Lok Sabha Question No. 4960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: ASHA
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH, BALABHADRA MAJHI

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4960 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## ASHA

## 4960. DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH: SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

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

- (a) the total amount of funds spent by the Government of India and the State Governments on ASHA programme, its components and activities since 2005 till now; and
- (b) the outcome of the same?

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

- (a): Under National Health Mission, Component and activity wise details of amount utili for the ASHA programme for the financial  year  2007 - 08  to  2016 - 17  (upto  31.12.2016)  is  as below:
- (b): Review Mission reports and evaluation of ASHA programme in select States demonstrat that ASHAs have been effective in mobilisation for immunisation and in increasing instit deliveries.  An ASHA evaluation, commissioned by the National ASHA Me ntoring Group and coordinated  by  National  Health  System  Resource  Centre  (NHSRC)  was  conducted  in  three rounds in 16 States as follows:

| S.No.   | Name of the Programme   | Utilization (in   |
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | RCH                     | 2187.13           |
| 2.      | HSS                     | 5594.27           |
| 3.      | Immunisation            | 664.92            |
| 4.      | NIDDCP                  | 23.38             |
| 5.      | NVBDCP                  | 680.02            |
| 6.      | NLEP                    | 11.28             |
| 7.      | NUHM                    | 89.51             |
| Total   | Total                   | 9,250.51          |

| Round one (2010- 11)   | Assam, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal   |
|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Round two (2011- 2012) | Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand                             |
| Round three (2013- 14) | Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab and Maharashtra                           |

The evaluation showed variation in findings across states on account of difference period of launch of ASHA programme and levels of technical and financial investment made the  programme.  The  key  findings  with  regard  to  service  provision  by  ASHAs to  pregnant women, newborn and children is as under:

- About 71% of women who delivered in last six months and 61% who reported an episode of childhood illnesses received services from ASHAs.
- About  86%  of  service  users  opted  for  institutional  deliveries, of  which  67%  quoted ASHA  as  the  main  motivator.    In  case  of  maternal  complications,  60%  respondent contacted ASHA.
- 99% of service users received immunization, of which in 84% cases it was facilitat ASHAs.
- About 50% of the respondents with a sick ne wborn sought advice from ASHAs for care. Importance of early initiation of breastfeeding for new born was also found to be high i.e, 95%.
- In  cases  of  diarrhoea  and  symptoms  of  ARI,  84%  beneficiaries  reported  that  ASHA helped them.