SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has 3,173 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) operationalised across the Union Territory, while Ladakh has 321, according to data placed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare before the Lok Sabha on Friday.
The figures, reported on the AAM portal as of June 30, 2026, place JK among the larger UTs in terms of operational AAMs. Together, JK and Ladakh account for 3,494 of the 1,86,298 AAMs operationalised across the country.
The Union Government’s data does not provide a national average for the number of AAMs per State or UT, as the figures vary significantly according to population and geographic requirements. JK’s 3,173 operational AAMs are more than the numbers reported for Himachal Pradesh (2,845), Uttarakhand (2,364) and Punjab (3,322 is slightly higher), while Ladakh’s 321 are among the lower figures nationally, reflecting its smaller population and difficult terrain.
Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the Centre released Rs 805.22 crore to JK in 2023-24, Rs 1,040.76 crore in 2024-25 and Rs 1,017.14 crore in 2025-26. Expenditure was reported at Rs 956.95 crore, Rs 1,110.30 crore and Rs 1,180.71 crore, respectively. These NHM figures include support for AAMs and other health interventions.
For Ladakh, central NHM releases stood at Rs 120.44 crore in 2023-24, Rs 135.98 crore in 2024-25 and Rs 142.24 crore in 2025-26, while expenditure was reported at Rs 119.67 crore, Rs 150.50 crore and Rs 138.98 crore, respectively.
The Centre clarified that the NHM figures relate to central government grants and do not include the States’ or UTs’ share. Expenditure includes spending against central releases, State or UT releases and unspent balances carried forward from the beginning of the year. The expenditure figures are provisional and based on Financial Management Reports submitted by States and UTs.
Nationally, Uttar Pradesh had the highest number of operational AAMs at 23,646, followed by Rajasthan with 14,494, West Bengal with 13,517 and Maharashtra with 13,457. Bihar had 12,444, Madhya Pradesh 12,775 and Andhra Pradesh 11,873.
Among other States and UTs, Gujarat had 10,625 operational AAMs, Karnataka 10,137, Tamil Nadu 8,454, Kerala 7,207, Odisha 7,379 and Chhattisgarh 5,898.
The Centre reported that 31,347 AAMs had been operationalised in tribal districts and 27,775 in aspirational districts as of June 30, 2026. It also said 1,86,298 AAMs had been operationalised across the country, covering rural, urban, tribal-dominated and aspirational areas.
The AAMs are mandated to provide 12 packages of primary healthcare services, covering reproductive and child healthcare, communicable and non-communicable diseases, palliative and elderly care, common mental disorders, substance-use disorder management, oral health, ENT care and basic emergency services.
The Union Government said the essential list has been expanded to 179 drugs and 63 diagnostics at Primary Health Centre-level AAMs, and 113 drugs and 14 diagnostics at Sub Health Centre-level AAMs.
Under NHM, financial support is provided for human resources, including Community Health Officers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwives, male multipurpose workers and ASHAs at Sub Health Centre-level AAMs, and medical officers, staff nurses, pharmacists, health assistants and laboratory technicians at PHC-level AAMs.
The Centre also said teleconsultation services are available at all operational AAMs to facilitate access to specialist healthcare. A total of 1,546 Mobile Medical Units are supported under NHM to provide outreach services in remote and underserved areas, including difficult terrain.
In addition, the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission is supporting infrastructure development for 11,001 building-less AAMs and 5,456 urban AAMs, while the 15th Finance Commission provided support for 9,863 urban AAMs for strengthening primary healthcare.
For the three-year period from 2023-24 to 2025-26, total NHM central releases across States and UTs increased from Rs 32,997.43 crore to Rs 36,875.33 crore, while reported expenditure rose from Rs 65,038.66 crore to Rs 67,791.93 crore. The Centre said these figures include NHM support for AAMs and other health programmes and cannot be treated as AAM-specific allocations.
