NEW DELHI: The non-BJP states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Kerala lead hospitalisations under the Ayushman Bharat-PM Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), data shared by the health ministry in Parliament shows.In 2022-23 (as on February 2), the information reveals that 1.08 crore individuals were confessed across all states and Union territories (omitting West Bengal, Odisha and NCT of Delhi, which are not part of the scheme) under AB-PMJAY.
Of this, an optimum 13.66 lakh healthcare facility admissions occurred in Rajasthan, followed by Chhattisgarh (10.73 lakh) and Kerala (10.44 lakh).
Madhya Pradesh came 4th with 10.11 lakh admissions.Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, which are amongst the most populated states in the nation, witnessed 6.65 lakh and 97,301 hospitalisations under the government-funded plan which offers health guarantee of as much as Rs 5 lakh per household annually for secondary and tertiary healthcare hospitalisations.The scheme was introduced in September 2018.
Far, more than 4.34 crore medical facility admissions worth Rs 51,749.40 crore have actually been authorised under the scheme, accounting for a typical per capita expenditure of Rs 11,924.
Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya, while responding to a concern, likewise notified the House that the scheme was carried out in West Bengal from September 23, 2018 to January 10, 2019.
The state government withdrew from the plan on January 10, 2019.
More than 28,000 health centers have actually been empanelled under the plan over the last four years, the health minister informed Parliament.