# Telangana says Aarogyasri hospital payments uninterrupted, paid ₹2,840 crore in 20 months 2026-08-24T09:20:50+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Rajiv Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust CEO Jendage Hanumanth Kondiba has said payments to hospitals under the Aarogyasri scheme have continued without any hitch. The trust paid ₹2,840 crore in claims between December 8, 2023 and August 23, 2026, averaging ₹88 crore per month. This is substantially higher than the ₹54 crore monthly average before December 2023. Kondiba rejected allegations that staff had gone without salaries for 18 months, saying all employee salaries have been paid up to July 2026 with no dues pending. Cashless healthcare services for eligible beneficiaries continue across Telangana. The annual treatment cover was doubled from ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh per family in December 2023. Package rates for 1,375 procedures were revised in 2024, with prices raised by nearly 22%, and 163 new treatments were added, bringing the total covered procedures to 1,835. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Aarogyasri scheme covers roughly 1.5 crore families in Telangana and is the state's flagship universal health assurance programme, offering cashless treatment at empanelled hospitals. The jump from ₹54 crore to ₹88 crore in average monthly claims payments suggests a significant increase in utilisation or revision of package rates. With 1,835 procedures now covered and a cap of ₹10 lakh per family, the scheme is one of India's more generous state health assurance plans. Watch whether the monthly disbursal crosses ₹100 crore in the coming quarters as a signal of rising healthcare demand or cost escalation. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Leads with the official denial of payment interruption, presenting government figures without opposing quote. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Aarogyasri, Jendage Hanumanth Kondiba, Rajiv Aarogyasri Healthcare Trust, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-says-aarogyasri-hospital-payments-uninterrupted-paid-rs2840-crore-in/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/telangana-says-aarogyasri-hospital-payments-uninterrupted-paid-rs2840-crore-in/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/