Union Health Ministry Reviews Progress of AB PM-JAY and ABDM with States and UTs; Charts Roadmap for Strengthening Implementation

The National Health Authority held a two-day review meeting in Kolkata on 5–6 November 2026 to assess the progress of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.

• West Bengal joined AB PM-JAY as the 36th State on 16 August 2026, enrolling 4.2 crore beneficiaries and providing treatment to 2.2 lakh people.
• West Bengal generated over four crore Ayushman Cards within a short span of its integration with the national AB PM-JAY platform.
• Prof. Phaneendra Yalavarthy presented the Benchmarking Open Data Platform for Health AI (BODH) to evaluate health AI models using Indian datasets.
• The National Health Claims Exchange (NHCX) operationalisation was reviewed, emphasizing the integration of ABDM-enabled Hospital Information Systems.
• Sandbox 2.0 with agentic AI capabilities was demonstrated, completing a real-time ABDM Milestone 1 integration for ABHA creation.
• NHA's Ambient AI-enabled Voice Scribe was demonstrated to convert doctor-patient conversations into structured clinical records in multiple Indian languages.