Lok Sabha Question No. 5551 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Citizens registered  under  Ayushman Bharat Scheme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Prof. Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5551 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH APRIL, 2025

## CITIZENS REGISTERED UNDER AYUSHMAN BHARAT SCHEME

## 5551. PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

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

- (a) the number of persons enrolled in AB-PMJAY since its inception till date, State-wise;
- (b) the number of citizens aged 70 and above registered in Ayushman Bharat, State-wise;
- (c) the details of Insurance Model & Trust Model opted in the country, State-wise;
- (d) whether the CAG reports revealed use of certain phone or Aadhaar numbers multiple users to get the benefit in the scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to avoid such types of multiplication and misuse of the welfare scheme?

## 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 under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) are at Annexure-I.
- (b): State/UT-wise details of number of Ayushman Vay Vandana cards created for senior citizens aged 70 years and above under AB-PMJAY are at Annexure-II.
- (c): State/UT-wise details of model adopted for the implementation of AB-PMJAY in the country are at Annexure-III.
- (d) and (e): The CAG report for FY 2018-21 has mentioned that a large number of beneficiaries registered against a single mobile number. Before August 2022, in the Beneficiary Identification System (BIS), used for generating Ayushman cards, mobile number was a mandatory field and in cases where individuals did not have their own mobile number, the operators authorised to create cards, chose to enter their own mobile number or a random 10-digit number. However, mobile number is not a basis for determining eligibility

and creating an Ayushman card. Ayushman cards are issued only after Aadhaar e-KYC of a beneficiary.

To address this, a new version of BIS has been launched wherein mobile number has been made optional and necessary validations of mobile number have been put in place.

Further, after receipt of the said Report, NHA conducted an exercise for checking all of its beneficiary database for duplicate Aadhaar number and no such duplicate Aadhaar has been found. Thus, there are no irregularities in the validation of beneficiaries whether related to multiple beneficiaries linked to same mobile numbers or multiple registrations against single Aadhaar number in NHA IT system.

## Annexure-I

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

| State/UT                    | Number of Ayushman cards created   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 78,745                             |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 1,56,45,241                        |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 1,55,473                           |
| Assam                       | 1,73,31,483                        |
| Bihar                       | 3,72,35,018                        |
| Chandigarh                  | 2,64,435                           |
| Chhattisgarh                | 2,33,23,348                        |
| DNH&DD                      | 4,42,110                           |
| Goa                         | 90,548                             |
| Gujarat                     | 2,72,96,057                        |
| Haryana                     | 1,31,43,285                        |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 13,87,423                          |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 86,47,008                          |
| Jharkhand                   | 1,25,24,252                        |
| Karnataka                   | 1,83,41,044                        |
| Kerala                      | 82,45,623                          |
| Ladakh                      | 1,95,340                           |
| Lakshadweep                 | 35,606                             |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 4,27,48,945                        |
| Maharashtra                 | 2,94,87,246                        |
| Manipur                     | 6,57,183                           |
| Meghalaya                   | 20,51,227                          |
| Mizoram                     | 5,77,694                           |
| Nagaland                    | 7,37,724                           |
| Puducherry                  | 5,31,672                           |
| Punjab                      | 88,91,556                          |
| Rajasthan                   | 2,23,44,252                        |
| Sikkim                      | 84,197                             |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 79,32,327                          |
| Telangana                   | 82,66,761                          |
| Tripura                     | 20,78,335                          |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 5,23,04,148                        |
| Uttarakhand                 | 59,42,627                          |

## State/UT-wise details of number of Ayushman Vay Vandana cards created for senior citizens aged 70 years and above under AB-PMJAY

| State/UT                    | Number of Ayushman Vay Vandana cards created   |
|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 3,479                                          |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 70,485                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 157                                            |
| Assam                       | 15,218                                         |
| Bihar                       | 2,15,808                                       |
| Chandigarh                  | 8,951                                          |
| Chhattisgarh                | 3,07,608                                       |
| DNH&DD                      | 2,143                                          |
| Goa                         | 6,567                                          |
| Gujarat                     | 4,27,120                                       |
| Haryana                     | 1,32,548                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 49,400                                         |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 77,169                                         |
| Jharkhand                   | 29,881                                         |
| Karnataka                   | 1,53,988                                       |
| Kerala                      | 5,89,193                                       |
| Ladakh                      | 180                                            |
| Lakshadweep                 | 43                                             |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 13,82,089                                      |
| Maharashtra                 | 2,15,454                                       |
| Manipur                     | 10,803                                         |
| Meghalaya                   | 128                                            |
| Mizoram                     | 3,449                                          |
| Nagaland                    | 265                                            |
| Puducherry                  | 10,257                                         |
| Punjab                      | 1,01,637                                       |
| Rajasthan                   | 3,18,329                                       |
| Sikkim                      | 4,488                                          |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 1,50,660                                       |
| Telangana                   | 18,019                                         |
| Tripura                     | 39,226                                         |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 10,06,847                                      |
| Uttarakhand                 | 12,733                                         |

## Annexure-III

State/UT-wise details of model adopted for the implementation of AB-PMJAY in the country

| State/UT                    | Mode of Implementation   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | Trust                    |
| Andhra Pradesh              | Trust                    |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | Trust                    |
| Assam                       | Trust                    |
| Bihar                       | Trust                    |
| Chandigarh                  | Trust                    |
| Chhattisgarh                | Trust                    |
| DNH&DD                      | Insurance                |
| Goa                         | Trust                    |
| Gujarat                     | Hybrid                   |
| Haryana                     | Trust                    |
| Himachal Pradesh            | Trust                    |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | Insurance                |
| Jharkhand                   | Hybrid                   |
| Karnataka                   | Trust                    |
| Kerala                      | Trust                    |
| Ladakh                      | Trust                    |
| Lakshadweep                 | Insurance                |
| Madhya Pradesh              | Trust                    |
| Maharashtra                 | Trust                    |
| Manipur                     | Trust                    |
| Meghalaya                   | Insurance                |
| Mizoram                     | Trust                    |
| Nagaland                    | Insurance                |
| Puducherry                  | Trust                    |
| Punjab                      | Trust                    |
| Rajasthan                   | Insurance                |
| Sikkim                      | Trust                    |
| Tamil Nadu                  | Insurance                |
| Telangana                   | Trust                    |
| Tripura                     | Trust                    |
| Uttar Pradesh               | Trust                    |
| Uttarakhand                 | Trust                    |

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