Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission Crosses 90 Crore ABHA Accounts, Strengthening India’s Digital Health Backbone

India’s digital health ecosystem has crossed a major milestone with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission recording over 90 crore Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts across the country. The achievement marks a significant expansion of India’s digital public infrastructure in healthcare, placing millions of citizens within a secure, consent-based system for accessing and sharing medical records.

The Ayushman Bharat Health Account, or ABHA, is a unique 14-digit digital health identity. It allows citizens to link their health records, access them digitally and share them with healthcare providers only with consent. This makes ABHA one of the central pillars of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, because it helps create a continuous health record across hospitals, clinics, diagnostic centres, health apps and other healthcare facilities.

The growth of ABHA accounts has been steady since the mission began. Cumulative ABHA creation rose from 14.7 crore in 2021 to 30.4 crore in 2022, 50.6 crore in 2023, 72.2 crore in 2024, and 84.5 crore in 2025, before crossing the 90 crore mark in 2026. This shows how digital health adoption has moved from an early policy initiative into a large national platform.

Uttar Pradesh leads the country with over 15.3 crore ABHA accounts, followed by Rajasthan and Maharashtra with 7.1 crore each. Bihar has recorded 6.3 crore, while West Bengal has reached 5.9 crore. Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka have also made strong contributions, showing that digital health adoption is now spread across large and diverse states.

Several smaller states and Union Territories have achieved full ABHA saturation. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have reached complete coverage. Among larger states and UTs, Andhra Pradesh has recorded 98.5% saturation, followed by Odisha at 91.9%, Chandigarh at 90.8%, Rajasthan at 89.7%, Himachal Pradesh at 88.9%, and Chhattisgarh at 86.6%. Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura and Telangana have also crossed 75% saturation.

The milestone also reflects wider participation of women in India’s digital health framework. Females account for 49.75% of all ABHA holders, placing women nearly at parity within the digital health ecosystem. This is especially important for maternal healthcare, child healthcare, immunisation, follow-up treatment and continuity of care in rural and semi-urban regions.

For citizens, ABHA reduces dependence on paper files, lost prescriptions and repeated medical documentation. A patient can build a digital health history over time and share relevant records with a doctor, hospital or diagnostic service when required. This improves convenience for the patient and gives healthcare providers better access to past medical information.

The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is also building the larger architecture needed for an interoperable health system. Its components include the Healthcare Professionals Registry, Health Facility Registry, Health Information Exchange and Consent Manager, Unified Health Interface, and National Health Claims Exchange. Together, these systems are designed to enable secure exchange of health information across the healthcare network.

The crossing of 90 crore ABHA accounts shows that India’s digital health mission is moving at national scale. With continued participation from state governments, hospitals, laboratories, health-tech platforms, insurers and citizens, ABHA can become the foundation for a more connected, transparent and citizen-centric healthcare system.

Sourece: PIB