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.
The state-wise list is at Annexure-I.
As of 30-07-2021 forty applications for grant of financial assistance under the 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 |