Lok Sabha Question No. 791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-26
Subject: Age limit for Senior Citizens  under AB-PMJAY
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ramprit Mandal, Shri Kaushalendra Kumar, Shri Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 791 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH JULY, 2024

## AGE LIMIT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS UNDER AB-PMJAY

## 791. SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL: SHRI KAUSHALENDRAKUMAR: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all citizens above the age of 70 years in the country have been covered under ABPMJAYand if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether cards have been issued to all the said beneficiaries;
- (c) the details of numbers of beneficiaries under the said Yojana, State-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to reduce the age limit from 70 years to 60 years under this scheme; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) to (e): Presently, all members of the eligible families irrespective of age are covered under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. States/UTs implementing the scheme have further expanded the beneficiary base at their own cost. As on 20.07.2024, approximately 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created across the country. State/UT-wise details of number of eligible families under the scheme are at Annexure.

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

| State/UT                    | No. of eligible families   |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 23,785                     |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 6,147,562                  |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 98,844                     |
| Assam                       | 3,003,069                  |
| Bihar                       | 12,110,525                 |
| Chandigarh                  | 79,226                     |
| Chhattisgarh                | 41,144,847                 |
| DNH&DD                      | 47,578                     |
| Delhi                       | 654,041                    |
| Goa                         | 41,098                     |
| Gujarat                     | 4,985,484                  |
| Haryana                     | 1,724,837                  |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 532,396                    |
| Jammu And Kashmir           | 670,010                    |
| Jharkhand                   | 3,118,620                  |
| Karnataka                   | 6,901,440                  |
| Kerala                      | 2,397,610                  |
| Ladakh                      | 12,120                     |
| Lakshadweep                 | 1,628                      |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 9,327,963                  |
| Maharashtra                 | 9,305,910                  |
| Manipur                     | 307,908                    |
| Meghalaya                   | 385,708                    |
| Mizoram                     | 216,584                    |
| Odisha                      | 6,780,308                  |
| Nagaland                    | 259,468                    |
| Puducherry                  | 114,968                    |
| Punjab                      | 1,665,113                  |
| Rajasthan                   | 6,637,371                  |
| Sikkim                      | 44,228                     |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 8,648,748                  |
| Telangana                   | 2,902,621                  |
| Tripura                     | 549,554                    |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 13,123,662                 |
| Uttarakhand                 | 597,682                    |
| West Bengal                 | 12,437,482                 |