,16,353                        |
| DNH&DD                      | 36,568                             |
| Goa                         | 58,552                             |
| Gujarat                     | 1,77,00,032                        |
| Haryana                     | 90,08,590                          |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 2,65,402                           |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 39,97,092                          |
| Jharkhand                   | 30,46,529                          |
| Karnataka                   | 1,62,85,006                        |
| Kerala                      | 10,55,092                          |
| Ladakh                      | 97,278                             |
| Lakshadweep                 | 31,270                             |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 1,67,36,625                        |
| Maharashtra                 | 2,01,27,287                        |
| Manipur                     | 2,93,624                           |
| Meghalaya                   | 3,58,288                           |
| Mizoram                     | 1,94,210                           |
| Nagaland                    | 4,43,163                           |
| Puducherry                  | 3,74,056                           |
| Punjab                      | 26,50,410                          |
| Rajasthan                   | 2,12,12,048                        |
| Sikkim                      | 38,846                             |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 71,93,102                          |
| Telangana                   | 82,47,314                          |
| Tripura                     | 6,08,981                           |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 3,65,91,547                        |
| Uttarakhand                 | 12,94,006                          |

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