Lok Sabha Question No. 1183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-09
Subject: Mandatory Health Insurance
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1183 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH FEBRUARY, 2024

## MANDATORYHEALTH INSURANCE

## 1183. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRASINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to make health insurance mandatory for all the citizens in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the health insurance coverage in the country, State/UT-wise including Bundelkhand;
- (d) whether the Government is making any efforts so that people aged above 70 years may get health insurance easily; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) to (e): Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is the world's largest publicly funded health assurance scheme which provides health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to approximately 55 crore beneficiaries corresponding to 12 crore families constituting the bottom 40% of India's population. States/UTs implementing AB-PMJAY have further expanded the beneficiary base, at their own cost. State/UT-wise details of eligible families under the scheme are at Annexure-I .

Bundelkhand region of India comprises of seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and six districts of Madhya Pradesh. Details of eligible families under the scheme in Bundelkhand region are at Annexure-II .

Since all members of an eligible family are entitled for healthcare cover under AB-PMJAY, senior citizens in such eligible families are also covered under the scheme.

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## State/UT-wise details of eligible families under the scheme

| State / UT                  | Number of eligible families   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 23,785                        |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 61,47,562                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 98,844                        |
| Assam                       | 30,03,069                     |
| Bihar                       | 1,21,10,526                   |
| Chandigarh                  | 79,226                        |
| Chhattisgarh                | 41,44,847                     |
| DNHandDD                    | 47,578                        |
| Goa                         | 41,098                        |
| Gujarat                     | 49,85,484                     |
| Haryana                     | 17,24,837                     |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 5,32,396                      |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 6,70,010                      |
| Jharkhand                   | 31,18,620                     |
| Karnataka                   | 69,01,440                     |
| Kerala                      | 23,97,610                     |
| Ladakh                      | 12,120                        |
| Lakshadweep                 | 1,628                         |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 93,27,963                     |
| Maharashtra                 | 93,05,910                     |
| Manipur                     | 3,07,908                      |
| Meghalaya                   | 3,85,708                      |
| Mizoram                     | 2,16,584                      |
| Nagaland                    | 2,59,468                      |
| Puducherry                  | 1,14,968                      |
| Punjab                      | 16,65,113                     |
| Rajasthan                   | 66,37,371                     |
| Sikkim                      | 44,228                        |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 86,48,748                     |
| Telangana                   | 29,02,621                     |
| Tripura                     | 5,49,554                      |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 1,31,23,663                   |
| Uttarakhand                 | 5,97,682                      |
| Delhi*                      | 6,54,041                      |
| West Bengal*                | 1,24,37,482                   |
| Odisha*                     | 67,80,308                     |
| Total                       | 12,00,00,000                  |

## Details of eligible families under the scheme in Bundelkhand region

| State / UT     | District Name   | No. of Eligible Families   | No. of Eligible Individuals   |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh  | Banda           | 1,93,740                   | 8,36,810                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Chitrakoot      | 1,10,355                   | 5,27,603                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Hamirpur        | 1,28,594                   | 5,59,279                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Jalaun          | 1,40,831                   | 6,41,999                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Jhansi          | 1,76,070                   | 7,44,689                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Lalitpur        | 1,33,551                   | 4,71,777                      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | Mahoba          | 95,297                     | 4,18,320                      |
| Madhya Pradesh | Chhatarpur      | 3,57,018                   | 13,82,638                     |
| Madhya Pradesh | Damoh           | 3,17,575                   | 10,78,753                     |
| Madhya Pradesh | Datia           | 1,43,282                   | 6,62,786                      |
| Madhya Pradesh | Panna           | 2,18,436                   | 8,43,271                      |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sagar           | 5,09,982                   | 18,38,555                     |
| Madhya Pradesh | Tikamgarh       | 2,36,930                   | 10,22,660                     |