Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Over 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created, while more than 29,000 hospitals have been empanelled till June under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, providing healthcare benefits to thousands in the country, Union Health Minister JP Nadda told the Lok Sabha.
Nadda informed that till June 30, more than 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in 33 States/UTs except Delhi, West Bengal and Odisha.
“Uttar Pradesh has the highest number with 511.16 lakh cards, followed by Madhya Pradesh (402.45 lakh) and Bihar (295.26 lakh). Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have the least with 0.14 lakh cards, followed by Lakshadweep (0.35 lakh) and Sikkim (0.77 lakh).
Till June 30, the AB-PMJAY scheme has authorised “7.37 crore hospital admissions worth Rs 1 lakh crore,” Nadda said.
AB-PMJAY aims to provide health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to approximately 55 crore beneficiaries corresponding to 12.34 crore families.
Further, Nadda informed that eligible people can avail of cashless and paperless hospitalisation “across more than 29,000 empanelled hospitals in the country”. This includes 12,625 private hospitals.
