Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-25
Subject: Ayushman Bharat Scheme Cards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH JULY, 2025

## AYUSHMAN BHARAT SCHEME CARDS

## 1095. SHRI DINESH CHANDRAYADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government has provided Ayushman Bharat Scheme Cards to approximately including 60 crore poor people in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the amount of funds being spent under this scheme during the last three years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that people are facing a lot of problems for issue of New Ayushman Cards online; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a): Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) is a flagship scheme of the Government of India that provides health coverage of ₹5 lakh per eligible family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalizations. As on date, more than 41 crore Ayushman cards have been created under the scheme.
- (b): The details of central share of funds released to the States/UTs in the last three financial years are at Annexure .

(c) and (d): National Health Authority (NHA) implemented Beneficiary Identification System (BIS) 2.0 AB-PMJAY to streamline and expedite identification of eligible beneficiaries. One of the key features introduced under BIS 2.0 is the offline mode of identification, designed specifically to support regions with poor or unstable internet connectivity.

## State/UT-wise details of Central share of funds released under AB-PMJAY during the last three years

(Amount in crore of Rupees)

| State/UT                    |   FY 2022-23 |   FY 2023-24 |   FY 2024-25 |
|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands |         1    |         0.59 |         1.25 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |       480.89 |       451.45 |       328.65 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |         3.8  |         3.47 |         8.9  |
| Assam                       |       209.33 |       292.06 |       296.27 |
| Bihar                       |       145.51 |       172.5  |       610.15 |
| Chandigarh                  |         6.41 |         8.96 |         9.05 |
| Chhattisgarh                |       352.94 |       195.47 |       336.13 |
| DNH&DD                      |         2.93 |         7.79 |         5.76 |
| Goa                         |         0.53 |         1.2  |         0    |
| Gujarat                     |       660.15 |       267.48 |       240.58 |
| Haryana                     |       143.5  |        95.17 |       121.69 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |        64.32 |        47.91 |        49.71 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |        85.62 |        42.22 |        52.18 |
| Jharkhand                   |         0    |        83.55 |       341.41 |
| Karnataka                   |       647.74 |       320.59 |       513.32 |
| Kerala                      |       151.34 |       155.49 |       153.28 |
| Ladakh                      |         1.92 |         1.93 |         1.96 |
| Lakshadweep                 |         0.15 |         0.07 |         0    |
| Madhya Pradesh              |       665.73 |       790.35 |       668.69 |
| Maharashtra                 |       388.03 |       548.4  |       398.82 |
| Manipur                     |        38.55 |        29.17 |        29.85 |
| Meghalaya                   |        47.31 |        49.74 |        40.09 |
| Mizoram                     |        26.3  |        23.35 |        22.33 |
| Nagaland                    |        21.69 |        28.6  |        26.97 |
| Puducherry                  |         7.98 |         5.3  |         9.6  |
| Punjab                      |       111.38 |        57.96 |       122.2  |
| Rajasthan                   |       416.96 |       606.04 |       429.94 |
| Sikkim                      |         2.3  |         6.01 |         4.83 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |       578.67 |       681.74 |       440.57 |
| Telangana                   |       173.54 |       135.75 |       228.02 |
| Tripura                     |        45.25 |        48.81 |        53.87 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |       501.78 |       841.11 |      1026.06 |
| Uttarakhand                 |        65.11 |        60.21 |        65.32 |

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