Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Increase in Health Cover Under AB-PMJAY
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1002 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH JULY, 2025

## INCREASE IN HEALTH COVER UNDER AB-PMJAY

## †1002. DR. RAJKUMAR SANGWAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) the criteria fixed for availing the benefits under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana;

(b) the details of the beneficiaries under this scheme in Uttar Pradesh including Baghpat Lok Sabha Constituency during each of the last five years, Lok Sabha Constituency-wise;

(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the amount of health cover under this scheme; and

(d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done?

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

(a): Under Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the eligibility criteria for the beneficiary families were initially identified from the SocioEconomic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 on the basis of 6 deprivation and 11 occupational criteria across rural and urban areas respectively. Further, in January 2022, on the basis of decadal growth rate of 11.7%, Government of India revised the beneficiary base to 12 crore families and provided the flexibility to States/UTs to use other databases (of similar socioeconomic profile) for verification of beneficiaries against such SECC beneficiaries who could not be identified and verified. Many of the States and Union Territories (UTs) implementing AB-PMJAY have further expanded the beneficiary base at their own cost under the scheme using non-SECC data sources (including National Food Security Act, State specific datasets).

In March 2024, the eligibility criteria under the scheme were expanded to include 37 lakh Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs), Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), Anganwadi Helpers (AWHs) and their families. Further, in October 2024, the government expanded ABPMJAY to provide free treatment benefits of up to ₹5 lakh per year to approximately 6 crore senior citizens aged 70 years and above, belonging to 4.5 crore families, irrespective of their socio-economic status, through Vay Vandana cards.

(b): Constituency-wise data is not captured in the scheme, instead, district-wise data is available. District-wise and year-wise details of number of Ayushman cards created in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years are at Annexure .

(c) and (d): AB-PMJAY currently provides free healthcare access up to Rs. 5 lakh per eligible beneficiary family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization in 27 different medical specialties corresponding to 1961 procedures. Regular updation such as inclusion of new procedures, empanelment of new hospitals, expansion of beneficiary base and other improvements are done in the scheme as per new requirements from time to time.

## District-wise and year-wise details of number of Ayushman cards created in Uttar Pradesh in the last five years

| District            | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022   | 2022-2023   | 2023-2024   | 2024-2025   |
|---------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Agra                | 66,871      | 46,806      | 1,00,653    | 4,97,455    | 53,984      |
| Aligarh             | 99,006      | 62,853      | 1,37,006    | 5,63,948    | 36,054      |
| Ambedkar Nagar      | 45,486      | 78,035      | 1,00,306    | 4,29,252    | 24,735      |
| Amethi              | 64,067      | 51,137      | 1,21,699    | 2,09,462    | 16,723      |
| Amroha              | 15,212      | 29,207      | 63,849      | 2,77,001    | 22,083      |
| Auraiya             | 41,847      | 47,889      | 63,882      | 1,34,701    | 15,012      |
| Ayodhya             | 50,967      | 59,281      | 1,38,396    | 3,08,889    | 24,812      |
| Azamgarh            | 44,214      | 79,782      | 2,29,275    | 6,52,605    | 53,942      |
| Baghpat             | 21,880      | 17,476      | 34,354      | 2,14,879    | 22,208      |
| Bahraich            | 88,713      | 1,29,025    | 1,38,519    | 4,04,545    | 31,634      |
| Ballia              | 70,689      | 72,612      | 2,62,697    | 3,42,267    | 39,724      |
| Balrampur           | 60,201      | 40,805      | 63,421      | 2,97,360    | 21,883      |
| Banda               | 79,707      | 16,745      | 88,169      | 2,35,184    | 7,643       |
| Bara Banki          | 59,696      | 66,956      | 1,52,237    | 4,10,931    | 63,392      |
| Bareilly            | 1,06,657    | 1,09,710    | 2,53,866    | 4,12,394    | 91,202      |
| Basti               | 52,125      | 57,620      | 1,26,943    | 3,95,544    | 28,870      |
| Bhadohi             | 40,817      | 30,193      | 60,273      | 1,66,494    | 15,830      |
| Bijnor              | 47,517      | 1,21,057    | 1,87,298    | 4,22,750    | 69,108      |
| Budaun              | 73,639      | 30,342      | 1,80,608    | 2,76,995    | 45,762      |
| Bulandshahr         | 74,894      | 76,207      | 1,44,164    | 3,95,888    | 47,039      |
| Chandauli           | 69,988      | 49,840      | 1,16,748    | 1,78,582    | 21,374      |
| Chitrakoot          | 29,483      | 14,253      | 46,746      | 1,42,950    | 19,884      |
| Deoria              | 43,875      | 1,13,001    | 1,94,628    | 2,17,089    | 50,233      |
| Etah                | 32,985      | 25,472      | 58,484      | 2,59,576    | 20,891      |
| Etawah              | 43,831      | 36,518      | 95,167      | 1,33,475    | 22,454      |
| Farrukhabad         | 74,609      | 34,295      | 1,08,462    | 1,78,883    | 25,689      |
| Fatehpur            | 82,967      | 50,616      | 1,00,175    | 3,03,391    | 37,767      |
| Firozabad           | 38,382      | 38,425      | 1,13,043    | 2,85,272    | 42,804      |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar | 9,964       | 9,503       | 21,557      | 1,16,917    | 23,958      |
| Ghaziabad           | 24,014      | 31,669      | 60,295      | 3,59,627    | 38,771      |
| Ghazipur            | 44,797      | 50,377      | 1,72,923    | 3,63,380    | 52,794      |
| Gonda               | 82,573      | 73,109      | 64,285      | 4,10,757    | 28,064      |
| Gorakhpur           | 88,502      | 1,65,737    | 1,17,295    | 4,41,685    | 90,688      |
| Hamirpur            | 48,814      | 26,064      | 57,914      | 1,53,796    | 10,455      |
| Hapur               | 19,265      | 16,755      | 36,017      | 1,99,246    | 19,026      |
| Hardoi              | 87,117      | 48,388      | 2,53,231    | 5,25,139    | 23,151      |
| Hathras             | 38,602      | 26,524      | 55,402      | 1,65,444    | 14,772      |
| Jalaun              | 29,933      | 48,748      | 76,636      | 1,69,829    | 21,635      |
| Jaunpur             | 94,021      | 91,284      | 2,26,413    | 5,45,632    | 97,157      |
| Jhansi              | 44,598      | 60,569      | 1,00,082    | 1,33,172    | 31,127      |
| Kannauj             | 45,863      | 20,810      | 87,054      | 1,70,204    | 16,805      |

| Kanpur Dehat     | 74,030   | 94,883   | 80,268   | 1,75,014   | 17,948   |
|------------------|----------|----------|----------|------------|----------|
| Kanpur Nagar     | 89,212   | 62,333   | 1,14,975 | 3,09,812   | 92,811   |
| Kasganj          | 37,494   | 31,795   | 27,236   | 1,71,231   | 10,018   |
| Kaushambi        | 48,029   | 26,326   | 59,626   | 2,21,762   | 19,493   |
| Kheri            | 1,70,412 | 46,783   | 1,84,045 | 3,85,167   | 47,911   |
| Kushinagar       | 1,12,903 | 75,013   | 2,10,371 | 3,57,538   | 36,590   |
| Lalitpur         | 20,486   | 29,118   | 40,124   | 1,08,693   | 11,618   |
| Lucknow          | 71,637   | 75,730   | 1,36,561 | 3,10,483   | 79,644   |
| Mahoba           | 32,384   | 10,823   | 45,660   | 85,559     | 11,016   |
| Mahrajganj       | 44,237   | 60,866   | 1,28,225 | 3,96,581   | 56,661   |
| Mainpuri         | 31,109   | 70,763   | 72,478   | 2,20,936   | 24,355   |
| Mathura          | 35,218   | 31,573   | 1,19,307 | 2,56,133   | 45,547   |
| Mau              | 25,111   | 66,198   | 1,98,893 | 2,40,978   | 34,153   |
| Meerut           | 68,241   | 44,113   | 1,20,413 | 3,84,931   | 63,373   |
| Mirzapur         | 83,912   | 43,136   | 1,66,724 | 2,33,510   | 32,299   |
| Moradabad        | 90,252   | 71,142   | 1,66,853 | 4,66,527   | 55,952   |
| Muzaffarnagar    | 43,966   | 47,784   | 1,04,686 | 3,34,584   | 52,019   |
| Pilibhit         | 1,06,571 | 54,923   | 1,75,926 | 2,88,035   | 25,409   |
| Pratapgarh       | 86,763   | 75,284   | 1,01,770 | 5,35,574   | 30,765   |
| Prayagraj        | 71,381   | 60,184   | 1,53,962 | 4,97,547   | 58,130   |
| Rae Bareli       | 76,247   | 46,331   | 1,58,581 | 3,82,012   | 58,533   |
| Rampur           | 36,699   | 47,888   | 78,720   | 2,79,086   | 39,050   |
| Saharanpur       | 48,668   | 1,36,455 | 1,61,090 | 6,40,488   | 57,835   |
| Sambhal          | 18,643   | 33,271   | 72,325   | 2,77,573   | 18,755   |
| Sant Kabir Nagar | 25,500   | 34,627   | 1,10,929 | 1,54,196   | 28,394   |
| Shahjahanpur     | 86,357   | 78,717   | 1,87,707 | 2,64,501   | 62,244   |
| Shamli           | 20,816   | 32,042   | 56,362   | 2,09,571   | 26,283   |
| Shrawasti        | 31,297   | 18,380   | 31,368   | 1,75,183   | 4,327    |
| Siddharthnagar   | 45,225   | 51,339   | 53,848   | 2,56,996   | 24,699   |
| Sitapur          | 1,07,227 | 1,19,701 | 1,65,337 | 6,20,527   | 34,818   |
| Sonbhadra        | 23,478   | 30,969   | 1,31,601 | 1,21,755   | 18,746   |
| Sultanpur        | 62,418   | 56,429   | 1,64,556 | 2,96,147   | 26,604   |
| Unnao            | 1,41,912 | 34,470   | 1,28,058 | 4,04,927   | 28,371   |
| Varanasi         | 43,794   | 78,870   | 1,85,829 | 6,00,739   | 73,735   |

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