Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: New Policies for Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 120 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND FEBRUARY, 2018

## NEW POLICIES FOR HEA LTH SECTOR

## 120. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to implement new initiatives and policies for the overall development of the health sector in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)the total amount spent on various schemes/programmes during the last two years, State - wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANURPIYA PATEL )

(a) & (b): The Government has formulated the National Health Policy, 2017, which aims at attainment of the highest possible level of good health and well - being, through a preventive and  promotive  health  care  orientation  in  all  developmental  policies,  and  universal  ac cess  to good  quality  health  care  services  without  anyone  having  to  face  financial  hardship consequence. The National Health Policy, 2017 is available at http://mohfw .nic.in/sites/ default/ files/9147562941489753121.Pdf

The  Government  has  also  devised  various  new  initiatives  on  health  sector  which provided in Annexure -I.

- (c): A  statement  showing  major  Scheme  wise  releases  for  last  two  years  is  provided  a Annex ure - II & III.

## New Initiatives in Health Sector

The Government has devised various new initiatives on health sector which inter-alia includes:

1. Introduction of new vaccines
2. Mission Indradhanush
3. NHM Free Drug  and Diagnostics Initiatives
4. Setting up of New AIIMS Institutions
5. Upgradation of district hospitals to medical college hospitals.
6. Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Services Programme
7. The Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA)
8. Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme (SCHIS)
9. India Newborn Action Plan
10. Biomedical Equipment Management & Maintenance Program (BMMP)
11. MAA- Mother's Absolute Affection Programme
12. Kayakalp initiative
13. Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlets
14. Health  and  wellness  centres to  provide  comprehensive  primary healthcare.
15. Universal Screening of Non-Communicable Diseases- Government of India launched Operational Guidelines on prevention, screening and control of common Non-Communicable Diseases: Hypertension, Diabetes and Common Cancer-Oral, Breast, Cervix.
16. Scheme  for  strengthening  of  Drug  Regulatory  system  in  the country
17. National  Quality  Assurance  Programme,  under  which,  Quality Standards  for District  Hospitals,  Community  Health  Centres, Primary  Health  Centres  and  Urban  Primary Health  Centres  have been formulated.

## Annexure-I

18. New Mental Health Policy 2014 envisions promoting mental health,  by  providing  accessible,  affordable  and  quality health and social care to all persons with mental illness.
19. Cartridge Based Nucleic Acid Amplification test (CB NAAT) specialized  machines  which  enables  accurate  diagnosis  of drug resistant TB within a few hours facilitating diagnosis and  treatment  of  Drug  Resistant  TB  have  been  set  up  in 628 districts.
20. Daily regimen for treatment of TB has been rolled out in five States. This will significantly improve treatment compliance.
21. E-governance  system  (SUGAM)  has  been  introduced  in CDSCO  for  online  processing  of  applications,  linking  of CDSCO  HQ  with other offices, laboratories, and for maintenance of database to promote ease of doing business.
22. New medical device Rules have been framed and published to provide separate legal framework  for regulation of medical  devices.  The  new  Rules  will  facilitate  expeditious approval of medical devices.
23. E-health initiatives such as Kilkari, Mobile Academy, ANM On  Line  (ANMOL),MeraAspataal,  e-hospital,  e-rakthkosh, etc have been rolled out.

## \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

ANNEXURE-II State-wise Expenditure under NHM & NACO during 2015-16 & 2016-17 [Rs. in crore]

| Sl. No.   | States                    | National Health Mission   | National Health Mission   | National AIDS Control Programme   | National AIDS Control Programme   |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States                    | 2015-16                   | 2016-17                   | 2015-16                           | 2016-17                           |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 11.47                     | 28.83                     | 0.96                              | 1.68                              |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh            | 1,090.17                  | 1,247.63                  | 21.19                             | 40.96                             |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh         | 146.27                    | 165.16                    | 5.87                              | 10.92                             |
| 4         | Assam                     | 1,186.01                  | 1,331.77                  | 16.67                             | 17.53                             |
| 5         | Bihar                     | 1,621.67                  | 1,536.72                  | 31.5                              | 22.08                             |
| 6         | Chandigarh                | 20.98                     | 20.36                     | 6.29                              | 5.91                              |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh              | 758.28                    | 987.4                     | 17.68                             | 20.51                             |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 15.54                     | 17.22                     | 0.82                              | 1.22                              |
| 9         | Daman & Diu               | 15.69                     | 9.97                      | 1.89                              | 2.6                               |
| 10        | Delhi                     | 137.29                    | 147.56                    | 23.58                             | 42.71                             |
| 11        | Goa                       | 24.92                     | 40.52                     | 4.78                              | 4.91                              |
| 12        | Gujarat                   | 1,272.42                  | 1,376.91                  | 42.24                             | 55.39                             |
| 13        | Haryana                   | 493.23                    | 510                       | 16.1                              | 16.13                             |
| 14        | Himachal Pradesh          | 281.26                    | 343.39                    | 7.71                              | 9.7                               |
| 15        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 420.94                    | 414.43                    | 8.99                              | 6.74                              |
| 16        | Jharkhand                 | 590.18                    | 570.6                     | 13.29                             | 11.7                              |
| 17        | Karnataka                 | 1,141.61                  | 1268.33                   | 61.64                             | 72.97                             |
| 18        | Kerala                    | 632.88                    | 737.69                    | 22.76                             | 26.79                             |
| 19        | Lakshadweep               | 2.72                      | 4.32                      | 0.22                              | 0.17                              |
| 20        | Madhya Pradesh            | 2,046.60                  | 1,956.84                  | 33.52                             | 35.17                             |
| 21        | Maharashtra               | 1,734.44                  | 1,773.47                  | 98.02                             | 108.04                            |
| 22        | Manipur                   | 105.51                    | 78.99                     | 17.88                             | 31.94                             |
| 23        | Meghalaya                 | 133.55                    | 145.68                    | 4.38                              | 5.75                              |
| 24        | Mizoram                   | 94.68                     | 90.45                     | 14.39                             | 14.93                             |
| 25        | Nagaland                  | 81.05                     | 134.55                    | 19.36                             | 18.87                             |
| 26        | Orissa                    | 1,205.77                  | 1,255.88                  | 27.14                             | 30.15                             |
| 27        | Pudducherry               | 21.77                     | 32.56                     | 3.79                              | 3.71                              |
| 28        | Punjab                    | 649.49                    | 687.75                    | 28.09                             | 31.16                             |
| 29        | Rajasthan                 | 1,799.11                  | 1856.77                   | 31.43                             | 32.56                             |
| 30        | Sikkim                    | 50.71                     | 50.57                     | 4.75                              | 3.81                              |
| 31        | Tamil Nadu                | 1,633.37                  | 1,816.97                  | 58.27                             | 72.39                             |
| 32        | Telangana                 | 505.55                    | 687.15                    | 34.44                             | 31.95                             |
| 33        | Tripura                   | 118.77                    | 141.27                    | 7.45                              | 6.95                              |
| 34        | Uttar Pradesh             | 4,451.78                  | 4,901.10                  | 52.37                             | 60.75                             |
| 35        | Uttarakhand               | 335.95                    | 346.01                    | 12.86                             | 10.35                             |
| 36        | West Bengal               | 1,487.62                  | 1,743.92                  | 38.8                              | 37.81                             |
|           | Total                     | 26,320.61                 | 28,458.73                 | 791.12                            | 906.91                            |

Note:

NHM: (i) Expenditure includes expenditure against central release, State release and unspent balances at the beginning of the year. NACO: As reported by the respective States AIDS Control Societies. Figures are prov. for 201617.

State-wise Release under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana during 2015-16 & 2016-17 [Rs. in crore]

| Sl.No   | States/UT                   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |
|---------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| 1       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |      0    |      0    |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh              |      0    |      0    |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh           |      0    |      0    |
| 4       | Assam                       |     23.24 |     54.72 |
| 5       | Bihar                       |      0    |      0    |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh                |     88.77 |    114.09 |
| 7       | Gujarat                     |     74.24 |     22.34 |
| 8       | Haryana                     |      4.67 |      0.6  |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh            |     13.9  |     12.3  |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir             |      0    |      0    |
| 11      | Jharkhand                   |      0    |      0    |
| 12      | Karnataka                   |     94.99 |     45.89 |
| 13      | Kerala                      |    112.37 |     73.29 |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh              |      1    |      0    |
| 15      | Maharashtra                 |      0    |      0    |
| 16      | Manipur                     |      1.17 |      2.2  |
| 17      | Meghalaya                   |      4.1  |      4.1  |
| 18      | Mizoram                     |      9.43 |     14.13 |
| 19      | Nagaland                    |      0    |      0    |
| 20      | Odisha                      |     59.55 |     31.7  |
| 21      | Puducherry                  |      0.17 |      0    |
| 22      | Punjab                      |      2.8  |      0    |
| 23      | Rajasthan                   |     53.57 |      0    |
| 24      | Tripura                     |     15.64 |     10.83 |
| 25      | Telangana                   |      0    |      0    |
| 26      | Tamil Nadu                  |      0    |      0    |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh               |     11.91 |      0    |
| 28      | Uttarakhand                 |     10.2  |      0    |
| 29      | West Bengal                 |     93.38 |     50.47 |
|         | TOTAL                       |    675.1  |    436.66 |