RAS question
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) provides every citizen with a:
Correct answer: (D) Unique health ID (ABHA).
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission provides every citizen with a unique Ayushman Bharat Health Account, or ABHA, ID for digital health records.
Explanation
ABDM is a digital health-record infrastructure mission, not an insurance, medicine-supply or hospital-priority scheme. Its core citizen-facing output is the ABHA ID, a unique health identity that enables digital health records. ABDM's four building blocks support that design: Health ID identifies the person, the Healthcare Professional Registry and Health Facility Registry identify the health ecosystem, and PHR apps support health records. The National Portal of India service page for Ayushman Bharat Health Account relates to ABHA, and ABDM's function is digital health-record infrastructure.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Free health insurance belongs to PM-JAY, which provides health insurance of Rs 5 lakh, whereas ABDM provides a digital health ID.
- (B) Hospital admission priority is not one of the ABDM building blocks; ABDM's building blocks are about identity, registries and records.
- (C) Free medicines are not the ABDM function; Jan Aushadhi is linked to affordable medicines, while ABDM enables digital health records.
Concept
This tests digital public infrastructure in health, a recurring RAS Science and Technology theme. The usual trap is mixing up Ayushman Bharat's benefit schemes with ABDM's digital identity layer.