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ABDM: Over 52.5 crore ABHA IDs created
Government of India has launched Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a vision to create national digital health ecosystem. It aims to develop a platform enabling interoperability of health data within the health ecosystem to create longitudinal Electronic Health Record (EHR) of every citizen.
To ensure participation of citizen, Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) numbers (erstwhile known as Health IDs) are created. ABHA is Unique Health Identifier as a random 14-digit number and may be issued digitally or in the form of a hardcopy.
Creation of ABHA number is voluntary.
As on 24.01.2024, a total of 52,50,15,110 ABHA Numbers have been created.
State/UT-wise details are as under:
| S.No | State/UT | ABHAs Created |
| 1 | Andaman And Nicobar Islands | 437777 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 41231065 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 332675 |
| 4 | Assam | 17402397 |
| 5 | Bihar | 18403298 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 674965 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 19822176 |
| 8 | Delhi | 7918415 |
| 9 | DNHDD | 675191 |
| 10 | Goa | 745858 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 42251129 |
| 12 | Haryana | 12288393 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 5568590 |
| 14 | Jammu And Kashmir | 8596224 |
| 15 | Jharkhand | 7133354 |
| 16 | Karnataka | 25611817 |
| 17 | Kerala | 14866214 |
| 18 | Ladakh | 370982 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 99540 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 42837762 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 47116865 |
| 22 | Manipur | 587272 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 860215 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 579740 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 639014 |
| 26 | Odisha | 25973337 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 1091093 |
| 28 | Punjab | 8930344 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 29095048 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 399541 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 9182178 |
| 32 | Telangana | 17325015 |
| 33 | Tripura | 566640 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 66203035 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 6387162 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 29787043 |
| Total (A) | 511991364 | |
| Not Yet Updated (B) | 13023746 | |
| Grand Total (A+|B) | 525015110 |
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prof. S P Singh Baghel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
MB Bureau
