Question : Implementation of PMJAY through Common Service Centers (CSCs)

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether National Health Accounts (NHA) has signed a memorandum of understanding to implement the Ayushman Bharat Scheme through Common Service Center (CSC);

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of people registered under the scheme till date, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the number of people targeted to be registered by the Government under the Scheme along with the time by which this target is likely to be achieved?

ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)
(a) & (b) National Health Agency (NHA) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSC governance India Ltd, under Digital India Initiative of Government of India, for utilizing their network of Common Service Centre (CSC) located across India to verify Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) beneficiaries’ eligibility under the scheme on beneficiary identification system ( BIS) of NHA, create golden record of beneficiary and issue e-card to facilitate availing the benefit under PMJAY.
(c) & (d) Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is an entitlement based scheme. There is no registration/enrolment of beneficiaries under the PMJAY. Around 10.74 crore beneficiary families whose names figure in the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) data under specific deprivation criteria in rural and occupational criteria in urban, are entitled for benefit under the scheme. The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) beneficiary families of States where scheme is operational, are also entitled for benefit under PMJAY.
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