Lok Sabha Question No. 2301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Health Insurance
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2301

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th  March, 2016 / Phalguna 21, 1937 (Saka)

## Health Insurance

## 2301. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage and number of population covered under some sort of a health insurance;
- (b) the  total  number  of  citizens  covered  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Suraksha  Bima Yojana, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government plans on making health insurance mandatory for all of our citizens; and
- (d) if so, the manner thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a)  &  (b):  As  per  the  information  provided  by  Insurance  Regulatory  and  Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the number of lives covered under Health insurance policies during FY 2014-15 was 28.80 crore which is approximately 24 per cent of India's total population. The State-wise gross enrolment data under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) is annexed.
- (c)  &  (d):  No,  Madam.  However,  Rashtriya  Swasthya  Bima  Yojana  (RSBY)  is  being implemented by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This scheme provides cashless financial  protection  for  affordable,  equitable  and  effective  health  care  to  all  Below Poverty Line (BPL) families along with 11 other categories of unorganized workers i.e. Building  and  other  construction  workers,  licensed  Railway  Porters,  Street  Vendors, MGNREGA  workers,  Beedi  Workers,  Domestic  Workers,  Sanitations  Workers, Mine Workers, Rickshaw Pullers, Rag Pickers and Auto/Taxi drivers. In addition to RSBY, few State Governments  have also adopted different Government  sponsored Health Insurance Schemes for the BPL population in their respective States.

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Annexure- referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Un-Starred Question Number 2301 for 11.03.2016

Statewise Enrollment under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) as on 29/02/2016  (As reported by SLBCs )

| Name of State               |    PMSBY |
|-----------------------------|----------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |    32561 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |  6790955 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |    50985 |
| Assam                       |  1394409 |
| Bihar                       |  4713833 |
| Chandigarh                  |   125792 |
| Chattisgarh                 |  4681573 |
| Dadra& Nagar Haveli         |    29054 |
| Daman & Diu                 |    17510 |
| Delhi                       |  1828103 |
| Goa                         |   240495 |
| Gujarat                     |  4515698 |
| Haryana                     |  2448220 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |   754931 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |   562035 |
| Jharkhand                   |  1648727 |
| Karnataka                   |  6076448 |
| Kerala                      |  3530835 |
| Lakshadweep                 |     3710 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |  6911173 |
| Maharashtra                 |  9029627 |
| Manipur                     |    77111 |
| Meghalaya                   |    67984 |
| Mizoram                     |    66386 |
| Nagaland                    |    44540 |
| Odisha                      |  3212617 |
| Puducherry                  |   172328 |
| Punjab                      |  3171536 |
| Rajastan                    |  4063857 |
| Sikkim                      |    50470 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |  6488874 |
| Telangana                   |  5410130 |
| Tripura                     |   417304 |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 11087426 |

| Uttarakhand   |   1091365 |
|---------------|-----------|
| West Bengal   |   5861295 |
| Total         |  96669897 |