India's Healthcare Transformation: 12-Year Achievement Report

The Government of India has significantly strengthened the country's health system over the past 12 years, making quality healthcare more accessible, affordable, and equitable. The comprehensive report details achievements across multiple healthcare initiatives and programs.

Ayushman Bharat Initiative

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year to the poorest 40% of society and all senior citizens aged 70 and above. As of August 12, 2026, the scheme has issued over 45.5 crore Ayushman Cards and covered 12.69 crore hospitalizations amounting to Rs. 1.92 lakh crore (as of June 30, 2026). The program processes over 40,000 claims daily for more than 1,900 treatment packages across 38,466 empanelled public and private hospitals. Specifically for senior citizens, the Ayushman Bharat Vay Vandana scheme has enrolled 1.20 crore beneficiaries, providing over 13.84 lakh treatments worth Rs. 3,000 crore. The scheme has authorized 29.05 lakh inter-state portability hospital admissions amounting to more than Rs. 8,383.97 crore.

Over 1.86 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) are functional across the country, providing primary healthcare with 12 free services and recording a cumulative footfall of over 540 crore. The Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) supports 23,224 rural health and wellness centers in 10 high-focus states, establishes 13,736 urban health and wellness centers, creates 3,389 block public health units in 11 high-focus states, sets up 744 integrated public health labs in all districts, and establishes 631 critical care hospital blocks in districts with populations exceeding 5 lakh.

Digital Health Infrastructure

India's digital health backbone, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), has achieved significant scale with 96.43 crore ABHA health identity numbers created, over 110 crore health records linked, 5.47 lakh health facilities registered, and more than 10.50 lakh healthcare professionals registered on the platform as of August 12, 2026.

National Health Mission Outcomes

The National Health Mission has delivered targeted programs addressing specific diseases, populations, and health challenges. In maternal and child health, the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan enabled over 7.91 crore free antenatal check-ups, identifying more than 1.24 crore high-risk pregnancies. First-trimester antenatal registration increased from 58.6% in NFHS-4 (2015-16) to 76.2% in NFHS-6 (2023-24), while mothers receiving four or more antenatal care visits increased from 51.2% to 65.2%, and institutional deliveries rose from 78.9% to 90.6% during the same periods.

The Universal Immunisation Programme reaches 2.67 crore newborns and 2.9 crore pregnant women annually with free vaccines against 12 diseases. Mission Indradhanush has vaccinated 5.46 crore children and 1.32 crore pregnant women across its phases, reducing zero-dose children from 0.11% in 2023 to 0.06% in 2024. The U-WIN platform, launched in October 2024, has registered 11.87 crore children and 3.96 crore pregnant women as of March 2026. A three-month campaign launched in February 2026 provided free HPV vaccines to 52,10,302 girls aged 14 years for cervical cancer prevention as of July 15, 2026.

These initiatives have significantly improved mortality rates: maternal mortality rate declined to 87 per 1,00,000 live births in 2022-24 from 130 in 2014-16, neonatal mortality rate declined to 17 per 1,000 live births in 2023 from 28 in 2015, and under-5 mortality rate declined to 28 per 1,000 live births in 2023 from 48 in 2015.

Disease Control Achievements

New tuberculosis cases decreased by 21% from 2015-2024, with mortality dropping by 28%. Treatment success rates climbed from 83% in 2021 to 90% in 2025, and treatment coverage increased from 53% in 2015 to 92% in 2024. Over 28.1 crore people have been screened, 20 lakh people given preventive treatment, and 5.7 lakh new Nikshay Mitras added under intensified campaigns since December 2024. Malaria cases and deaths fell by 80.5% and 78.38% respectively between 2015 and 2023, leading to India's exit from WHO's 'High Burden to High Impact group' for malaria in 2024.

For non-communicable diseases, nationwide screening drives have covered 41.5 crore people for hypertension, 41.3 crore for diabetes, 35.3 crore for oral cancer, and 16.5 crore for breast cancer. The Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme has provided free dialysis to 32.44 lakh patients across 1,856 centers as of June 2026. Under various schemes, 19 State Cancer Institutes, 20 Tertiary Cancer Care Centers, 770 District NCD Clinics, 524 Day Care Cancer Centres, and 6,410 NCD clinics at Community Health Centres have been established.

Affordable Medicines and Diagnostics

The Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has established over 18,646 Jan Aushadhi Kendras as of February 2026, selling 2,000+ medicines and 300 surgical devices at 50-80% below branded prices. AMRIT Pharmacies offer life-saving medicines at 50-90% discounts, benefiting more than 6.85 crore patients with medicines worth over Rs. 17,000 crore dispensed, resulting in cumulative savings of approximately Rs. 8,400 crore. The Free Diagnostics Service Initiative provides free tests at all public health facilities, ranging from 14 tests at Sub Centers to 134 tests at District Hospitals.

Telemedicine and Digital Services

eSanjeevani, India's national telemedicine platform, has delivered over 49 crore consultations since 2019 with over 2.4 lakh healthcare providers (as of August 11, 2026). Between April 2023 and November 2025, 28.2 crore eSanjeevani consultations were supported by AI-enabled Clinical Decision Support Systems. Tele-MANAS, launched in October 2022, has received 43.64 lakh calls through 53 cells and 23 mentoring institutes across 20 languages. The i-DRONE service has delivered 22,000 medicines over 7,700 kilometres through 65 healthcare centers since 2021.

Healthcare Workforce Expansion

The number of medical colleges has more than doubled from 387 to 818 allopathy colleges (2025-2026), with 12 new AIIMS made functional since 2014, bringing the total to 23. MBBS seats increased to 1,28,976 and PG seats to 85,822. In nursing, 157 new colleges are being established, adding approximately 15,700 nursing graduates annually. B.Sc. Nursing seats increased 53% to 1,27,290 and M.Sc. Nursing seats increased 39% to 14,986 as of June 2025.

Alternative Medicine Integration

The Ministry of AYUSH has established traditional medicines as part of India's health system with 942 AYUSH institutions as of May 2025. The Ayush Grid digitally connects AYUSH hospitals and laboratories nationwide.