Saturday 17 December 2022

CASHLESS FACILITIES TO CGHS BENEFICIARIES AND TOTAL NUMBER OF CGHS BENEFICIARIES IN THE COUNTRY

 CASHLESS FACILITIES TO CGHS BENEFICIARIES AND TOTAL NUMBER OF CGHS BENEFICIARIES IN THE COUNTRY

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

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