Lok Sabha Question No. 5049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Economic Survey Health Data
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5049 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## ECONOMIC SURVEY HEALTH DATA

## 5049. SHRI C.R. PATIL

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of States where Community Health Centres, Primary Health Centres and sub- centres  are  available at block level in the country in the  year 2011 as per the Economic Survey of 2013 along with the total number of Government hospitals and AYUSH centres in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State - wise;
- (c) the total number of doctors, nurses of the modern system in the country along with the details thereof, State -wise; and
- (d) the number of physicians on an average population strength as per the opulation of India?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a) & (b): According to Economic survey 2013 - 14, number of Sub Centers (SC) / Primary Health Centers (PHC), Community Health Centres (CHC), Government Hospitals and AYUSH Hospitals and dispensaries are given below:

|   s.no | Facilities                                                  |   number |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
|      1 | SC/PHC/CHC(2012) *                                          |   177248 |
|      2 | Government hospitals(rural & urban areas, including CHCs)** |    35416 |
|      3 | AYUSH hospitals & dispensaries(as on 1.04.12)**             |    27586 |

Source: * Rural Health Statistics in India 2012 and ** National Health Profile 2012

State wise details are not available in Economic Survey 2013 - 14.

- (c): As per the information provided by Medical Council of India(MCI), there are a tot 10,12,428 allopathic doctors registered with the State Medical councils/MCI as on 31.12. Assuming  80%  availability,  it  is  estimated  that  around  8.10  lakh  doctors  ma y  be  actually available  for  active  service.  The  data  on  numbers  of  doctors  registered  with  State Councils /MCI is given in annexure I. Further state - wise number of    nurses, as available in National Health Profile 2016 are given in annexure -II.

(d):As per the World Health Organisation,   number of physician per 1000 population  in was  0.73 in 2014.

## Numbers of Doctors Registered with State Medical Councils /MCI

| Name of State Medical Council       |   Upto 2010 | 2011      |   2012 | 2013   | 2014   | 2015   | 2016   |   Total |
|-------------------------------------|-------------|-----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| Andhra PradeshMedicalCouncil        |       66109 | 4370      |   4498 | 5737   | 5415   | NR     |        |   86129 |
| Arunachal PradeshMedicalCouncil     |         334 | 354 80    |     12 | 55     | 29     | 108    | 23     |     641 |
| Assam MedicalCouncil                |       19147 | 19147 561 |    487 | 529    | 611    | 564    | 457    |   22356 |
| BiharMedicalCouncil                 |       37368 | 969       |    464 | 429    | 813    | NR     |        |   40043 |
| Chhattisgarh MedicalCouncil         |        3224 | 882       |    595 | 556    | 812    | 370    |        |    6439 |
| DelhiMedicalCouncil                 |        6748 | 1006      |    946 | 1073   | 1713   | 419    |        |   11905 |
| Goa MedicalCouncil                  |        2828 | 119       |    136 | 132    | NR     | 103    |        |    3318 |
| Gujarat Medical Council             |       47231 | 1795      |   2197 | 2153   | NR     | 578    |        |   53954 |
| HaryanaDental& Medical Councils     |        5356 | 361       |      0 | NR     | NR     | NR     |        |    5717 |
| HimachalPradeshMedical Council      |         913 | 310       |    459 | 296    | 276    | 363    | 232    |    2849 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                     |       11360 | 635       |    471 | 473    | 67     | 495    | 288    |   13789 |
| JharkhandMedicalCouncil             |        3245 | 490       |    355 | 283    | 45     | 285    | 60     |    4763 |
| KarnatakaMedicalCouncil             |       87734 | 3727      |   4207 | 4772   | 833    | NR     |        |  101273 |
| Madhya Pradesh Medical Council      |       26669 | 947       |   1338 | 1298   | 1409   | 1417   | 909    |   33987 |
| Maharashtra Medical Council         |      138303 | 3157      |   3433 | 3682   | 4938   | NR     |        |  153513 |
| MedicalCouncilofIndia               |       37300 | 3730      |   4864 | 5603   | 1169   | NR     |        |   52666 |
| Nagaland Medical Council            |           0 | 0         |      0 | 0      | 0      | 751    | 50     |     801 |
| OdishaCouncilofMedical Registration |       16786 | 460       |    380 | 719    | 2402   | 934    |        |   21681 |
| PunjabMedicalCouncil                |       39291 | 1128      |   1083 | 1234   | 1270   | 676    |        |   44682 |
| Rajasthan Medical Council           |       28797 | 1146      |   1442 | 1468   | 1963   | 2040   | 1326   |   38182 |
| SikkimMedicalCouncil                |         608 | 69        |     74 | 73     | NR     | 69     |        |     893 |
| Tamil Nadu Medical Council          |       86822 | 3476      |   4182 | 9218   | 5064   | 5088   | 7068   |  120918 |
| Travancore MedicalCouncil, Cochin   |       40007 | 2008      |   1703 | 1482   | 2500   | 3363   | 461    |   51524 |
| Uttar PradeshMedical Council        |       58168 | 2081      |   2247 | 2253   | 594    | 840    | 2612   |   68795 |
| UttarakhandMedical Council          |        3394 | 307       |    527 | 169    | 660    | 748    | 479    |    6284 |
| West Bengal Medical Council         |       59264 | 1230      |    917 | 1419   | 953    | 1211   | 332    |   65326 |
| TripuraMedical Council              |           0 | 0         |      0 | NR     | N'R    | NR     |        |       0 |
| Grand Total                         |      827006 | 35044     |  37017 | 45106  | 33536  | 20422  | 14297  | 1012428 |

NR -Not Reported

## Number of Nurses - State wise

| S.   | State/UT             | Total No. of Registered Nurses in India as 31.12.2015   | Total No. of Registered Nurses in India as 31.12.2015   | Total No. of Registered Nurses in India as 31.12.2015   |
|------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| No   |                      | A.N.M.                                                  | RN & RM                                                 | LHV                                                     |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh       | 1,34,694                                                | 2,10,000                                                | 2,480                                                   |
| 2    | Arunachal Pradesh    | 641                                                     | 510                                                     | 2                                                       |
| 3    | Assam                | 24,043                                                  | 18,506                                                  | 204                                                     |
| 4    | Bihar                | 8,624                                                   | 9,413                                                   | 511                                                     |
| 5    | Chhattisgarh         | 8,018                                                   | 7,851                                                   | 1,352                                                   |
| 6    | Goa                  | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
| 7    | Gujarat              | 40,694                                                  | 99,125                                                  | NA                                                      |
| 8    | Haryana              | 22,850                                                  | 28,356                                                  | 694                                                     |
| 9    | Himachal Pradesh     | 11,448                                                  | 15,424                                                  | 500                                                     |
| 10   | Jharkhand            | 4,071                                                   | 2,355                                                   | 142                                                     |
| 11   | Karnataka            | 54,039                                                  | 2,31,643                                                | 6,840                                                   |
| 12   | Kerala               | 29,710                                                  | 2,15,708                                                | 8,507                                                   |
| 13   | Madhya Pradesh       | 37,199                                                  | 1,08,855                                                | 1,686                                                   |
| 14   | Maharashtra          | 51,456                                                  | 1,06,155                                                | 572                                                     |
| 15   | Manipur              | 3,220                                                   | 5,503                                                   | NA                                                      |
| 16   | Meghalaya            | 1,066                                                   | 3,235                                                   | 116                                                     |
| 17   | Mizoram              | 1,932                                                   | 2,973                                                   | NA                                                      |
| 18   | Nagaland             | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
| 19   | Odisha               | 59,281                                                  | 75,358                                                  | 238                                                     |
| 20   | Punjab               | 23,029                                                  | 76,680                                                  | 2,584                                                   |
| 21   | Rajasthan            | 1,07,673                                                | 1,86,821                                                | 2,732                                                   |
| 22   | Tamil Nadu           | 55,975                                                  | 2,36,161                                                | 11,160                                                  |
| 23   | Tripura              | 2,040                                                   | 2,259                                                   | 148                                                     |
| 24   | Uttar Pradesh        | 43,488                                                  | 42,612                                                  | 2,763                                                   |
| 25   | Uttarakhand          | 1,864                                                   | 1,513                                                   | 11                                                      |
| 26   | West Bengal          | 59,021                                                  | 56,124                                                  | 12,854                                                  |
| 27   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
| 28   | Daman & Diu          | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
| 29   | Delhi                | 3,720                                                   | 50,197                                                  | NA                                                      |
| 30   | Lakshadweep          | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
| 31   | Puducherry           | NA                                                      | NA                                                      | NA                                                      |
|      | Total                | 7,89,796                                                | 17,93,337                                               | 56,096                                                  |

Source:

## Note:

1ANM: Auxiliary Nurse Midwives

2RN & RM: Registered Nurses & Registered Midwives

3LHV: Lady Health Visitors

4NA: Not Available

National Health Profile 2016