Beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Yojana
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the Beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Yojana, As on 04.02.2021, approx. 1.59 crore hospital admissions worth Rs. 19,714 crore have been authorized through a network of 24,321 Empaneled Health Care Providers under Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri – Jan ArogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY).
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat Yojana
09 FEB 2021
As on 04.02.2021, approx. 1.59 crore hospital admissions worth Rs. 19,714 crore have been authorized through a network of 24,321 Empaneled Health Care Providers under Ayushman Bharat PradhanMantri – Jan ArogyaYojana (AB-PMJAY).
AB-PMJAY provides health assurance cover of up to Rs. 5 Lakh per year per family for secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitalizations. The beneficiary families under AB-PMJAY have been identified on the basis of select deprivation and occupational criteria in rural and urban areas respectively as per SECC 2011 database. This covers approximately 10.74 crore families (50 crore people). Further, the States/UTs implementing AB-PMJAY have extended the coverage of the scheme to 13.17 crore families (approx. 65 crore people).
Progress of AB-PMJAY in the States/UTs
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
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Source: PIB