Lok Sabha Question No. 3945 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Mobile Medical Units under NHM
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Geeta Kora, Jugal Kishore Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3945 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH March, 2021

## MOBILE MEDICAL UNITS UNDER NHM

## 3945. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT: SHRIMATI GEETA KORA: SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made it mandatory to have a Mobile Medical Unit for each block under National Health Mission;
- (b) if so, the details ther eof; and
- (c) the details of assistance given to the State Governments for providing Mobile Medical Unitsand operating these units under the scheme, State/UT wise?

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

- (a)&  (b) :  No.  Under  NHM,  States/UTs  have  been  given  flexibility  to  deploy  Mobile Medical  Units  (MMUs)  to  provide  a  range  of  health  care  services  for  the  populati particularly living in remote, inaccessible, un - served and underserved area s, as per the needs identified by the respective States/UTs.
- (c)  :  Public  health  and  hospital  is  a  State  subject.  Under  the  National  Health  M (NHM),  Government  of  India  provides  financial  and  technical  support  to  States/UTs strengthen their healt hcare systems, including support for Mobile Medical Unit (MMUs), based on the requirements posed by them in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) subject to availability of resources.

However, under NHM, as per norms, one MMU is supported per 10 l akh population subject  to  capping  of  5  MMUs  per  district.    However,  further  relaxation  of  norms available on a case to case basis and where patients served though existing MMUs exc 60 patients per day per MMU in plain area and 30 patients per day per MMU in hilly areas.

Further the list of operational MMUs supported under NHM in States/UTs as on December 2020is placed at Annexure.

## Details of Mobile Medicals Units (Operational) under National Health Mission (NHM)

## Annexure-I

| S.N   | State/UTs              |   Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) |
|-------|------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1     | Bihar                  |                             0 |
| 2     | Chhattisgarh           |                            30 |
| 3     | Himachal Pradesh       |                            12 |
| 4     | Jammu & Kashmir        |                            10 |
| 5     | Jharkhand              |                            92 |
| 6     | Madhya Pradesh         |                           150 |
| 7     | Orissa                 |                             9 |
| 8     | Rajasthan              |                           214 |
| 9     | Uttar Pradesh          |                           170 |
| 10    | Uttarakhand            |                            17 |
| 11    | Arunachal Pradesh      |                            16 |
| 12    | Assam                  |                           130 |
| 13    | Manipur                |                             9 |
| 14    | Meghalaya              |                             4 |
| 15    | Mizoram                |                             9 |
| 16    | Nagaland               |                            11 |
| 17    | Sikkim                 |                             0 |
| 18    | Tripura                |                             0 |
| 19    | Andhra Pradesh         |                            67 |
| 20    | Goa                    |                             0 |
| 21    | Gujarat                |                            74 |
| 22    | Haryana                |                            12 |
| 23    | Karnataka              |                            70 |
| 24    | Kerala                 |                            28 |
| 25    | Maharashtra            |                            50 |
| 26    | Punjab                 |                            33 |
| 27    | Tamil Nadu             |                           415 |
| 28    | Telangana              |                             0 |
| 29    | West Bengal            |                            49 |
| 30    | A&N Island             |                             0 |
| 31    | Chandigarh             |                             0 |
| 32    | D&N Haveli/Daman & Diu |                             3 |
| 33    | Delhi                  |                             2 |
| 34    | Ladakh                 |                             1 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep            |                             0 |
| 36    | Puducherry             |                             4 |
| TOTAL |                        |                          1691 |

Source: NHM-MIS reports as on Dec 2020.