Lok Sabha Question No. 1923 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Ayushman Bharat Cards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai, Dr. Nishikant Dubey, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1923 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 ND AUGUST, 2024

## AYUSHMAN BHARATCARDS

## 1923. SHRI RAVINDRADATTARAM WAIKAR:

DR. DR JAYANTAKUMAR ROY:

DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI PATEL UMESHBHAI BABUBHAI:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Ayushman Bharat Cards that have been issued under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Yojana (PMABY) in the country, State/UT-wise particularly in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Daman and Diu, West Bengal and Odisha;
- (b) the number of people who have benefited under the said Yojana, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether in Daman and Diu Ayushman cards are issued to the people every year during the period between January to April and is likely to be possible for poor people to avail treatment during the period from May to December and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to issue Ayushman cards every month and if so, the details along with the time limit and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the details of the benefits being provided/proposed to be provided under the said Scheme and the States/UTs where the scheme has not been implemented so far?

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

- (a): As on 30.06.2024, more than 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created under Ayushman Pradhan - Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the country. State/UT-wise details of Ayushman cards created under AB-PMJAY are at Annexure-I . The scheme is implemented in 33 States/UTs except NCT of Delhi, West Bengal and Odisha.

(b): As on 30.06.2024, a total number of 7.37 crore hospital admissions worth Rs. One lakh crore have been authorized under the scheme. State/UT-wise details of number of authorized hospital admissions under the scheme are at Annexure-II .

(c) and (d): Beneficiaries eligible under the scheme can create their Ayushman card at any time i.e. throughout the year. Eligible beneficiaries can either create the card themselves using Ayushman App or visit the nearest CSC or empanelled hospital to create their Ayushman card.

The UT of Daman and Diu & Dadra Nagar Haveli is implementing a co-contribution scheme using AB-PMJAY ecosystem for residents other than those covered under AB-PMJAY (i.e. APL families) in the UT. This scheme is completely managed by the UT administration. For this scheme, the UT administration has fixed a period for enrolment from February to April.

(e): AB-PMJAY aims to provide health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to approximately 55 crore beneficiaries corresponding to 12.34 crore families constituting the bottom 40% of India ' s population. Eligible beneficiaries can avail cashless and paperless healthcare services related to hospitalization across more than 29,000 empanelled hospitals in the country. In the latest national master of the Health Benefit Package (HBP), the scheme provides cashless healthcare services related to 1949 procedures across 27 medical specialties including General Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Oncology etc.

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## State/UT-wise details of Ayushman cards created under AB-PMJAY

| State/UT                             |   No. of Ayushman cards (in lakh) |
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands          |                              0.72 |
| Andhra Pradesh                       |                            155.67 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                    |                              1.41 |
| Assam                                |                            174.37 |
| Bihar                                |                            295.26 |
| Chandigarh                           |                              1.88 |
| Chhattisgarh                         |                            222.01 |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli Daman And Diu |                              0.14 |
| Goa                                  |                              0.82 |
| Gujarat                              |                            255.95 |
| Haryana                              |                            119.84 |
| Himachal Pradesh                     |                             13.27 |
| Jammu And Kashmir                    |                             85.94 |
| Jharkhand                            |                            121.95 |
| Karnataka                            |                            171.46 |
| Kerala                               |                             76.7  |
| Ladakh                               |                              1.89 |
| Lakshadweep                          |                              0.35 |
| Madhya Pradesh                       |                            402.45 |
| Maharashtra                          |                            279.9  |
| Manipur                              |                              6.13 |
| Meghalaya                            |                             19.76 |
| Mizoram                              |                              5.63 |
| Nagaland                             |                              7.15 |
| Puducherry                           |                              5.09 |
| Punjab                               |                             87.97 |
| Rajasthan                            |                            217.1  |
| Sikkim                               |                              0.77 |
| Tamil Nadu                           |                             73.59 |
| Telangana                            |                             82.51 |
| Tripura                              |                             19.61 |
| Uttar Pradesh                        |                            511.16 |
| Uttarakhand                          |                             57.08 |

State/UT-wise details of number of authorized hospital admissions under AB-PMJAY

| State/UT                    | Number of authorized hospital admissions   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 2,912                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 6,549,443                                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 2,807                                      |
| Assam                       | 1,138,225                                  |
| Bihar                       | 1,130,122                                  |
| Chandigarh                  | 50,749                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                | 6,036,955                                  |
| DNH&DD                      | 129,002                                    |
| Goa                         | 7,105                                      |
| Gujarat                     | 5,537,440                                  |
| Haryana                     | 1,560,290                                  |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 280,605                                    |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 1,313,376                                  |
| Jharkhand                   | 2,094,180                                  |
| Karnataka                   | 8,693,558                                  |
| Kerala                      | 6,265,298                                  |
| Ladakh                      | 15,381                                     |
| Lakshadweep                 | 1,065                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 4,278,784                                  |
| Maharashtra                 | 1,941,236                                  |
| Manipur                     | 164,850                                    |
| Meghalaya                   | 822,207                                    |
| Mizoram                     | 130,184                                    |
| Nagaland                    | 72,703                                     |
| Puducherry                  | 89,511                                     |
| Punjab                      | 2,136,925                                  |
| Rajasthan                   | 5,420,065                                  |
| Sikkim                      | 20,520                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 10,371,732                                 |
| Telangana                   | 1,662,356                                  |
| Tripura                     | 336,073                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 4,356,280                                  |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1,168,945                                  |