Lok Sabha Question No. 631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-18
Subject: Shortage of Manpower in Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DHARAMBIR BHALERAM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, BANSHILAL MAHTO, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU, RAOSAHEB PATIL DANVE, POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM, ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY, K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## SHORTAGE OF MANPOWER IN HEALTH SECTOR

## 631. SHRI DHARAMBIR:

SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

SHRI RAOSAHEB DANVE PATIL:

SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY:

SHRI K.R.P. PRABAKARAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any assessment of the availability and shortage of human resources in health care sector particularly in the rural and remote areas of the country and if so, the details and outcome thereof along with the detail sof doctor - patient ratio in the country;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that there is huge shortage of doctors, specialists, nurses, technicians  and  other alth  workforce  in  various  hospitals, primary  and  community  health centres in the country, pa rticularly in rural, remote and hilly areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the corrective measures taken by the Government to address the said issues and developing better doctor - patient ratio in urban and rural areas as per the norms of World Health Organisation (WHO); and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to tart new medical courses and any other mechanism to ensure  quality  healthcare  and overcome  the  shortage  of  doctors  in hospitals  and  polyclinics across the country, if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a) to (c): As per information provided by Medical Council of India (MCI), there are a to 9,59,198 doctors registered with the State Medical Council/MCI as on 30 -06- 15. Assuming 80% availability, it is estimated that around 7.67 lakh doctors may be actually availab le for active service. It gives a doctor -population ratio of 1:1681.

As per Rural Health Statistics (RHS), details of shortage of human resources in health facilities is at Annexure.

The Government has taken various measures to increase the availability of doctors in the country including schemes for establishment of new medical college, increase of Under Grad (UG) seats in existing Government medical colleges and relaxing norms to facilitate setti new colleges. In the last 2 year s, 68 new medical colleges have been set up with an increase i intake capacity of 11835 MBBS seats.

Public health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to ensure availab doctors in public health facilities lies with the State Governme n s. However, under the National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to States/UTs to stren their healthcare systems including support for engagement of doctors on contractual basis on the requirements posed by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs). Support is also provided to States/UTs by giving hard area allowance to doctors for ser rural and remote areas and for their residential quarters so that they find it attractiv public health facilities in such areas.

Further, in order to encourage doctors to work in remote and difficult areas, th MCI , with  the  previous  approval  of  Central  Government,  has  amended  the  Post  Graduate  Medic Education Regulations, 2000 to provide :

- I. 50%  reservation  in  Post  Graduate  Diploma  Courses  for  Medical  Officers  in  th Government  service,  who  have  served  for  at  least  three  years  in  remote  and  diff areas; and
- II. Incentive at the rate of 10% the marks obtained for each year in service in rem te or difficult areas as upto the maximum of 30% of the marks obtained in the entrance te admissions in Post Graduate Medical Courses.
3. (d): Currently there is no such proposal.

Table 21.

| DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (As on 31st March, 2015)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                         | State/UT                                                       | Required 1                                                     | Sanctioned                                                     | In Position                                                    | Vacant                                                         | Shortfall                                                      |
| 1                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                 | [R] 1069                                                       | [S] 2270                                                       | [P] 1412                                                       | [S-P] 858                                                      | [R-P] *                                                        |
| 2                                                              | Arunachal Pradesh                                              | 117                                                            | NA                                                             | 102                                                            | NA                                                             | 15                                                             |
| 3                                                              | Assam                                                          | 1014                                                           | NA                                                             | 1355                                                           | NA                                                             | *                                                              |
| 4                                                              | Bihar###                                                       | 1883                                                           | 2078                                                           | 2521                                                           | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 5                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                   | 792                                                            | 752                                                            | 368                                                            | 384                                                            | 424                                                            |
| 6                                                              | Goa                                                            | 21                                                             | 48                                                             | 56                                                             | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 7                                                              | Gujarat#                                                       | 1247                                                           | 1504                                                           | 889                                                            | 615                                                            | 358                                                            |
| 8                                                              | Haryana                                                        | 461                                                            | 635                                                            | 489                                                            | 146                                                            | *                                                              |
| 9                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                               | 500                                                            | 636                                                            | 571                                                            | 65                                                             | *                                                              |
| 10                                                             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                | 637                                                            | 1352                                                           | 834                                                            | 518                                                            | *                                                              |
| 11                                                             | Jharkhand                                                      | 327                                                            | 327                                                            | 372                                                            | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 12                                                             | Karnataka                                                      | 2353                                                           | 2353                                                           | 2196                                                           | 157                                                            | 157                                                            |
| 13                                                             | Kerala                                                         | 827                                                            | 1120                                                           | 1169                                                           | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 14                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                 | 1171                                                           | 1658                                                           | 999                                                            | 659                                                            | 172                                                            |
| 15                                                             | Maharashtra                                                    | 1811                                                           | 3009                                                           | 2937                                                           | 72                                                             | *                                                              |
| 16                                                             | Manipur^                                                       | 85                                                             | 238                                                            | 199                                                            | 39                                                             | *                                                              |
| 17                                                             | Meghalaya                                                      | 110                                                            | 128                                                            | 114                                                            | 14                                                             | *                                                              |
| 18                                                             | Mizoram##                                                      | 57                                                             | 152                                                            | 49                                                             | 103                                                            | 8                                                              |
| 19                                                             | Nagaland                                                       | 128                                                            | 108                                                            | 133                                                            | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 20                                                             | Odisha 3                                                       | 1305                                                           | 1312                                                           | 1008                                                           | 304                                                            | 297                                                            |
| 21                                                             | Punjab                                                         | 427                                                            | 490                                                            | 441                                                            | 49                                                             | *                                                              |
| 22                                                             | Rajasthan                                                      | 2083                                                           | 2807                                                           | 2412                                                           | 395                                                            | *                                                              |
| 23                                                             | Sikkim                                                         | 24                                                             | NA                                                             | 29                                                             | NA                                                             | *                                                              |
| 24                                                             | Tamil Nadu                                                     | 1372                                                           | 2744                                                           | 2375                                                           | 369                                                            | *                                                              |
| 25                                                             | Telangana                                                      | 668                                                            | 1318                                                           | 1024                                                           | 294                                                            | *                                                              |
| 26                                                             | Tripura                                                        | 91                                                             | 158                                                            | 158                                                            | 0                                                              | *                                                              |
| 27                                                             | Uttarakhand**                                                  | 257                                                            | 325                                                            | 160                                                            | 165                                                            | 97                                                             |
| 28                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                  | 3497                                                           | 4509                                                           | 2209                                                           | 2300                                                           | 1288                                                           |
| 29                                                             | West Bengal                                                    | 909                                                            | 2600                                                           | 723                                                            | 1877                                                           | 186                                                            |
| 30                                                             | A& N Islands                                                   | 22                                                             | 42                                                             | 36                                                             | 6                                                              | *                                                              |
| 31                                                             | Chandigarh                                                     | 0                                                              | 0                                                              | 0                                                              | 0                                                              | 0                                                              |
| 32                                                             | D & N Haveli                                                   | 7                                                              | 6                                                              | 8                                                              | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 33                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                    | 3                                                              | 3                                                              | 5                                                              | *                                                              | *                                                              |
| 34                                                             | Delhi                                                          | 5                                                              |                                                                |                                                                | 0                                                              |                                                                |
|                                                                |                                                                |                                                                | 21                                                             | 21                                                             |                                                                | *                                                              |
| 35                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                    | 4                                                              | 9                                                              | 9                                                              | 0                                                              | *                                                              |
| 36                                                             | Puducherry All India 2                                         | 24 25308                                                       | 38 34750                                                       | 38 27421                                                       | 0 9389                                                         | * 3002                                                         |

Notes:

## Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used

# Data  for 2013 repeated

**Inposition data for 2013 - 14 used

###Inposition data for 2013 - 14 & Sanctioned data for 2011 used

^Data for 2013

- 14 repeated

NA: Not Available.

+: Allopathic Doctors

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

1 One per Primary Health Centre

2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy, th e States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, may be excluded 3 The PHC data included Area Hospitals & Other Hospitals

Table 28 A

| General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) -Allopathic at CHCs   | General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) -Allopathic at CHCs   | General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) -Allopathic at CHCs   | General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) -Allopathic at CHCs   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                      | State/UT                                                    | (As on 31st Sanctioned                                      | 2015) In Position                                           |
| 1                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                              | 312                                                         | 272                                                         |
| 2                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | NA                                                          | 114                                                         |
| 3                                                           | Assam                                                       | NA                                                          | 456                                                         |
| 4                                                           | Bihar^                                                      | NA                                                          | 285                                                         |
| 5                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                | 628                                                         | 334                                                         |
| 6                                                           | Goa                                                         | 12                                                          | 10                                                          |
| 7                                                           | Gujarat#                                                    | 1060                                                        | 747                                                         |
| 8                                                           | Haryana                                                     | 410                                                         | 265                                                         |
| 9                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                            | 234                                                         | 208                                                         |
| 10                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                                             | 772                                                         | 533                                                         |
| 11                                                          | Jharkhand                                                   | 564                                                         | 757                                                         |
| 12                                                          | Karnataka                                                   | 255                                                         | 224                                                         |
| 13                                                          | Kerala                                                      | 781                                                         | 1019                                                        |
| 14                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                              | 1109                                                        | 864                                                         |
| 15                                                          | Maharashtra                                                 | 512                                                         | 486                                                         |
| 16                                                          | Manipur^                                                    | 97                                                          | 94                                                          |
| 17                                                          | Meghalaya                                                   | 91                                                          | 74                                                          |
| 18                                                          | Mizoram                                                     | NA                                                          | 11                                                          |
| 19                                                          | Nagaland                                                    | 42                                                          | 53                                                          |
|                                                             | Odisha                                                      | 449                                                         | 463                                                         |
| 20 21                                                       | Punjab                                                      | 174                                                         | 372                                                         |
| 22                                                          | Rajasthan                                                   | 1442                                                        | 1071                                                        |
| 23                                                          | Sikkim                                                      | NA                                                          | 4                                                           |
| 24                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                  | 1919                                                        | 1740                                                        |
| 25                                                          | Telangana                                                   | 226                                                         | 197                                                         |
| 26                                                          | Tripura                                                     | 64                                                          | 64                                                          |
| 27                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                 | 61                                                          | 54                                                          |
| 28                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                               | 0                                                           | 0                                                           |
| 29                                                          | West Bengal                                                 | 1800                                                        | 980                                                         |
| 30                                                          | A& N Islands                                                | 13                                                          | 13                                                          |
| 31                                                          | Chandigarh##                                                | 6                                                           | 19                                                          |
| 32                                                          | D & N Haveli                                                | 0                                                           | 6                                                           |
| 33                                                          | Daman & Diu                                                 | 4                                                           | 4                                                           |
| 34                                                          | Delhi                                                       | 0                                                           | 0                                                           |
| 35                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                 | 11                                                          | 11                                                          |
| 36                                                          | Puducherry                                                  | 18                                                          | 18                                                          |
|                                                             | Total 2                                                     | 13066                                                       | 11822                                                       |

Notes:

# Data  for 2013 repeated

^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated

##Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used

NA: Not Available

2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy,  the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, may be 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.No.                       | Total                       | OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] (As on 31st March, 2015) | OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] (As on 31st March, 2015) | OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] (As on 31st March, 2015) | OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] (As on 31st March, 2015) | OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians] (As on 31st March, 2015) |
| S.No.                       | State/UT                    | Required 1                                                   | Sanctioned                                                   | In Position                                                  | Vacant                                                       | Shortfall                                                    |
|                             | Total                       | [R]                                                          | [S]                                                          | [P]                                                          | [S-P]                                                        | [R-P]                                                        |
| 1                           | Andhra Pradesh              | 716                                                          | 384                                                          | 159                                                          | 225                                                          | 557                                                          |
| 2                           | Arunachal Pradesh           | 208                                                          | NA                                                           | 1                                                            | NA                                                           | 207                                                          |
| 3                           | Assam                       | 604                                                          | NA                                                           | 121                                                          | NA                                                           | 483                                                          |
| 4                           | Bihar                       | 280                                                          | NA                                                           | 63                                                           | NA                                                           | 217                                                          |
| 5                           | Chhattisgarh                | 620                                                          | 628                                                          | 78                                                           | 550                                                          | 542                                                          |
| 6                           | Goa                         | 16                                                           | 5                                                            | 4                                                            | 1                                                            | 12                                                           |
| 7                           | Gujarat#                    | 1280                                                         | NA                                                           | 74                                                           | NA                                                           | 1206                                                         |
| 8                           | Haryana                     | 436                                                          | 153                                                          | 30                                                           | 123                                                          | 406                                                          |
| 9                           | Himachal Pradesh            | 312                                                          | 0                                                            | 7                                                            | *                                                            | 305                                                          |
| 10                          | Jammu & Kashmir             | 336                                                          | 343                                                          | 167                                                          | 176                                                          | 169                                                          |
| 11                          | Jharkhand                   | 752                                                          | 131                                                          | 128                                                          | 3                                                            | 624                                                          |
| 12                          | Karnataka                   | 824                                                          | 824                                                          | 502                                                          | 322                                                          | 322                                                          |
| 13                          | Kerala                      | 888                                                          | 30                                                           | 39                                                           | *                                                            | 849                                                          |
| 14                          | Madhya Pradesh              | 1336                                                         | 897                                                          | 263                                                          | 634                                                          | 1073                                                         |
| 15                          | Maharashtra                 | 1440                                                         | 823                                                          | 578                                                          | 245                                                          | 862                                                          |
| 16                          | Manipur^                    | 68                                                           | 4                                                            | 3                                                            | 1                                                            | 65                                                           |
| 17                          | Meghalaya                   | 108                                                          | 3                                                            | 3                                                            | 0                                                            | 105                                                          |
| 18                          | Mizoram                     | 36                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 36                                                           |
| 19                          | Nagaland                    | 84                                                           | 0                                                            | 4                                                            | *                                                            | 80                                                           |
| 20                          | Odisha                      | 1508                                                         | 908                                                          | 356                                                          | 552                                                          | 1152                                                         |
| 21                          | Punjab                      | 600                                                          | 563                                                          | 173                                                          | 390                                                          | 427                                                          |
| 22                          | Rajasthan                   | 2272                                                         | 1566                                                         | 526                                                          | 1040                                                         | 1746                                                         |
| 23                          | Sikkim                      | 8                                                            | NA                                                           | 0                                                            | NA                                                           | 8                                                            |
| 24                          | Tamil Nadu 3                | 1540                                                         | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 1540                                                         |
| 25                          | Telangana                   | 456                                                          | 284                                                          | 116                                                          | 168                                                          | 340                                                          |
| 26                          | Tripura                     | 80                                                           | 3                                                            | 3                                                            | 0                                                            | 77                                                           |
| 27                          | Uttarakhand                 | 236                                                          | 197                                                          | 49                                                           | 148                                                          | 187                                                          |
| 28                          | Uttar Pradesh               | 3092                                                         | 2099                                                         | 484                                                          | 1615                                                         | 2608                                                         |
| 29                          | West Bengal                 | 1388                                                         | 1792                                                         | 114                                                          | 1678                                                         | 1274                                                         |
| 30                          | A& N Islands                | 16                                                           | 9                                                            | 0                                                            | 9                                                            | 16                                                           |
| 31                          | Chandigarh##                | 8                                                            | 11                                                           | 27                                                           | *                                                            | *                                                            |
| 32                          | D & N Haveli                | 4                                                            | 0                                                            | 2                                                            | *                                                            | 2                                                            |
| 33                          | Daman & Diu                 | 8                                                            | 2                                                            | 1                                                            | 1                                                            | 7                                                            |
| 34                          | Delhi                       | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            |
| 35                          | Lakshadweep                 | 12                                                           | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 0                                                            | 12                                                           |
| 36                          | Puducherry                  | 12                                                           | 2                                                            | 3                                                            | *                                                            | 9                                                            |
|                             | All India 2                 | 21584                                                        | 11661                                                        | 4078                                                         | 7881                                                         | 17525                                                        |

Notes:

# Data  for 2013 repeated

- ^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated ##Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used

NA: Not Available.

- 1 Four per Community Health Centre
- *: Surplus. All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State - wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs
- 2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy and shortfall, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, may be excluded
- 3 Specialists are attending CHCs on hiring basis

Table 29

|        |                   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs      | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   | RADIOGRAPHERS at CHCs   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT          | Required 1              | (As Sanctioned          | on 31st March, In Position | 2015) Vacant            | Shortfall               |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    | [R] 179                 | [S] 96                  | [P] 37                     | [S-P] 59                | [R-P] 142               |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh | 52                      | NA                      | 7                          | NA                      | 45                      |
| 3      | Assam##           | 151                     | 145                     | 65                         | 80                      | 86                      |
| 4      | Bihar+            | 70                      | 89                      | 13                         | 76                      | 57                      |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      | 155                     | 157                     | 128                        | 29                      | 27                      |
| 6      | Goa               | 4                       | 4                       | 4                          | 0                       | 0                       |
| 7      | Gujarat#          | 320                     | 330                     | 175                        | 155                     | 145                     |
| 8      | Haryana           | 109                     | 79                      | 53                         | 26                      | 56                      |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh  | 78                      | 65                      | 43                         | 22                      | 35                      |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir   | 84                      | 320                     | 239                        | 81                      | *                       |
| 11     | Jharkhand         | 188                     | 188                     | 58                         | 130                     | 130                     |
| 12     | Karnataka         | 206                     | 206                     | 169                        | 37                      | 37                      |
| 13     | Kerala            | 222                     | 16                      | 18                         | *                       | 204                     |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh    | 334                     | 287                     | 169                        | 118                     | 165                     |
| 15     | Maharashtra       | 360                     | 140                     | 104                        | 36                      | 256                     |
| 16     | Manipur^          | 17                      | 13                      | 13                         | 0                       | 4                       |
| 17     | Meghalaya         | 27                      | 19                      | 19                         | 0                       | 8                       |
| 18     | Mizoram           | 9                       | NA                      | 5                          | NA                      | 4                       |
| 19     | Nagaland          | 21                      | 3                       | 1                          | 2                       | 20                      |
| 20     | Odisha            | 377                     | 61                      | 56                         | 5                       | 321                     |
| 21     | Punjab            | 150                     | 171                     | 136                        | 35                      | 14                      |
| 22     | Rajasthan         | 568                     | 767                     | 229                        | 538                     | 339                     |
| 23     | Sikkim            | 2                       | NA                      | 0                          | NA                      | 2                       |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu        | 385                     | 294                     | 195                        | 99                      | 190                     |
| 25     | Telangana         | 114                     | 71                      | 28                         | 43                      | 86                      |
| 26     | Tripura           | 20                      | 4                       | 4                          | 0                       | 16                      |
| 27     | Uttarakhand       | 59                      | 30                      | 16                         | 14                      | 43                      |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh     | 773                     | 230                     | 82                         | 148                     | 691                     |
| 29     | West Bengal       | 347                     | 366                     | 68                         | 298                     | 279                     |
| 30     | A& N Islands      | 4                       | 0                       | 0                          | 0                       | 4                       |
| 31     | Chandigarh^^      | 2                       | 5                       | 4                          | 1                       | *                       |
| 32     | D & N Haveli      | 1                       | 0                       | 1                          | *                       | 0                       |
| 33     | Daman & Diu       | 2                       | 3                       | 3                          | 0                       | *                       |
| 34     | Delhi             | 0                       | 0                       | 0                          | 0                       | 0                       |
| 35     | Lakshadweep       | 3                       | 5                       | 5                          | 0                       | *                       |
| 36     | Puducherry        | 3                       | 3                       | 3                          | 0                       | 0                       |
|        | All India         | 5396                    | 4167                    | 2150                       | 2032                    | 3406                    |

Notes:

# Data  for 2013 repeated

+ Data for 2011 repeated

##Sanctioned data for 2013 used

^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated

^^Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used

1 One per Community Health Centre

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

NA: Not Available.

Table 30.

|        | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | PHARMACISTS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                                              | Required 1                                            | Sanctioned                                            | In Position                                           | Vacant                                                | Shortfall                                             |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                                        | 1248                                                  | 1279                                                  | 951                                                   | 328                                                   | 297                                                   |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 169                                                   | NA                                                    | 97                                                    | NA                                                    | 72                                                    |
| 3      | Assam##                                               | 1165                                                  | 1284                                                  | 1347                                                  | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 4      | Bihar+                                                | 1953                                                  | 989                                                   | 250                                                   | 739                                                   | 1703                                                  |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                                          | 947                                                   | 1081                                                  | 844                                                   | 237                                                   | 103                                                   |
| 6      | Goa                                                   | 25                                                    | 17                                                    | 16                                                    | 1                                                     | 9                                                     |
| 7      | Gujarat#                                              | 1567                                                  | 1550                                                  | 879                                                   | 671                                                   | 688                                                   |
| 8      | Haryana                                               | 570                                                   | 568                                                   | 508                                                   | 60                                                    | 62                                                    |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                                      | 578                                                   | 594                                                   | 456                                                   | 138                                                   | 122                                                   |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir                                       | 721                                                   | 1057                                                  | 872                                                   | 185                                                   | *                                                     |
| 11     | Jharkhand                                             | 515                                                   | 515                                                   | 305                                                   | 210                                                   | 210                                                   |
| 12     | Karnataka                                             | 2559                                                  | 2668                                                  | 2521                                                  | 147                                                   | 38                                                    |
| 13     | Kerala                                                | 1049                                                  | 1036                                                  | 1102                                                  | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                                        | 1505                                                  | 1443                                                  | 1023                                                  | 420                                                   | 482                                                   |
| 15     | Maharashtra                                           | 2171                                                  | 2355                                                  | 2100                                                  | 255                                                   | 71                                                    |
| 16     | Manipur^                                              | 102                                                   | 145                                                   | 146                                                   | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 17     | Meghalaya                                             | 137                                                   | 135                                                   | 135                                                   | 0                                                     | 2                                                     |
| 18     | Mizoram                                               | 66                                                    | NA                                                    | 46                                                    | NA                                                    | 20                                                    |
| 19     | Nagaland                                              | 149                                                   | 135                                                   | 101                                                   | 34                                                    | 48                                                    |
| 20     | Odisha                                                | 1682                                                  | 1819                                                  | 1499                                                  | 320                                                   | 183                                                   |
| 21     | Punjab                                                | 577                                                   | 841                                                   | 806                                                   | 35                                                    | *                                                     |
| 22     | Rajasthan                                             | 2651                                                  | 1282                                                  | 667                                                   | 615                                                   | 1984                                                  |
| 23     | Sikkim                                                | 26                                                    | NA                                                    | 14                                                    | NA                                                    | 12                                                    |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                                            | 1757                                                  | 1799                                                  | 1526                                                  | 273                                                   | 231                                                   |
| 25     | Telangana                                             | 782                                                   | 928                                                   | 691                                                   | 237                                                   | 91                                                    |
| 26     | Tripura                                               | 111                                                   | 102                                                   | 131                                                   | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                                           | 316                                                   | 312                                                   | 100                                                   | 212                                                   | 216                                                   |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh                                         | 4270                                                  | 2952                                                  | 2883                                                  | 69                                                    | 1387                                                  |
| 29     | West Bengal                                           | 1256                                                  | 1229                                                  | 966                                                   | 263                                                   | 290                                                   |
| 30     | A& N Islands                                          | 26                                                    | 62                                                    | 60                                                    | 2                                                     | *                                                     |
| 31     | Chandigarh^^                                          | 2                                                     | 16                                                    | 17                                                    | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 32     | D & N Haveli                                          | 8                                                     | 7                                                     | 9                                                     | *                                                     | *                                                     |
| 33     | Daman & Diu                                           | 5                                                     | 5                                                     | 5                                                     | 0                                                     | 0                                                     |
| 34     | Delhi                                                 | 5                                                     | 6                                                     | 6                                                     | 0                                                     | *                                                     |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                                           | 7                                                     | 15                                                    | 15                                                    | 0                                                     | *                                                     |
| 36     | Puducherry                                            | 27                                                    | 42                                                    | 37                                                    | 5                                                     | *                                                     |
|        | All India                                             | 30704                                                 | 28268                                                 | 23131                                                 | 5456                                                  | 8321                                                  |

Notes:

+ Sanctioned data  for 2010 repeated

# Data  for 2013 repeated

##Sanctioned data for 2013 used

^^Sanctioned data for 2013- 14 used

^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated

- 1 One per each Primary Health Centre

and Community Health Centre

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

NA: Not Available.

Table 31.

|        | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   | LABORATORY TECHNICIANS at PHCs & CHCs (As on 31st March, 2015)   |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No. | State/UT                                                         | Required 1                                                       | Sanctioned                                                       | In Position                                                      | Vacant                                                           | Shortfall                                                        |
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh                                                   | [R] 1248                                                         | [S] 1053                                                         | [P] 776                                                          | [S-P] 277                                                        | [R-P] 472                                                        |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh                                                | 169                                                              | NA                                                               | 74                                                               | NA                                                               | 95                                                               |
| 3      | Assam##                                                          | 1165                                                             | 860                                                              | 1225                                                             | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 4      | Bihar+                                                           | 1953                                                             | 683                                                              | 611                                                              | 72                                                               | 1342                                                             |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh                                                     | 947                                                              | 1069                                                             | 657                                                              | 412                                                              | 290                                                              |
| 6      | Goa                                                              | 25                                                               | 15                                                               | 14                                                               | 1                                                                | 11                                                               |
| 7      | Gujarat#                                                         | 1567                                                             | 1556                                                             | 1401                                                             | 155                                                              | 166                                                              |
| 8      | Haryana                                                          | 570                                                              | 517                                                              | 437                                                              | 80                                                               | 133                                                              |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh                                                 | 578                                                              | 352                                                              | 157                                                              | 195                                                              | 421                                                              |
| 10     | Jammu & Kashmir                                                  | 721                                                              | 930                                                              | 763                                                              | 167                                                              | *                                                                |
| 11     | Jharkhand                                                        | 515                                                              | 515                                                              | 301                                                              | 214                                                              | 214                                                              |
| 12     | Karnataka                                                        | 2559                                                             | 1790                                                             | 1294                                                             | 496                                                              | 1265                                                             |
| 13     | Kerala                                                           | 1049                                                             | 324                                                              | 365                                                              | *                                                                | 684                                                              |
| 14     | Madhya Pradesh                                                   | 1505                                                             | 1043                                                             | 892                                                              | 151                                                              | 613                                                              |
| 15     | Maharashtra                                                      | 2171                                                             | 1474                                                             | 1387                                                             | 87                                                               | 784                                                              |
| 16     | Manipur^                                                         | 102                                                              | 102                                                              | 96                                                               | 6                                                                | 6                                                                |
| 17     | Meghalaya                                                        | 137                                                              | 118                                                              | 125                                                              | *                                                                | 12                                                               |
| 18     | Mizoram                                                          | 66                                                               | NA                                                               | 61                                                               | NA                                                               | 5                                                                |
| 19     | Nagaland                                                         | 149                                                              | 72                                                               | 72                                                               | 0                                                                | 77                                                               |
| 20     | Odisha^                                                          | 1682                                                             | 476                                                              | 378                                                              | 98                                                               | 1304                                                             |
| 21     | Punjab                                                           | 577                                                              | 578                                                              | 482                                                              | 96                                                               | 95                                                               |
| 22     | Rajasthan                                                        | 2651                                                             | 3425                                                             | 1930                                                             | 1495                                                             | 721                                                              |
| 23     | Sikkim                                                           | 26                                                               | NA                                                               | 31                                                               | NA                                                               | *                                                                |
| 24     | Tamil Nadu                                                       | 1757                                                             | 2142                                                             | 1314                                                             | 828                                                              | 443                                                              |
| 25     | Telangana                                                        | 782                                                              | 765                                                              | 566                                                              | 199                                                              | 216                                                              |
| 26     | Tripura                                                          | 111                                                              | 50                                                               | 67                                                               | *                                                                | 44                                                               |
| 27     | Uttarakhand                                                      | 316                                                              | 127                                                              | 157                                                              | *                                                                | 159                                                              |
| 28     | Uttar Pradesh                                                    | 4270                                                             | 1331                                                             | 963                                                              | 368                                                              | 3307                                                             |
| 29     | West Bengal                                                      | 1256                                                             | 1185                                                             | 448                                                              | 737                                                              | 808                                                              |
| 30     | A& N Islands                                                     | 26                                                               | 29                                                               | 27                                                               | 2                                                                | *                                                                |
| 31     | Chandigarh^^                                                     | 2                                                                | 8                                                                | 19                                                               | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 32     | D & N Haveli                                                     | 8                                                                | 7                                                                | 9                                                                | *                                                                | *                                                                |
| 33     | Daman & Diu                                                      | 5                                                                | 4                                                                | 4                                                                | 0                                                                | 1                                                                |
| 34     | Delhi                                                            | 5                                                                | 5                                                                | 2                                                                | 3                                                                | 3                                                                |
| 35     | Lakshadweep                                                      |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |                                                                  |
| 36     |                                                                  | 7                                                                | 11                                                               | 11                                                               | 0                                                                | *                                                                |
|        | Puducherry All India                                             | 27 30704                                                         | 10 22626                                                         | 38 17154                                                         | * 6139                                                           | * 13691                                                          |

Notes:

+ Sanctioned data  for 2011 repeated

# Data  for 2013 repeated

##Sanctioned data for 2013 used

^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated

^^Sanctioned data for 2013 - 14 used

1 One per each Primary Health Centre and Community Health Centre

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

NA: Not Available.

Table 32.

| NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   | NURSING STAFF at PHCs & CHCs   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| S. No.                         |                                | (As on31st March, 2015)        | (As on31st March, 2015)        | (As on31st March, 2015)        | (As on31st March, 2015)        | (As on31st March, 2015)        |
|                                | State/UT                       | Required 1                     | Sanctioned                     | In Position                    | Vacant                         | Shortfall 1                    |
|                                |                                | [R1]                           | [S]                            | [P]                            | [S-P]                          | [R1-P]                         |
| 1                              | Andhra Pradesh                 | 2322                           | 2300                           | 2006                           | 294                            | 316                            |
| 2                              | Arunachal Pradesh              | 481                            | NA                             | 319                            | NA                             | 162                            |
| 3                              | Assam##                        | 2071                           | 2798                           | 3056                           | *                              | *                              |
| 4                              | Bihar#                         | 2373                           | 1662                           | 1736                           | *                              | 637                            |
| 5                              | Chhattisgarh                   | 1877                           | 2495                           | 1511                           | 984                            | 366                            |
| 6                              | Goa                            | 49                             | 80                             | 86                             | *                              | *                              |
| 7                              | Gujarat+                       | 3487                           | 4058                           | 2705                           | 1353                           | 782                            |
| 8                              | Haryana                        | 1224                           | 1783                           | 1685                           | 98                             | *                              |
| 9                              | Himachal Pradesh               | 1046                           | 819                            | 635                            | 184                            | 411                            |
| 10                             | Jammu & Kashmir                | 1225                           | 1616                           | 1184                           | 432                            | 41                             |
| 11                             | Jharkhand                      | 1643                           | 703                            | 1230                           | *                              | 413                            |
| 12                             | Karnataka                      | 3795                           | 3457                           | 3176                           | 281                            | 619                            |
| 13                             | Kerala                         | 2381                           | 3610                           | 3969                           | *                              | *                              |
| 14                             | Madhya Pradesh                 | 3509                           | 4189                           | 3629                           | 560                            | *                              |
| 15                             | Maharashtra                    | 4331                           | 3218                           | 2535                           | 683                            | 1796                           |
| 16                             | Manipur^                       | 204                            | 484                            | 433                            | 51                             | *                              |
| 17                             | Meghalaya                      | 299                            | 413                            | 413                            | 0                              | *                              |
| 18                             | Mizoram                        | 120                            | NA                             | 224                            | NA                             | *                              |
| 19                             | Nagaland                       | 275                            | 117                            | 378                            | *                              | *                              |
| 20                             | Odisha^                        | 3944                           | 903                            | 1260                           | *                              | 2684                           |
| 21                             | Punjab                         | 1477                           | 2189                           | 1907                           | 282                            | *                              |
| 22                             | Rajasthan                      | 6059                           | 13435                          | 9250                           | 4185                           | *                              |
| 23                             | Sikkim                         | 38                             | NA                             | 41                             | NA                             | *                              |
| 24                             | Tamil Nadu                     | 4067                           | 8177                           | 7349                           | 828                            | *                              |
| 25                             | Telangana                      | 1466                           | 1666                           | 1453                           | 213                            | 13                             |
| 26                             | Tripura                        | 231                            | 421                            | 421                            | 0                              | *                              |
| 27                             | Uttarakhand                    | 670                            | 275                            | 456                            | *                              | 214                            |
| 28                             | Uttar Pradesh                  | 8908                           | 4497                           | 4412                           | 85                             | 4496                           |
| 29                             | West Bengal                    | 3338                           | 8285                           | 7047                           | 1238                           | *                              |
| 30                             | A& N Islands                   | 50                             | 191                            | 185                            | 6                              | *                              |
| 31                             | Chandigarh^^                   | 14                             | 47                             | 99                             | *                              | *                              |
| 32                             | D & N Haveli                   | 14                             | 8                              | 37                             | *                              | *                              |
| 33                             | Daman & Diu                    | 17                             | 14                             | 14                             | 0                              | 3                              |
| 34                             | Delhi                          | 5                              | 5                              | 7                              | *                              | *                              |
| 35                             | Lakshadweep                    | 25                             | 52                             | 52                             | 0                              | *                              |
| 36                             | Puducherry                     | 45                             | 131                            | 139                            | *                              | *                              |
|                                | All India                      | 63080                          | 74098                          | 65039                          | 11757                          | 12953                          |

Notes:

+ Data  for 2013 repeated

# Data  for 2011 repeated

## Sanctioned data for 2012 used

^Data for 2013 - 14 repeated

^^Sanctionedata for 2013 - 14 used

- 1 One per Primary Health Centre and seven per Community Health Centre

*:

Surplus. All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State

- wise

Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States /

UTs

NA: Not Available.