Lok Sabha Question No. 4659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-28
Subject: Cashless Treatment in CGHS Empanelled Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH MARCH, 2025

## CASHLESS TREATMENTIN CGHS EMPANELLED HOSPITALS

## 4659. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) the number of CGHS beneficiaries in the country, State-wise including Bihar;
- (b) whether all beneficiaries registered under CGHS are provided cashless treatment in CGHS empanelled hospitals;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to extend cashless treatment facilities in CGHS empanelled hospitals for all serving Central Government employees in OPD/IPD; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (e) Number of CGHS beneficiaries in the country, Statewise including Bihar, is attached at Annexure . As per MoU signed between CGHS and empanelled Health Care Organizations (HCOs), all Central Government pensioners, Ex- Members of Parliament, Sitting Members of Parliament, Freedom fighters, serving employees of MoHFW, CGHS and Dte. GHS and such other categories of CGHS card holder beneficiaries along with their dependents having a CGHS Card, as notified by the Government time to time, can avail cashless health services through NHA's IT platforms at CGHS empanelled hospitals and diagnostic centres.

There is no such proposal under consideration to extend cashless treatment facilities in CGHS empanelled hospitals for all serving Central Government employees in OPD/IPD.

## ANNEXURE

## STATEWISE DETAILS OF NUMBER OF CGHS BENEFICIARIES

| State/UT            | No. of CGHS Beneficiaries   |
|---------------------|-----------------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh   | 395                         |
| Andhra Pradesh      | 60367                       |
| Assam               | 82174                       |
| Bihar               | 66779                       |
| Chattisgarh         | 8127                        |
| Delhi NCR           | 2042462                     |
| Goa                 | 6395                        |
| Gujarat             | 108353                      |
| Haryana             | 13807                       |
| Himachal Pradesh    | 7476                        |
| Jammu &Kashmir (UT) | 30893                       |
| Jharkhand           | 33920                       |
| Karnataka           | 173261                      |
| Kerala              | 78038                       |
| Madhya Pradesh      | 153195                      |
| Maharashtra         | 523113                      |
| Manipur             | 7247                        |
| Meghalaya           | 30351                       |
| Mizoram             | 6033                        |
| Nagaland            | 3076                        |
| Orissa              | 46092                       |
| Punjab              | 37127                       |
| Puducherry          | 5547                        |
| Rajasthan           | 107829                      |
| Sikkim              | 2866                        |
| Tamil Nadu          | 173715                      |
| Telangana           | 226912                      |
| Tripura             | 19290                       |
| Uttrakhand          | 65318                       |
| Uttar Pradesh       | 349393                      |
| West Bengal         | 237542                      |
| Chandigarh (UT)     | 61852                       |
| Total               | 47,68,945                   |

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