Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-09
Subject: Universal Health Care Services
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH FEBRUARY, 2018

## UNIVERSAL HEALTH CAR E SERVICES

## 1378. ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

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

- (a) whether the majority of healthcare professionals happen to be concentrated in urban areas where consumers have higher paying capacity, leaving rural areas underserved;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to address rural healthcare more reasonably and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Central and State Governments offer universal healthcare services and free treatment and essential drugs at Government hospitals and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether these hospitals are understaffed and under - financed, forcing patients to visit private medicalpractitioners and hospitals and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) : As per Wor l d Health Organization Report 2016 titled 'The Health Workforce in India' 59.2% of health workers  were in urban areas and 40.8% of health workers in rural areas.

Word  Health  Organization  Report  2016  titled  'The  Health  Workforce  in  India'  is available at URL -http://www.who.int/hrh/resources/16058health\_workforce\_India.pdf

- (c) : Public  health  and  hospital  being  a  State  subject,  p rimary  responsibility  to  provide healthcare services -including in rural areas, lies in the jurisdiction of the respective S governments.

Contd…….

However, the Government launched t he National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in April 2005 with th e aims of attainment of universal access to equitable, affordable and quality care  services,  accountable  and  responsive  to  people's  needs,  with  effective  inter - sectoral convergent action to address the wider social determinants of health.

Under  NRH M/National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  technical  and  financial  support  is provided to States/UTs for strengthening of their healthcare systems based on proposals r from States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans under NHM, within their resourc envelope.  The  detailed  framework  of  Implementation  of  NRHM  is  available  at  URL -http://nhm.gov.in/images/pdf/about - nrhm/nrhm- framework- implementa tion/nrhm - frameworklatest.pdf .

(d) : Under NHM, the support provided to states/UTs includes support for free treatment and essential drugs at Government hospitals. The approvals issued under NHM, including for treatment and essential drugs at Government hospitals are available at URL -http://nhm.gov.in/nrhm - in - state/state - program- implementation - plans - pips.html .

(e); Public health and hospital being a State subject, the administrative and personnel pertaining to health human resource (Health HR) -including their appointment and retention, fall within the jurisdiction of the respective State/UT Governments. Gov ernment of India does not appoint or finance public health facilities in the States directly. However, as state Government  provides  technical  and  financial  support  to  States/UTs  for  strengthening  of healthcare systems based on proposals r eceived from States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans under NHM, within their resource envelope -which includes support for availing services of health human resource on contractual basis.

As per Rural Health Statistics 2017, the status of H eal h Human Resource in various facilities is at Annexure.

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## ANN EXURE

|        |                     | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2017)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2017)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2017)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2017)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2017)   |
|--------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT            | Required 1                                                     | Sanctioned                                                     | In Position                                                    | Vacant                                                         | Shortfall                                                      |
| S. No. | State/UT            | [R]                                                            | [S]                                                            | [P]                                                            | [S-P]                                                          | [R-P]                                                          |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      | 1147                                                           | 1952                                                           | 1644                                                           | 308                                                            | *                                                              |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh   | 143                                                            | NA                                                             | 122                                                            | NA                                                             | 21                                                             |
| 3      | Assam               | 1014                                                           | NA                                                             | 1048                                                           | NA                                                             | *                                                              |
| 4      | Bihar #             | 1899                                                           | 2078                                                           | 1786                                                           | 292                                                            | 113                                                            |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh        | 785                                                            | 798                                                            | 341                                                            | 457                                                            | 444                                                            |
| 6      | Goa                 | 24                                                             | 48                                                             | 56                                                             | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 7      | Gujarat             | 1392                                                           | 1769                                                           | 1229                                                           | 540                                                            | 163                                                            |
| 8      | Haryana             | 366                                                            | 687                                                            | 429                                                            | 258                                                            | *                                                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh    | 538                                                            | 636                                                            | 492                                                            | 144                                                            | 46                                                             |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir     | 637                                                            | 1347                                                           | 704                                                            | 643                                                            | *                                                              |
| 11     | Jharkhand           | 297                                                            | 569                                                            | 331                                                            | 238                                                            | *                                                              |
| 12     | Karnataka           | 2359                                                           | 2359                                                           | 2136                                                           | 223                                                            | 223                                                            |
| 13     | Kerala              | 849                                                            | 1120                                                           | 1169                                                           | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh      | 1171                                                           | 1771                                                           | 954                                                            | 817                                                            | 217                                                            |
| 15     | Maharashtra         | 1814                                                           | 3009                                                           | 2929                                                           | 80                                                             | *                                                              |
| 16     | Manipur             | 85                                                             | 238                                                            | 194                                                            | 44                                                             | *                                                              |
| 17     | Meghalaya ##        | 109                                                            | 128                                                            | 112                                                            | 16                                                             | *                                                              |
| 18     | Mizoram ###         | 57                                                             | 152                                                            | 56                                                             | 96                                                             | 1                                                              |
| 19     | Nagaland            | 126                                                            | 108                                                            | 122                                                            | *                                                              | 4                                                              |
| 20     | Odisha              | 1280                                                           | 1285                                                           | 940                                                            | 345                                                            | 340                                                            |
| 21     | Punjab              | 432                                                            | 593                                                            | 568                                                            | 25                                                             | *                                                              |
| 22     | Rajasthan           | 2079                                                           | 2664                                                           | 2382                                                           | 282                                                            | *                                                              |
| 23     | Sikkim              | 24                                                             | NA                                                             | 30                                                             | NA                                                             | *                                                              |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu          | 1362                                                           | 2927                                                           | 2759                                                           | 168                                                            | *                                                              |
| 25     | Telangana           | 689                                                            | 1318                                                           | 966                                                            | 352                                                            | *                                                              |
| 26     | Tripura             | 93                                                             | 0                                                              | 156                                                            | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 27     | Uttarakhand         | 257                                                            | 386                                                            | 215                                                            | 171                                                            | 42                                                             |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh       | 3621                                                           | 4509                                                           | 2209                                                           | 2300                                                           | 1412                                                           |
| 29     | West Bengal         | 914                                                            | 1390                                                           | 918                                                            | 472                                                            | *                                                              |
| 30     | A& N Islands        | 22                                                             | 42                                                             | 34                                                             | 8                                                              | *                                                              |
| 31     | Chandigarh          | 3                                                              | 0                                                              | 3                                                              | *                                                              | 0                                                              |
| 32     | D & N Haveli        | 9                                                              | 15                                                             | 8                                                              | 7                                                              | 1                                                              |
| 33     | Daman & Diu         | 4                                                              | 3                                                              | 7                                                              | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 34     | Delhi               | 5                                                              | 21                                                             | 21                                                             | 0                                                              | *                                                              |
| 35     | Lakshadweep         | 4                                                              | 8                                                              | 8                                                              | 0                                                              | *                                                              |
| 36     | Puducherry          | 40                                                             | 38                                                             | 46                                                             | *                                                              | *                                                              |
|        | All India 2 / Total | 25650                                                          | 33968                                                          | 27124                                                          | 8286                                                           | 3027                                                           |

Notes:

- # Sanctioned data for year 2011 used

# Sanctioned data for year 2015 used

### Sanctioned data for year 2013 - 14 used

NA: Not Available.

- +: Allopathic Doctors

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs

- *: Surplus.

1

One per Primary Health Centre

- 2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, are excluded

| TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs   | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs   | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs                      | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs                      | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs                      | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs                      | TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs                      |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| S.                          | Total Specialists           | [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] | [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] | [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] | [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] | [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] |
| S.                          | State/UT                    | Required 1                                     | (As Sanctioned                                 | 31st March, 2017) In Position                  | Vacant                                         | Shortfall                                      |
| No.                         |                             | [R]                                            | [S]                                            | [P]                                            | [S-P]                                          | [R-P]                                          |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 772                                            | 533                                            | 348                                            | 185                                            | 424                                            |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 252                                            | NA                                             | 4                                              | NA                                             | 248                                            |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 632                                            | NA                                             | 139                                            | NA                                             | 493                                            |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 600                                            | NA                                             | 82                                             | NA                                             | 518                                            |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 676                                            | 620                                            | 59                                             | 561                                            | 617                                            |
| 6                           | Goa                         | 16                                             | 5                                              | 4                                              | 1                                              | 12                                             |
| 7                           | Gujarat                     | 1452                                           | 611                                            | 92                                             | 519                                            | 1360                                           |
| 8                           | Haryana                     | 448                                            | 74                                             | 16                                             | 58                                             | 432                                            |
| 9                           | Himachal Pradesh            | 356                                            | NA                                             | 12                                             | NA                                             | 344                                            |
| 10                          | Jammu & Kashmir             | 336                                            | 344                                            | 191                                            | 153                                            | 145                                            |
| 11                          | Jharkhand                   | 752                                            | 424                                            | 75                                             | 349                                            | 677                                            |
| 12                          | Karnataka                   | 824                                            | 824                                            | 498                                            | 326                                            | 326                                            |
| 13                          | Kerala                      | 928                                            | 30                                             | 40                                             | *                                              | 888                                            |
| 14                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 1236                                           | 1236                                           | 180                                            | 1056                                           | 1056                                           |
| 15                          | Maharashtra                 | 1440                                           | 823                                            | 508                                            | 315                                            | 932                                            |
| 16                          | Manipur                     | 68                                             | 4                                              | 3                                              | 1                                              | 65                                             |
| 17                          | Meghalaya                   | 108                                            | 3                                              | 13                                             | *                                              | 95                                             |
| 18                          | Mizoram                     | 36                                             | 33                                             | 0                                              | 33                                             | 36                                             |
| 19                          | Nagaland                    | 84                                             | NA                                             | 8                                              | NA                                             | 76                                             |
| 20                          | Odisha                      | 1480                                           | 884                                            | 318                                            | 566                                            | 1162                                           |
| 21                          | Punjab                      | 604                                            | 593                                            | 203                                            | 390                                            | 401                                            |
| 22                          | Rajasthan                   | 2316                                           | 1593                                           | 497                                            | 1096                                           | 1819                                           |
| 23                          | Sikkim                      | 8                                              | NA                                             | 1                                              | NA                                             | 7                                              |
| 24                          | Tamil Nadu                  | 1540                                           | NA                                             | 78                                             | NA                                             | 1462                                           |
| 25                          | Telangana                   | 456                                            | 284                                            | 125                                            | 159                                            | 331                                            |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 84                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 84                                             |
| 27                          | Uttarakhand                 | 240                                            | 200                                            | 41                                             | 159                                            | 199                                            |
| 28                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 3288                                           | 2099                                           | 484                                            | 1615                                           | 2804                                           |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 1396                                           | 669                                            | 117                                            | 552                                            | 1279                                           |
| 30                          | A& N Islands                | 16                                             | 9                                              | 0                                              | 9                                              | 16                                             |
| 31                          | Chandigarh                  | 8                                              | 9                                              | 15                                             | *                                              | *                                              |
| 32                          | D & N Haveli                | 8                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 8                                              |
| 33                          | Daman & Diu                 | 8                                              | 2                                              | 0                                              | 2                                              | 8                                              |
| 34                          | Delhi                       | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              |
| 35                          | Lakshadweep                 | 12                                             | 0                                              | 0                                              | 0                                              | 12                                             |
| 36                          | Puducherry                  | 16                                             | 4                                              | 5                                              | *                                              | 11                                             |
| All India 2 /               | Total                       | 22496                                          | 11910                                          | 4156                                           | 8105                                           | 18347                                          |

Notes: NA: Not Available

1

Four per Community Health Centre

All India figures for Vacancy & Shortfall are totals of State

Surplus.

*:

2 For calculating overall %age of vacancy & shortfall, States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, are excluded

- wise Vacancy & Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs

## NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs

| S. No.   | State/UT          | (As on 31st March, 2017)   | (As on 31st March, 2017)   | (As on 31st March, 2017)   | (As on 31st March, 2017)   | (As on 31st March, 2017)   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT          | Required 1                 | Sanctioned                 | In Position                | Vacant                     | Shortfall 1                |
| S. No.   | State/UT          | [R1]                       | [S]                        | [P]                        | [S-P]                      | [R1-P]                     |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 2498                       | 4307                       | 3541                       | 766                        | *                          |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 584                        | NA                         | 498                        | NA                         | 86                         |
| 3        | Assam#            | 2120                       | 2798                       | 2793                       | 5                          | *                          |
| 4        | Bihar##           | 2949                       | 1662                       | 1142                       | 520                        | 1807                       |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 1968                       | 2685                       | 1918                       | 767                        | 50                         |
| 6        | Goa               | 52                         | 132                        | 129                        | 3                          | *                          |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 3933                       | 3994                       | 3529                       | 465                        | 404                        |
| 8        | Haryana           | 1150                       | 1929                       | 1675                       | 254                        | *                          |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 1161                       | 837                        | 542                        | 295                        | 619                        |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 1225                       | 1710                       | 1480                       | 230                        | *                          |
| 11       | Jharkhand ###     | 1613                       | 703                        | 1136                       | *                          | 477                        |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 3801                       | 2667                       | 3339                       | *                          | 462                        |
| 13       | Kerala            | 2473                       | 3610                       | 3969                       | *                          | *                          |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 3334                       | 4624                       | 3211                       | 1413                       | 123                        |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 4334                       | 3218                       | 2519                       | 699                        | 1815                       |
| 16       | Manipur           | 204                        | 484                        | 397                        | 87                         | *                          |
| 17       | Meghalaya ^       | 298                        | 413                        | 610                        | *                          | *                          |
| 18       | Mizoram $         | 120                        | 570                        | 212                        | 358                        | *                          |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 273                        | 175                        | 387                        | *                          | *                          |
| 20       | Odisha            | 3870                       | 866                        | 1817                       | *                          | 2053                       |
| 21       | Punjab            | 1489                       | 2189                       | 2019                       | 170                        | *                          |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 6132                       | 12472                      | 9311                       | 3161                       | *                          |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 38                         | NA                         | 33                         | NA                         | 5                          |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 4057                       | 8133                       | 7487                       | 646                        | *                          |
| 25       | Telangana         | 1487                       | 2130                       | 1904                       | 226                        | *                          |
| 26       | Tripura           | 240                        | 0                          | 597                        | *                          | *                          |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 677                        | 307                        | 349                        | *                          | 328                        |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 9375                       | 4497                       | 4412                       | 85                         | 4963                       |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 3357                       | 10380                      | 9248                       | 1132                       | *                          |
| 30       | A& N Islands      | 50                         | 199                        | 193                        | 6                          | *                          |
| 31       | Chandigarh^^      | 17                         | 47                         | 80                         | *                          | *                          |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      | 23                         | 14                         | 45                         | *                          | *                          |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | 18                         | 14                         | 16                         | *                          | 2                          |
| 34       | Delhi             | 5                          | 5                          | 7                          | *                          | *                          |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 25                         | 54                         | 54                         | 0                          | *                          |
|          | Puducherry        | 68                         | 131                        | 139                        | *                          | *                          |
| 36       | All India/Total   | 65018                      | 77956                      | 70738                      | 11288                      | 13194                      |

Notes:

- # Sanctioned data for year 2013 used
- ## Sanctioned data for year 2011 used

### Sanctioned data for year 2016 used

- ^ Sanctioned data for year 2015 used
- $ Total 570 Staff Nurses sanctioned in the State
- ^^Sanctioned data for year 2013 - 14 used
- 1 One per Primary Health Centre and seven per Community Health Centre

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs

- *: Surplus.

NA: Not Available.

|        |                            | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   |
|--------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                   | Required 1              | (As Sanctioned          | 31st March, In Position | 2017) Vacant            | Shortfall               |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh             | [R] 193                 | [S] 160                 | [P] 75                  | [S-P] 85                | [R-P] 118               |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh          | 63                      | NA                      | 7                       | NA                      | 56                      |
| 3      | Assam #                    | 158                     | 145                     | 60                      | 85                      | 98                      |
| 4      | Bihar ##                   | 150                     | 89                      | 1                       | 88                      | 149                     |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh               | 169                     | 162                     | 130                     | 32                      | 39                      |
| 6      | Goa                        | 4                       | 6                       | 6                       | 0                       | *                       |
| 7      | Gujarat                    | 363                     | 363                     | 162                     | 201                     | 201                     |
| 8      | Haryana                    | 112                     | 73                      | 40                      | 33                      | 72                      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh           | 89                      | 65                      | 33                      | 32                      | 56                      |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir            | 84                      | 305                     | 210                     | 95                      | *                       |
| 11     | Jharkhand ###              | 188                     | 188                     | 57                      | 131                     | 131                     |
| 12     | Karnataka                  | 206                     | 206                     | 167                     | 39                      | 39                      |
| 13     | Kerala                     | 232                     | 16                      | 18                      | *                       | 214                     |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh             | 309                     | 312                     | 176                     | 136                     | 133                     |
| 15     | Maharashtra                | 360                     | 140                     | 107                     | 33                      | 253                     |
| 16     | Manipur                    | 17                      | 13                      | 13                      | 0                       | 4                       |
| 17     | Meghalaya ^                | 27                      | 19                      | 21                      | *                       | 6                       |
| 18     | Mizoram $                  | 9                       | 5                       | 6                       | *                       | 3                       |
| 19     | Nagaland                   | 21                      | 1                       | 1                       | 0                       | 20                      |
| 20     | Odisha                     | 370                     | 57                      | 68                      | *                       | 302                     |
| 21     | Punjab                     | 151                     | 171                     | 129                     | 42                      | 22                      |
| 22     | Rajasthan                  | 579                     | 714                     | 205                     | 509                     | 374                     |
| 23     | Sikkim                     | 2                       | NA                      | 1                       | NA                      | 1                       |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                 | 385                     | 294                     | 119                     | 175                     | 266                     |
| 25     | Telangana                  | 114                     | 98                      | 58                      | 40                      | 56                      |
| 26     | Tripura                    | 21                      | 0                       | 11                      | *                       | 10                      |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                | 60                      | 32                      | 15                      | 17                      | 45                      |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh              | 822                     | 230                     | 82                      | 148                     | 740                     |
| 29     | West Bengal                | 349                     | 275                     | 135                     | 140                     | 214                     |
| 30     | A& N Islands               | 4                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 4                       |
| 31     | Chandigarh^^               | 2                       | 5                       | 5                       | 0                       | *                       |
| 32     | D & N Haveli               | 2                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 2                       |
| 33     | Daman & Diu                | 2                       | 3                       | 3                       | 0                       | *                       |
| 34     | Delhi                      | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       | 0                       |
| 35     |                            | 3                       |                         |                         | 0                       |                         |
|        | Lakshadweep                |                         | 5                       | 5                       |                         | *                       |
| 36     | Puducherry All India/Total | 4 5624                  | 3 4155                  | 3 2129                  | 0 2061                  | 1 3629                  |

Notes:

# Sanctioned data for the year 2013 used

## Sanctioned data for the year 2011 used

### Sanctioned data for the year 2016 used

^ Sanctioned data for the year 2015 used

^^ Sanctioned data for the year 2013 - 14 used

$ Total 5 Radiographers sanctioned in the State

One per Community Health Centre

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UT

Surplus

NA: Not Available.

1

*:

|        |                        | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As   |
|--------|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT               | Required 1                       | Sanctioned                       | on 31st March, In Position       | 2017) Vacant                     | Shortfall                        |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh         | [R] 1340                         | [S] 1355                         | [P] 994                          | [S-P] 361                        | [R-P] 346                        |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh      | 206                              | NA                               | 89                               | NA                               | 117                              |
| 3      | Assam #                | 1172                             | 1284                             | 1384                             | *                                | *                                |
| 4      | Bihar ##               | 2049                             | 989                              | 287                              | 702                              | 1762                             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh           | 954                              | 1086                             | 887                              | 199                              | 67                               |
| 6      | Goa                    | 28                               | 53                               | 51                               | 2                                | *                                |
| 7      | Gujarat                | 1755                             | 1792                             | 1665                             | 127                              | 90                               |
| 8      | Haryana                | 478                              | 563                              | 419                              | 144                              | 59                               |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh       | 627                              | 594                              | 394                              | 200                              | 233                              |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir        | 721                              | 1137                             | 737                              | 400                              | *                                |
| 11     | Jharkhand ##           | 485                              | 515                              | 238                              | 277                              | 247                              |
| 12     | Karnataka              | 2565                             | 2674                             | 2523                             | 151                              | 42                               |
| 13     | Kerala                 | 1081                             | 1036                             | 1102                             | *                                | *                                |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh         | 1480                             | 1905                             | 1687                             | 218                              | *                                |
| 15     | Maharashtra            | 2174                             | 2355                             | 2082                             | 273                              | 92                               |
| 16     | Manipur                | 102                              | 145                              | 152                              | *                                | *                                |
| 17     | Meghalaya ###          |                                  |                                  | 166                              | *                                | *                                |
| 18     | Mizoram ^              | 136 66                           | 135 99                           | 59                               | 40                               | 7                                |
| 19     | Nagaland               | 147                              | 135                              | 101                              | 34                               | 46                               |
| 20     | Odisha                 | 1650                             | 1781                             | 1691                             | 90                               | *                                |
| 21     | Punjab                 | 583                              | 841                              | 779                              | 62                               | *                                |
| 22     | Rajasthan              | 2658                             | 1240                             | 623                              | 617                              | 2035                             |
| 23     | Sikkim                 | 26                               | NA                               | 10                               | NA                               | 16                               |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu             | 1747                             | 1789                             | 1391                             | 398                              | 356                              |
| 25     | Telangana              | 803                              | 928                              | 814                              | 114                              | *                                |
| 26     | Tripura                |                                  | 0                                | 148                              | *                                | *                                |
|        |                        | 114                              |                                  |                                  |                                  |                                  |
| 27     | Uttarakhand            | 317                              | 325                              | 307                              | 18                               | 10                               |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh          | 4443                             | 2952                             | 2883                             | 69                               | 1560                             |
| 29     | West Bengal            | 1263                             | 1458                             | 1381                             | 77                               | *                                |
| 30     | A& N Islands           | 26                               | 53                               | 49                               | 4                                | *                                |
| 31     | Chandigarh^^           | 5                                | 16                               | 21                               | *                                | *                                |
| 32     | D & N Haveli           | 11                               | 10                               | 12                               | *                                | *                                |
| 33     | Daman & Diu            | 6                                | 5                                | 7                                | *                                | *                                |
| 34     | Delhi                  | 5                                | 7                                | 7                                | 0                                | *                                |
| 35 36  | Lakshadweep Puducherry | 7 44                             | 16                               | 16 37                            | 0 5                              | * 7                              |
|        | All India/Total        | 31274                            | 42 29315                         | 25193                            | 4582                             | 7092                             |

Notes:

1

# Sanctioned data  for the year 2013 used

## Sanctioned data  for the year 2016 used

### Sanctioned data  for the year 2015 used

^^Sanctioned data for the year 2013

- 14 used

^ Total 99 Pharmacists sanctioned in the State

One per each Primary Health

Centre and Community

Health Centre

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs

- *: Surplus. NA: Not Available.

|        |                            | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2017)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2017)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2017)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2017)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2017)   |
|--------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                   | Required 1                                                       | Sanctioned                                                       | In Position                                                      | Vacant                                                           | Shortfall                                                        |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh             | [R] 1340                                                         | [S] 1174                                                         | [P] 779                                                          | [S-P] 395                                                        | [R-P] 561                                                        |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh          | 206                                                              | NA                                                               | 123                                                              | NA                                                               | 83                                                               |
| 3      | Assam #                    | 1172                                                             | 860                                                              | 1202                                                             | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 4      | Bihar                      | 2049                                                             | 683                                                              | 611                                                              | 72                                                               | 1438                                                             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh               | 954                                                              | 956                                                              | 727                                                              | 229                                                              | 227                                                              |
| 6      | Goa                        | 28                                                               | 45                                                               | 41                                                               | 4                                                                | *                                                                |
| 7      | Gujarat                    | 1755                                                             | 1756                                                             | 1704                                                             | 52                                                               | 51                                                               |
| 8      | Haryana                    | 478                                                              | 549                                                              | 367                                                              | 182                                                              | 111                                                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh           | 627                                                              | 300                                                              | 160                                                              | 140                                                              | 467                                                              |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir            | 721                                                              | 826                                                              | 796                                                              | 30                                                               | *                                                                |
| 11     | Jharkhand ##               | 485                                                              | 515                                                              | 250                                                              | 265                                                              | 235                                                              |
| 12     | Karnataka                  | 2565                                                             | 1790                                                             | 1532                                                             | 258                                                              | 1033                                                             |
| 13     | Kerala                     | 1081                                                             | 324                                                              | 365                                                              | *                                                                | 716                                                              |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh             | 1480                                                             | 1808                                                             | 1378                                                             | 430                                                              | 102                                                              |
| 15     | Maharashtra                | 2174                                                             | 1474                                                             | 1308                                                             | 166                                                              | 866                                                              |
| 16     | Manipur                    | 102                                                              | 102                                                              | 70                                                               | 32                                                               | 32                                                               |
| 17     | Meghalaya ###              | 136                                                              | 118                                                              | 162                                                              | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 18     | Mizoram ^                  | 66                                                               | 92                                                               | 82                                                               | 10                                                               | *                                                                |
| 19     | Nagaland                   | 147                                                              | 72                                                               | 73                                                               | *                                                                | 74                                                               |
| 20     | Odisha                     | 1650                                                             | 461                                                              | 547                                                              | *                                                                | 1103                                                             |
| 21     | Punjab                     | 583                                                              | 616                                                              | 582                                                              | 34                                                               | 1                                                                |
| 22     | Rajasthan                  | 2658                                                             | 3571                                                             | 1996                                                             | 1575                                                             | 662                                                              |
| 23     | Sikkim                     | 26                                                               | NA                                                               | 21                                                               | NA                                                               | 5                                                                |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                 | 1747                                                             | 2132                                                             | 1395                                                             | 737                                                              | 352                                                              |
| 25     | Telangana                  | 803                                                              | 811                                                              | 640                                                              | 171                                                              | 163                                                              |
| 26     | Tripura                    | 114                                                              | 0                                                                | 91                                                               | *                                                                | 23                                                               |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                | 317                                                              | 106                                                              | 65                                                               | 41                                                               | 252                                                              |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh              | 4443                                                             | 1331                                                             | 963                                                              | 368                                                              | 3480                                                             |
| 29     |                            |                                                                  | 1360                                                             | 803                                                              | 557                                                              | 460                                                              |
| 30     | West Bengal                | 1263 26                                                          | 23                                                               | 19                                                               | 4                                                                |                                                                  |
| 31     | A& N Islands Chandigarh^^  | 5                                                                | 8                                                                | 22                                                               | *                                                                | 7 *                                                              |
| 32     | D & N Haveli               | 11                                                               | 7                                                                | 17                                                               | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 33     | Daman & Diu                | 6                                                                | 4                                                                | 6                                                                | *                                                                | 0                                                                |
| 34     |                            | 5                                                                | 5                                                                | 4                                                                | 1                                                                | 1                                                                |
|        | Delhi                      |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                | 7                                                                | 13                                                               | 13                                                               | 0                                                                | *                                                                |
| 36     | Puducherry All India/Total | 44 31274                                                         | 10 23902                                                         | 38 18952                                                         | * 5753                                                           | 6 12511                                                          |

Notes:

# Sanctioned data  for year 2013 used

## Sanctioned data  for year 2016 used

### Sanctioned data  for year 2015 used

- ^ Total 92 Lab. Technicians sanctioned in the State
- ^^Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used
- 1 One per each Primary Health Centre and Community Health Centre

All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States /UTs

- *: Surplus.

NA: Not Available.