Ayushmann Utkrishta award

Uttar Pradesh was awarded the ‘Ayushman Utkrishta Award 2022’ at the Aarogya Manthan programme held in Delhi on 26^th September, 2022 for adding various facilities to the National Health Facility Register, the state government said in a statement.

Uttar Pradesh is the best performing state in the country with 28728 Health facilities added to National health facility register.

Also the state is the second best State in creating Ayushmann Bharat health account (ABHA) with almost 2 crores ABH Accounts.

According to a government release, Karnataka ranks second with 23,838 healthcare facilities, followed by Andhra Pradesh (13,335), Maharashtra (12,902), Bihar (12,453); Madhya Pradesh (12,268); West Bengal (11,607), Chhattisgarh (9,349), Telangana (7,988), and Gujarat (7,791).

Andhra Pradesh was awarded the Ayushman Utkrishtata Puraskaar 2022 as the top performing State/Union Territory at the two-day Arogya Manthan 2022 held in New Delhi on 26 September 2022.

The Arogya Manthan 2022 was organized by the National Health Authority to celebrate the completion of 4 years of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and 1 year of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

Best Performing States: Kerala, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Manipur, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Best Performing Union Territory: Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir.