## Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) Scheme Status: Uttar Pradesh (2020-2025)
This document summarizes the status of the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) scheme in Uttar Pradesh, based on a response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3378, answered on August 8, 2025, by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Shri Prataprao Jadhav. The response addresses questions regarding financial assistance provided under the RAN scheme since 2020, with specific focus on Uttar Pradesh.
**Key Findings:**
* **Financial Assistance:** The RAN scheme operates as an umbrella scheme, and financial assistance is released directly to treating hospitals/institutes. There is no state/UT-wise allocation of funds; therefore, state-specific data is not centrally maintained.
* **National Disbursement Data:** The following table details the budget, revised estimates, disbursement, and number of beneficiaries under the RAN scheme from 2020-2025:
| Year | Budget Estimate (Rs. Crore) | Revised Estimate (Rs. Crore) | Amount Disbursed (Rs. Crore) | Number of Beneficiaries |
| :------ | :--------------------------: | :---------------------------: | :--------------------------: | :----------------------: |
| 2020-21 | 177.32 | 70.00 | 44.37 | 419 |
| 2021-22 | 105.00 | 97.13 | 22.86 | 332 |
| 2022-23 | 105.00 | 56.00 | 53.88 | 572 |
| 2023-24 | 67.28 | 20.00 | 14.36 | 568 |
| 2024-25 | 35.00 | 27.36 | 27.06 | 514 |
* **Empaneled Hospitals:** All Government hospitals/institutes with super-specialty facilities across the country are eligible to provide treatment under the RAN scheme. Specific data on hospital-wise fund utilization efficiency in Uttar Pradesh is not provided.
* **Awareness and Application Support:** While health is a state subject, the Ministry has periodically requested State/UT Governments to publicize the RAN scheme in Government hospitals/institutes to increase public awareness. Details of specific steps taken to improve awareness and application support for economically weaker patients in rural and remote areas of Uttar Pradesh were not provided in the response beyond the aforementioned requests to State/UT governments.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The Union Ministry responsible for health and family welfare policies in India.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question was raised.
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN): A scheme by the Indian government to provide financial assistance to patients from Below Poverty Line (BPL) households for medical treatment of life-threatening diseases.
Uttar Pradesh: A state in Northern India, specifically mentioned as the focus of the question regarding the RAN scheme.
Shri Pushpendra Saroj: The Member of Parliament who raised the unstarred question regarding the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi in Uttar Pradesh.
Shri Prataprao Jadhav: The Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare who provided the answer to the Lok Sabha question.
Umbrella Scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi: Refers to the broader scheme under which financial assistance is provided, clarifying that there are no specific state-wise allocations.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 3378
TO BE ANSWERED ON08.08.2025
STATUS OFRASHTRIYAAROGYANIDHI (RAN)IN UTTAR PRADESH
3378. SHRIPUSHPENDRASAROJ:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) the number of patients who have received financial assistance under the Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
(RAN) scheme since 2020, State-wise, district-wise and social category-wise particularly for Uttar
Pradesh;
(b) the total amount of funds allocated, sanctioned, and disbursed under RAN in Uttar Pradesh
during the same period,district-wise;
(c)thenumberofempanelledGovernment hospitals inUttar Pradesheligible underthe RANscheme,
alongwith district-wise data onhospital-wise fund utilizationefficiency;
(d) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take any steps to improve awareness and
applicationsupport for economically weakerpatientsinrural andremote areas of Uttar Pradesh;and
(e)if so, the detailsthereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a) & (b) The numberof patients who have received financial assistance under the Umbrella Scheme
of RashtriyaArogya Nidhi(RAN), alongwiththe detailsoffunds allocatedanddisbursed since2020,
are asbelow:
Budget Revised Amount Numberof
Year
Estimate Estimate Disbursed Beneficiaries
2020-21 177.32 70.00 44.37 419
2021-22 105.00 97.13 22.86 332
2022-23 105.00 56.00 53.88 572
2023-24 67.28 20.00 14.36 568
2024-25 35.00 27.36 27.06 514
(Amounts inRs. Crore)
Financial assistance for eligible patients is released to the treating hospitals/institutes. There is
no State/UT-wise allocation of funds under Umbrella Scheme of RAN. Therefore, State/UT-wise
data isnot maintained centrally.
(c) All Government hospitals/institutes with super-specialty facilities across the country are eligible
toprovide treatment underRAN.
(d) & (e) Health being a State subject, the Ministry has, from time to time, requested the State/UT
Governments to ensure that wide publicity is given to the Umbrella Scheme of RAN in Government
hospitals/institutes, inorder to increase awareness amongthe public.
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