Parliament Question: Issuance of Cards under AB-PMJAY in Dahod

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2448 TOBE ANSWERED ON 13TH FEBRUARY,2026 ISSUANCE OFCARDSUNDER AB-PMJAYIN DAHOD †2448.SHRIJASWANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of HEALTHAND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleased tostate:

(a) the number of families which have beenissued cardsunder the Ayushman Bharat Scheme inDahod LokSabhaConstituency till January 2026;

(b) the budgetary allocation made by the Union Government for the expansion of super- specialityfacilities andtoaddress the shortage of doctorsinDahod Medical College; and

(c) the current progress of the mission being implemented in Dahod for the elimination of sickle cellanaemia intribal areas? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATEIN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE

(SHRIPRATAPRAOJADHAV)

(a) & (b): The constituency-wise data is not captured under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), however, the details of number of families that have been issued Ayushman cards under the scheme in the concerned districts of Dahod Lok Sabhaconstituencyason31.01.2026are asunder:

District Number of families thathave beenissued Ayushman card Dahod 3.61 lakh Mahisagar 4.00 lakh

(c): Under the current HealthBenefit Package(HBP)2022 of AB-PMJAY, Sickle cellanemia iscoveredunderGeneral Medicine andPediatricMedical Management specialty.

In addition, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs for conducting screenings, counselling & awareness camps, procurement of drugs, blood transfusion services for sickle cell anaemia, prevention and management, provision of blood bank facilities, day care centre, medicines, lab services, trainingof human resource, based on the proposals received in the form of Programme Implementation Plans underNational HealthMission.Under National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission, screenings in the targeted age group of 0-40 years are conducted at all health facilities from District Hospitals upto Ayushman Arogya Mandir level in affected 17 tribal States for diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).

As per SCD portal, as on 08.02.2026, around 6.82 crore screenings have been conducted in tribal dominated areas of the country, including 15.13 lakh screenings in Dahod district. A total of 7,090 individual cases have been identified and 1,71,050 as carriers of Sickle Cell Disease and15,20,522SickleCell cardshave beendistributed inDahod district of Gujarat.

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