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With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements : 1. Private 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 ?
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 (3 only). The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) is a voluntary initiative aimed at creating a digital health ecosystem in India.
- Statement 1 is incorrect: Participation in ABDM is voluntary for both patients and healthcare providers. While the government encourages adoption, there is no mandatory legal requirement for private and public hospitals to adopt it.
- Statement 2 is incorrect: Although the mission aligns with the broader goal of Universal Health Coverage, enrollment is not mandatory for every citizen. The creation of an Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) is based on informed consent and remains optional.
- Statement 3 is correct: A core objective of ABDM is to ensure seamless portability. It allows citizens to access and share their longitudinal health records digitally across various healthcare providers nationwide, ensuring continuity of care regardless of geographical location.
Thus, only statement 3 accurately describes the functional framework of the mission.
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Guest previewThis is a classic 'Scheme Architecture' question sourced from Current Affairs (PIB/Newspapers). The core difficulty lies in the 'Voluntary vs. Mandatory' trap. UPSC habitually tests whether digital initiatives (like Aadhaar, Aarogya Setu, ABDM) are compulsory, making this a pattern-based elimination question rather than a pure knowledge one.
This question can be broken into the following sub-statements. Tap a statement sentence to jump into its detailed analysis.
- Statement 1: Is adoption of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission mandatory for private and public hospitals in India?
- Statement 2: Does the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aim to include every citizen of India as part of achieving universal health coverage?
- Statement 3: Does the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission provide seamless nationwide portability of health records across India?
Mentions implementation of the National Digital Health Blueprint through the National Digital Health Mission — indicates a central plan to roll out a digital health framework.
A student could check whether a central implementation plan typically includes legal mandates or whether it relies on state/organizational adoption (e.g., by comparing with other centrally promoted blueprints).
Describes Digital India as a central push to get government departments and citizens to connect digitally — frames digital initiatives as national encouragement for e-governance.
Use the general pattern of Digital India programmes (often driven by central policy but variably implemented by states/organisations) to question whether adoption is compulsory or incentivised.
States that public health is a state subject and that creation of departments and implementation of schemes falls under State/UT purview.
Combine this rule with knowledge of Indian federalism: if health is a state subject, a nationwide digital health mission may require state-level adoption or rules for mandatory compliance vary by state.
Notes increased emphasis on private healthcare organisations in national health policy and inclusion of private facilities in Ayushman Bharat insurance coverage.
A student could infer that because private facilities are significant stakeholders, any mandate affecting them would likely involve policy/contractual mechanisms (e.g., linking insurance empanelment to compliance) rather than unilateral top-down compulsion.
Describes central tracking/indices (District Hospital Index) and collaboration with national bodies for hospital performance monitoring — an example of central measurement relying on data from hospitals.
Use this example to consider whether data-driven central indices have historically been enforced by mandate or participation/coordination, informing how a digital mission might be rolled out to hospitals.
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