Lok Sabha Question No. 594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: National Dialysis Services Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 594 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## NATIONAL DIALYSIS SE RVICES PROGRAMME

## 594. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  listed National  Dialysis  Services  Programme  as  a major programme, if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;
- (b) whether the tax exemption proposed for the import of dialysis equipment is in place, if so, the details regarding the new import duty rate on them; and
- (c) the details of allocation of funds for this programme and total funds allocated so far for the same?

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

- (a): Pursuant  to  announcement  in  Union  Budget  2016 -17  regarding  starting  of  'National Dialysis Programme' to be supported in all district hospitals in a PPP mode under the National Health Mission (NHM), guidelines for implementation of the National Dialysis Programme we developed and shared with States on 7th April 2016. The Guidelines also include Reques Proposal (RFP). As per the guidelines, the priva te partner is envisaged to provide medical human resource, dialysis machine along with Reverse Osmosis (RO) water plant infrastructure, di and consumables, while the space, power, and water supply within District Hospitals woul provided by the St ate /Government. Support under the NHM would be provided to States for provision of dialysis services free of cost to the poor. So far, approvals have been prov States based on proposals received from them.
- (b): Disposable sterilized dialyzer a nd micro barrier of artificial kidney have been exempted from  Basic  Customs  Duty,  Central  Excise/Countervailing  Duty  and  Special  Additional  Dut (SAD) with effect from 1 st March, 2016.
- (c): Funds are not separately allocated for individual activities appr oved under the NHM but are  released  as  lumpsum  for  NHM  health  systems  strengthening  component.  State - wise approvals accorded under NHM is annexed.

| S.No   | State/UT          |   Amount Approved (Rs in Lakhs) |
|--------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |                         1170    |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |                          100    |
| 3      | Assam             |                          360    |
| 4      | Bihar             |                         2000    |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |                          600    |
| 6      | Goa               |                          499    |
| 7      | Gujarat           |                          300    |
| 8      | Haryana           |                          400    |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  |                          100    |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir   |                          200    |
| 11     | Jharkhand         |                          630    |
| 12     | Karnataka         |                         2000    |
| 13     | Kerala            |                           40    |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    |                         1874.64 |
| 15     | Maharashtra       |                          673.41 |
| 16     | Manipur#          |                          115.2  |
| 17     | Meghalaya         |                          100    |
| 18     | Mizoram**         |                            0    |
| 19     | Nagaland          |                           46.74 |
| 20     | Odisha            |                          200    |
| 21     | Punjab            |                          100    |
| 22     | Rajasthan         |                          500    |
| 23     | Sikkim            |                           25    |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        |                          425.99 |
| 25     | Telangana         |                          140    |
| 26     | Tripura           |                          192    |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       |                          400    |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     |                         1051.2  |
| 29     | West Bengal       |                          737    |
| 30     | A& N Islands      |                            0    |
| 31     | Chandigarh        |                            0    |
| 32     | D & N Haveli      |                            0    |
| 33     | Daman & Diu       |                            0    |
| 34     | Delhi             |                          300    |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       |                            0    |
| 36     | Puducherry        |                            0    |
|        | Total             |                        15280.2  |