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As of 30.06.2024, more than 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the country. State/UT-wise details of Ayushman cards created under AB-PMJAY are in Annexure I. The scheme is implemented in 33 States/UTs except the NCT of Delhi, West Bengal, and Odisha.

As of 30.06.2024, a total number of 7.37 crore hospital admissions worth Rs. One lakh crore have been authorized under the scheme. State/UT-wise details of the number of authorized hospital admissions under the scheme are in Annexure II.

Beneficiaries eligible under the scheme can create their Ayushman card at any time i.e. throughout the year. Eligible beneficiaries can either create the card themselves using Ayushman App or visit the nearest CSC or empanelled hospital to create their Ayushman card.

AB-PMJAY aims to provide health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to approximately 55 crore beneficiaries corresponding to 12.34 crore families constituting the bottom 40% of India’s population. Eligible beneficiaries can avail of cashless and paperless healthcare services related to hospitalization across more than 29,000 empanelled hospitals in the country. In the latest national master of the Health Benefit Package (HBP), the scheme provides cashless healthcare services related to 1949 procedures across 27 medical specialties including General Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology, Oncology, etc.

Annexure-I

State/UT-wise details of Ayushman cards created under AB-PMJAY

Annexure-II

State/UT-wise details of the number of authorized hospital admissions under AB-PMJAY

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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(Release ID: 2040860)