UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2022

With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements: 1. Private hospitals and public hospitals must adopt it. 2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately. 3. It has seamless portability across the country. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Answer

Correct Answer

3 only

Explanation

Statements 1 and 2 are incorrect — participation by hospitals and citizens in ABDM is voluntary, not mandatory. Statement 3 is correct — ABDM's Health ID gives seamless portability of health records across the country.

Topics: ayushman bharat digital mission, governance, health record portability, polity