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Cashless Facilities to CGHS Beneficiaries – Total number of CGHS beneficiaries in the country: Lok Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 590
TO BE ANSWERED ON 9TH DECEMBER, 2022

CASHLESS FACILITIES TO CGHS BENEFICIARIES

590. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED: SHRI BALAK NATH:
SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

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

(a) the details of the total number of CGHS beneficiaries in the country, State/UT-wise including Rajasthan;

(b) the details of the beneficiaries in Sikar and Alwar in Rajasthan, district-wise;

(c) whether the Government is aware that several CGHS empanelled hospitals across the country including Rajasthan have stopped providing cashless facilities to CGHS beneficiaries due to pending dues of the Government;

(d) the list of hospitals whose payment has been put on hold/stopped during 2021-2022; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken in this regard?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (e): State/UT-wise details of the total number of CGHS beneficiaries in the country, including Rajasthan are at Annexure. There is no separate database pertaining to the districts of Sikar and Alwar. There has been a time lag on account of established procedures for processing the claims. However, the procedures are streamlined now.

Annexure

Sl. No  State / Union Territory CGHS Beneficiaries
1 Andhra Pradesh 48,944
2 Assam 65,244
3 Bihar 57,052
4 Chandigarh (UT) 45,870
5 Chhattishgarh 5,052
6 Delhi 15,93,155
7 Goa 5,648
8 Gujarat 92,406
9 Haryana 1,47,561
10 Himachal Pradesh 5,785
11 Jammu & Kashmir 18,723
12 Jharkhand 25,148
13 Karnatka 1,48,234
14 Kerala 61,087
15 Madhya Pradesh 1,31,391
16 Maharashtra 4,53,263
17 Manipur 4,998
18 Meghalaya 26,952
19 Mizroam 5208
20 Nagaland 2,082
21 Odisha 35,949
22 Pondicherry 4,127
23 Punjab 23,450
24 Rajasthan 96,651
25 Sikkim 1,353
26 Tamil Nadu 1,47,212
27 Telangana 2,14,033
28 Tripura 14,661
29 Uttar Pradesh 4,83,149
30 Uttarakhand 55,901
31 West Bengal 2,06,601

 

Source: Lok Sabha