Age limit for senior citizens under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 791
TO BE ANSWERED ON 26TH JULY, 2024
AGE LIMIT FOR SENIOR CITIZENS UNDER AB-PMJAY
791. SHRI RAMPRIT MANDAL
SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR
SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV
Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether all citizens above the age of 70 years in the country have been covered under ABPMJAY and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether cards have been issued to all the said beneficiaries;
(c) the details of numbers of beneficiaries under the said Yojana, State-wise;
(d) whether the Government proposes to reduce the age limit from 70 years to 60 years under this scheme; and
(e) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) to (e): Presently, all members of the eligible families irrespective of age are covered under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. States/UTs implementing the scheme have further expanded the beneficiary base at their own cost. As on 20.07.2024, approximately 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created across the country. State/UT-wise details of number of eligible families under the scheme are at Annexure.
Annexure
State/UT-wise details of number of eligible families under the scheme
| State/UT | No. of eligible families |
| Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 23,785 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6,147,562 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 98,844 |
| Assam | 3,003,069 |
| Bihar | 12,110,525 |
| Chandigarh | 79,226 |
| Chhattisgarh | 41,144,847 |
| DNH & DD | 47,578 |
| Delhi | 654,041 |
| Goa | 41,098 |
| Gujarat | 4,985,484 |
| Haryana | 1,724,837 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 532,396 |
| Jammu And Kashmir | 670,010 |
| Jharkhand | 3,118,620 |
| Karnataka | 6,901,440 |
| Kerala | 2,397,610 |
| Ladakh | 12,120 |
| Lakshadweep | 1,628 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,327,963 |
| Maharashtra | 9,305,910 |
| Manipur | 307,908 |
| Meghalaya | 385,708 |
| Mizoram | 216,584 |
| Odisha | 6,780,308 |
| Nagaland | 259,468 |
| Puducherry | 114,968 |
| Punjab | 1,665,113 |
| Rajasthan | 6,637,371 |
| Sikkim | 44,228 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8,648,748 |
| Telangana | 2,902,621 |
| Tripura | 549,554 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 13,123,662 |
| Uttarakhand | 597,682 |
| West Bengal | 12,437,482 |
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