Lok Sabha Question No. 4765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Ambulances and Cranes on NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL, BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4765

ANSWERED ON 30 TH    MARCH, 2017

## AMBULANCES AND CRANES ON NHS

4765.   SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL: DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO::

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  requests  from  the  States  and  UTs  for  providing  cranes  and ambulances  under  National  Highways  Accidents  Relief  Service  Scheme  during  the  last  three  years  and current year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of cranes and ambulances provided to the States/UTs during the period;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to start trauma-attendant mobile vehicles/ two wheeler service by the name of First Response for providing emergency medical care to the road accident victims throughout the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which such facilities are likely to be started?

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) & (b) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways requested States /UTs to send the requirement of Basic Life Support Ambulances (BLSA) during 2015-16 and bank account details. In response to the requests from States, the details of fund transferred for procurement of BLSA during last three years is as under:-

| State          |   No. of BLSA allotted | Amount transferred for procurement of Basic Life Support Ambulances (BLSA)   |
|----------------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Jammu &Kashmir |                    136 | Rs.13,46,40,000/-                                                            |
| Sikkim         |                     31 | Rs. 3,06,90,000/-                                                            |
| Mizoram        |                      5 | Rs. 49,50,000/-                                                              |
| Total          |                    172 | Rs. 17,02,80,000/-                                                           |

(c) & (d) Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide healthcare services including emergency medical care lies with the State Governments. However, under the National Health  Mission  (NHM),  technical  and  financial  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  to  strengthen  their healthcare systems, including support for emergency ambulance services, based on the proposals made by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall Resource Envelope.

Currently,  22,973  ambulances  (Dial-108  and  Dial-  102/104  type)  are  operational  under  NHM  in  32 States/UTs.  State/UT-wise  details  are  at  Annexure  I.  States  of  Karnataka  and  Mizoram  have  10  and  6 motorbike ambulances also, respectively .

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (c)  &  (d)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4765  ANSWERED  ON  30.3.2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL AND DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO REGARDING AMBULANCE AND CRANES ON NHS.

## Ambulances Operational under NHM (as on September 2016)

| Sl.no.    | State/UTs         |   Dial 108 |   Dial 102/104 |   Other patients transport vehicle (empaneled) |   Total Ambulance underNHM |
|-----------|-------------------|------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1         | Bihar             |         10 |            744 |                                             94 |                        848 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh      |        239 |            300 |                                              0 |                        539 |
| 3         | Himachal Pradesh  |        199 |            125 |                                              0 |                        324 |
| 4         | Jammu &Kashmir    |          0 |            331 |                                              0 |                        331 |
| 5         | Jharkhand         |          0 |              0 |                                           2484 |                       2484 |
| 6         | Madhya Pradesh    |        606 |              0 |                                            974 |                       1580 |
| 7         | Orissa            |        420 |            471 |                                              0 |                        891 |
| 8         | Rajasthan         |        633 |            600 |                                              0 |                       1233 |
| 9         | Uttar Pradesh     |        988 |           2270 |                                              0 |                       3258 |
| 10        | Uttarakhand       |        139 |            109 |                                              0 |                        248 |
| 11        | Arunachal Pradesh |          0 |             94 |                                              0 |                         94 |
| 12        | Assam             |        380 |            316 |                                            235 |                        931 |
| 13        | Manipur           |          0 |             43 |                                              0 |                         43 |
| 14        | Meghalaya         |         42 |              0 |                                              0 |                         42 |
| 15        | Mizoram           |          0 |             60 |                                              0 |                         60 |
| 16        | Nagaland          |          0 |             80 |                                              0 |                         80 |
| 17        | Sikkim            |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                          0 |
| 18        | Tripura           |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                          0 |
| 19        | Andhra Pradesh    |        439 |              0 |                                              0 |                        439 |
| 20        | Goa               |         32 |              0 |                                              4 |                         36 |
| 21        | Gujarat           |        406 |              0 |                                              0 |                        406 |
| 22        | Haryana           |          0 |            364 |                                              0 |                        364 |
| 23        | Karnataka         |        711 |              0 |                                            200 |                        911 |
| 24        | Kerala            |         43 |              6 |                                             75 |                        124 |
| 25        | Maharashtra       |        937 |           2674 |                                              0 |                       3611 |
| 26        | Punjab            |        242 |              0 |                                              0 |                        242 |
| 27        | Tamil Nadu        |        755 |              0 |                                              0 |                        755 |
| 28        | Telangana         |        316 |              0 |                                              0 |                        316 |
| 29        | West Bengal       |          0 |              0 |                                           2557 |                       2557 |
| 30        | A&N Island        |          0 |              1 |                                              0 |                          1 |
| 31        | Chandigarh        |          6 |              9 |                                              0 |                         15 |
| 32        | D&N Haveli        |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                          0 |
| 33        | Daman &Diu        |          3 |              4 |                                              0 |                          7 |
| 34        | Delhi             |          0 |            192 |                                              0 |                        192 |
| 35        | Lakshadweep       |          0 |              0 |                                              0 |                          0 |
| 36        | Puducherry        |         11 |              0 |                                              0 |                         11 |
| All India | All India         |       7557 |           8793 |                                           6623 |                      22973 |