Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Health Minister Discretionary Grant

Posted On: 03 AUG 2021 3:20PM by PIB Delhi

Under Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) financial assistance up to a maximum of Rs. 1.25 lakhs are provided to the poor indigent patients to defray a part of the expenditure on hospitalization/treatment in Government Hospitals for life threatening diseases covered under Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN) in cases where free medical facilities are not available. Only those having annual family income up to Rs.1.25 lakhs and below are eligible for financial assistance under the scheme.

State wise list is at Annexure-I.

As on 30-07-2021 forty applications for grant of financial assistance under Health Minister’s Discretionary Grant (HMDG) are under process in the Ministry.

 

         

Annexure-I

             
 

Sl.No.

State & Uts

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

 
 

1

Andhra Pradesh

16

22

11

 
 

2

Arunachal Pradesh

1

1

0

 
 

3

Assam

21

7

1

 
 

4

Bihar

80

52

8

 
 

5

Chhattisgarh

3

1

0

 
 

6

Delhi

22

23

6

 
 

7

Himachal Pradesh

1

0

0

 
 

8

Haryana

15

25

1

 
 

9

Gujarat

0

0

1

 
 

10

Jharkhand

4

6

0

 
 

11

J&K

12

4

1

 
 

12

Ladakh

0

1

0

 
 

13

Lakshadweep

1

1

0

 
 

14

Kerala

17

11

42

 
 

15

Maharashtra

3

3

3

 
 

16

Mizoram

3

6

13

 
 

17

Madhya Pradesh

18

16

7

 
 

18

Meghalaya

10

7

0

 
 

19

Manipur

1

1

0

 
 

20

Nagaland

1

0

0

 
 

21

Odisha

2

3

0

 
 

22

Puducherry

1

0

0

 
 

23

Punjab

6

5

3

 
 

24

Rajasthan

5

3

3

 
 

25

Telengana

0

1

0

 
 

26

Tamil Nadu

78

19

5

 
 

27

Tripura

1

1

1

 
 

28

Uttrakhand

7

0

0

 
 

29

Uttar Pradesh

183

105

22

 
 

30

West Bengal

3

4

1

 

The Minister of State (The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

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