Lok Sabha Question No. 1105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Thomas Chazhikadan

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH DECEMBER, 2023

## RASHTRIYASWASTHYABIMAYOJANA

## 1105. SHRI THOMAS CHAZHIKADAN :

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the health cover provided by the Rashtriya Swasthya BimaYojana to people below the poverty line, State/UT-wise along with the relevant details of rural and urban beneficiaries in Kerala;
- (b) whether any significant steps are being taken to address the anomalies on the implementation side;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the target(s) set by the Government for the said scheme in the next three years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE (PROF. S. P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) to (d): RSBY was implemented by Ministry of Labour and Employment before it was transferred to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on 01.04.2015. With the launch of Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) on 23.09.2018, RSBY got subsumed in it. There were 22 lakh beneficiary families which belonged to BPL categories and 11 other defined categories that were enrolled under RSBY. They are now covered under ABPMJAY. State/UT wise details of number of beneficiaries enrolled under erstwhile Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) including Kerala are at Annexure .

Annexure State-wise details of number of beneficiaries enrolled under RSBY

| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | No. of families enrolled   | No. of families enrolled   | No. of families enrolled   | No. of families enrolled   |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | State/UT         | FY 2014-15                 | FY 2015-16                 | FY 2016-17                 | FY 2017-18                 |
| 1         | Assam            | 1421104                    | 1421104                    | 1421104                    | 1421104                    |
| 2         | Bihar            | 818531                     | 6899144                    | 7028409                    | 7028409                    |
| 3         | Chandigarh       | 7865                       | -                          | -                          | -                          |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh     | 2141822                    | 3442749                    | 4146227                    | 4146227                    |
| 5         | Gujarat          | 1876307                    | 1876628                    | 2691497                    | 2691497                    |
| 6         | Haryana          | 437850                     | 437850                     | -                          | -                          |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh | 481699                     | 480588                     | 480588                     | 480588                     |
| 8         | Jharkhand        | 1714552                    | 1682894                    | -                          | -                          |
| 9         | Karnataka        | 6050439                    | 6731881                    | 6206620                    | 6206620                    |
| 10        | Kerala           | 2018764                    | 2021572                    | 2060802                    | 2044417                    |
| 11        | Madhya Pradesh   | 608748                     | -                          | -                          | -                          |
| 12        | Manipur          | 70383                      | 70925                      | 70925                      | 70925                      |
| 13        | Meghalaya        | 65840                      | 256138                     | 256138                     | 130516                     |
| 14        | Mizoram          | 152983                     | 152983                     | 194886                     | 194886                     |
| 15        | Nagaland         | 128184                     | -                          | 255314                     | 233328                     |
| 16        | Odisha           | 4307538                    | 4462959                    | 4462959                    | 4462959                    |
| 17        | Pondicherry      | 6467                       | -                          | -                          | -                          |
| 18        | Punjab           | 232352                     | 232352                     | -                          | -                          |
| 19        | Rajasthan        | 2692626                    | 2769097                    | -                          | -                          |
| 20        | Tripura          | 505327                     | 492022                     | 481331                     | 481331                     |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh    | 3839765                    | 1464242                    | -                          | -                          |
| 22        | Uttarakhand      | 285435                     | 285229                     | 285229                     | -                          |
| 23        | West Bengal      | 6063390                    | 6150716                    | 6290446                    | 6290446                    |

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