Lok Sabha Question No. 4557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Posting of Doctors in Rural Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4557 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## POSTING OF DOCTORS I N RURAL AREAS

## 4557. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  fact  that  there  is  considerable  ne suitable number of doctors are posted in rural areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the necessary steps taken by the Government this regard;
- (c) the number of doctors posted in rural areas of the country, State/UT - wise; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  up  vacant  posts  of  doctors  in  Gover Hospitals/PHC/CHC/Health Centres in the rural areas of the country?

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

(a) to (d): Public  health  and  hospitals  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibil ensure  availability  of  doctors  including  in  rural  area,  lies  with  the  State  Gove Requirement of Doctors in public health sector in rural areas varies from state to state depending upon their policies and context.

As per Rural Health Statistics (RHS) 2018, State/UT wise availability of doctors i areas of the country is given at Annexure -I.

However,  Under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  financial  and  technical  support  i provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including support for recr of doctors on contractual basis, based on the requirements posed by them in the ir Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall resource envelope.

Under  NHM,  States  are  encouraged  to  adopt  flexible  norms  for  engaging  speciali doctors   for public health facilities. These include various mechanisms for 'contracting in' and 'contracting out' of specialist services, methods of engaging specialists outside the government system for service delivery at public facilities, offering negotiable salaries to attrac including flexibility in strategies such as 'You quote, we pay".

Financial support is also provided to States for providing performance - based ince tives, hard area allowance, providing accommodation and transport facilities in rural and remote sponsoring  training  programmes,  etc  fo r  engaged  human  resources,  to  address  the  issue  of shortage in the public health facilities.

Also, States are advised to put in place transparent policies of posting and tran ensure rational deployment of doctors. As the posts required for health facilities are filled up by respective  State/UT  Governments,  they  are  impressed  upon  from  time  to  time  to  fill  u vacant posts.

Also, as per NHM - MIS, State/UT wise status doctors recruited on contractual basis und NHM is given at Annexure -II.

| DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   | DOCTORS + AT PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                | State/UT                              | Required 1                            | (As Sanctioned                        | on 31st March, In Position            | 2018) Vacant                          | Shortfall                             |
| 1                                     | Andhra Pradesh                        | [R]                                   | [S] 2267                              | [P]                                   | [S-P] 222                             | [R-P] *                               |
| 2                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 7458 312                              | NA                                    | 2045 125                              | NA                                    | 187                                   |
| 3                                     | Assam                                 | 4644                                  | NA                                    | 1376                                  | NA                                    | *                                     |
| 4                                     | Bihar #                               | 9949                                  | 2078                                  | 1786                                  | 292                                   | 8163                                  |
| 5                                     | Chhattisgarh                          | 5200                                  | 793                                   | 359                                   | 434                                   | 4841                                  |
| 6                                     | Goa                                   | 214                                   | 48                                    | 56                                    | *                                     | *                                     |
| 7                                     | Gujarat                               | 9153                                  | 1865                                  | 1321                                  | 544                                   | 7832                                  |
| 8                                     | Haryana                               | 2589                                  | 551                                   | 491                                   | 60                                    | *                                     |
| 9                                     | Himachal Pradesh                      | 2084                                  | 636                                   | 622                                   | 14                                    | *                                     |
| 10                                    | Jammu & Kashmir                       | 2967                                  | 1347                                  | 694                                   | 653                                   | *                                     |
| 11                                    | Jharkhand                             | 3848                                  | 556                                   | 340                                   | 216                                   | *                                     |
| 12                                    | Karnataka                             | 9443                                  | 2359                                  | 2136                                  | 223                                   | 7307                                  |
| 13                                    | Kerala                                | 5380                                  | 1120                                  | 1169                                  | *                                     | *                                     |
| 14                                    | Madhya Pradesh                        | 11192                                 | 1771                                  | 1112                                  | 659                                   | 10080                                 |
| 15                                    | Maharashtra                           | 10638                                 | 3009                                  | 2929                                  | 80                                    | *                                     |
| 16                                    | Manipur                               | 429                                   | 238                                   | 194                                   | 44                                    | *                                     |
| 17                                    | Meghalaya ##                          | 443                                   | 128                                   | 130                                   | *                                     | *                                     |
| 18                                    | Mizoram ###                           | 370                                   | 152                                   | 59                                    | 93                                    | *                                     |
| 19                                    | Nagaland                              | 396                                   | 108                                   | 118                                   | *                                     | 278                                   |
| 20                                    | Odisha                                | 6688                                  | 1326                                  | 917                                   | 409                                   | 5771                                  |
| 21                                    | Punjab                                | 2950                                  | 593                                   | 480                                   | 113                                   | *                                     |
| 22                                    | Rajasthan                             | 14405                                 | 2751                                  | 2396                                  | 355                                   | *                                     |
| 23                                    | Sikkim                                | 147                                   | NA                                    | 24                                    | NA                                    | 123                                   |
| 24                                    | Tamil Nadu                            | 8712                                  | 3136                                  | 2780                                  | 356                                   | *                                     |
| 25                                    | Telangana                             | 4744                                  | 1254                                  | 1066                                  | 188                                   | *                                     |
| 26                                    | Tripura                               | 1020                                  | 0                                     | 119                                   | *                                     | *                                     |
| 27                                    | Uttarakhand                           | 1847                                  | 425                                   | 241                                   | 184                                   | 1606                                  |
| 28                                    | Uttar Pradesh                         | 20521                                 | 4509                                  | 1344                                  | 3165                                  | 19177                                 |
| 29                                    | West Bengal                           | 10357                                 | 1268                                  |                                       |                                       |                                       |
|                                       |                                       |                                       |                                       | 1016                                  | 252                                   | *                                     |
| 30                                    | A& N Islands                          | 123                                   | 42                                    | 34                                    | 8                                     | *                                     |
| 31                                    | Chandigarh                            | 17                                    | 0                                     | 0                                     | 0                                     | 17                                    |
| 32                                    | D & N Haveli                          | 71                                    | 15                                    | 8                                     | 7                                     | 63                                    |
| 33                                    | Daman & Diu                           | 26                                    | 5                                     | 4                                     | 1                                     | 22                                    |
| 34                                    | Delhi                                 | 12                                    | 21                                    | 22                                    | *                                     | *                                     |
| 35                                    | Lakshadweep                           | 14                                    | 8                                     | 8                                     | 0                                     | *                                     |
| 36                                    | Puducherry All India 2 / Total        | 54 158417                             | 38 34417                              | 46 27567                              | * 8572                                | * 65467                               |

Notes:

# Sanctioned data for year 2011 used

## Sanctioned data for year 2015 used

### Sanctioned data for year

NA: Not Available.

+: Allopathic Doctors All India figures for Vacancy and Shortfall are the totals of State UTs

- *: Surplus.
- 1 One per Primary Health Centre as per IPHS norms
- 2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not available, are exclu

2013- 14 used

- wise Vacancy and Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States /

| 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   | General Duty Medical Officers (GDMOs) -Allopathic at CHCs   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                      | State/UT                                                    | Sanctioned                                                  | 31st March, 2018) In Position                               | Vacant                                                      |
| 1                                                           | Andhra Pradesh                                              | [S] 247                                                     | [P] 203                                                     | [S-P] 44                                                    |
| 2                                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                                           | NA                                                          | 119                                                         | NA                                                          |
| 3                                                           | Assam                                                       | NA                                                          | 493                                                         | NA                                                          |
| 4                                                           | Bihar                                                       | NA                                                          | 714                                                         | NA                                                          |
| 5                                                           | Chhattisgarh                                                | 453                                                         | 546                                                         | *                                                           |
| 6                                                           | Goa                                                         | 12                                                          | 19                                                          | *                                                           |
| 7                                                           | Gujarat                                                     | 1151                                                        | 792                                                         | 359                                                         |
| 8                                                           | Haryana                                                     | 494                                                         | 317                                                         | 177                                                         |
| 9                                                           | Himachal Pradesh                                            | 234                                                         | 165                                                         | 69                                                          |
| 10                                                          | Jammu & Kashmir                                             | 751                                                         | 586                                                         | 165                                                         |
| 11                                                          | Jharkhand                                                   | 849                                                         | 704                                                         | 145                                                         |
| 12                                                          | Karnataka                                                   | 255                                                         | 218                                                         | 37                                                          |
| 13                                                          | Kerala                                                      | 781                                                         | 1019                                                        | *                                                           |
| 14                                                          | Madhya Pradesh                                              | 1854                                                        | 881                                                         | 973                                                         |
| 15                                                          | Maharashtra                                                 | 512                                                         | 486                                                         | 26                                                          |
| 16                                                          | Manipur                                                     | 97                                                          | 93                                                          | 4                                                           |
| 17                                                          | Meghalaya #                                                 | 91                                                          | 82                                                          | 9                                                           |
| 18                                                          | Mizoram                                                     | NA                                                          | 16                                                          | NA                                                          |
| 19                                                          | Nagaland                                                    | 42                                                          | 42                                                          | 0                                                           |
| 20                                                          | Odisha                                                      | 405                                                         | 731                                                         | *                                                           |
| 21                                                          | Punjab                                                      | 282                                                         | 408                                                         | *                                                           |
| 22                                                          | Rajasthan                                                   | 1403                                                        | 1150                                                        | 253                                                         |
| 23                                                          | Sikkim                                                      | NA                                                          | 5                                                           | NA                                                          |
| 24                                                          | Tamil Nadu                                                  | 4942                                                        | 4942                                                        | 0                                                           |
| 25                                                          | Telangana                                                   | 184                                                         | 145                                                         | 39                                                          |
| 26                                                          | Tripura                                                     | 0                                                           | 65                                                          | *                                                           |
| 27                                                          | Uttarakhand                                                 | 117                                                         | 94                                                          | 23                                                          |
| 28                                                          | Uttar Pradesh                                               | 778                                                         | 778                                                         | 0                                                           |
| 29                                                          | West Bengal                                                 | 1330                                                        | 1150                                                        | 180                                                         |
| 30                                                          | A& N Islands                                                | 13                                                          | 13                                                          | 0                                                           |
| 31                                                          | Chandigarh                                                  | 0                                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                           |
| 32                                                          | D & N Haveli                                                | 0                                                           | 6                                                           | *                                                           |
| 33                                                          | Daman & Diu                                                 | 12                                                          | 5                                                           | 7                                                           |
| 34                                                          | Delhi                                                       | 0                                                           | 0                                                           | 0                                                           |
| 35                                                          | Lakshadweep                                                 | 14                                                          | 14                                                          | 0                                                           |
| 36                                                          | Puducherry                                                  | 18                                                          | 18                                                          | 0                                                           |
| All                                                         | India/Total 2                                               | 17321                                                       | 17019                                                       | 2510                                                        |

Notes:

# Sanctioned data for year 2015 used

NA: Not Available

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

| DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   | DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   | DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   | DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   | DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   | DOCTORS AT DISTRICT HOSPITAL AND SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL (As on 31st   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                                | State/UT                                                                             | DISTRICT HOSPITAL                                                                    | DISTRICT HOSPITAL                                                                    | March, 2018) SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL                                   | March, 2018) SUB DISTRICT/ SUB DIVISIONAL HOSPITAL                                   |
| S.No.                                                                                | State/UT                                                                             | Sanctioned                                                                           | In Position                                                                          | Sanctioned                                                                           | In Position                                                                          |
| 1                                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                                       | 433                                                                                  | 299                                                                                  | 668                                                                                  | 428                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                    | NA                                                                                   | 397                                                                                  | NA                                                                                   | NA                                                                                   |
| 3                                                                                    | Assam                                                                                | NA                                                                                   | 751                                                                                  | NA                                                                                   | 198                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                    | Bihar                                                                                | 888                                                                                  | 1301                                                                                 | 55                                                                                   | 286                                                                                  |
| 5                                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                                         | 956                                                                                  | 544                                                                                  | 175                                                                                  | 53                                                                                   |
| 6                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                  | 87                                                                                   | 69                                                                                   | 151                                                                                  | 85                                                                                   |
| 7                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                              | 518                                                                                  | 318                                                                                  | 435                                                                                  | 163                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                    | Haryana                                                                              | 633                                                                                  | 882                                                                                  | 312                                                                                  | 340                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                     | 323                                                                                  | 529                                                                                  | 358                                                                                  | 419                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                      | 1352                                                                                 | 933                                                                                  | NA                                                                                   | NA                                                                                   |
| 11                                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                                            | 848                                                                                  | 579                                                                                  | 265                                                                                  | 85                                                                                   |
| 12                                                                                   | Karnataka                                                                            | 1727                                                                                 | 1366                                                                                 | 1841                                                                                 | 1302                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                   | Kerala                                                                               | 87                                                                                   | 502                                                                                  | 488                                                                                  | 624                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                                       | 3206                                                                                 | 2409                                                                                 | 942                                                                                  | 568                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                                          | 1292                                                                                 | 875                                                                                  | 1362                                                                                 | 1348                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                   | Manipur                                                                              | 270                                                                                  | 230                                                                                  | 17                                                                                   | 6                                                                                    |
| 17                                                                                   | Meghalaya #                                                                          | 266                                                                                  | 266                                                                                  | 11                                                                                   | 18                                                                                   |
| 18                                                                                   | Mizoram                                                                              | NA                                                                                   | 195                                                                                  | NA                                                                                   | 29                                                                                   |
| 19                                                                                   | Nagaland ##                                                                          | 23                                                                                   | 175                                                                                  | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 20                                                                                   | Odisha                                                                               | 1427                                                                                 | 1094                                                                                 | 567                                                                                  | 347                                                                                  |
| 21                                                                                   | Punjab                                                                               | 813                                                                                  | 648                                                                                  | 782                                                                                  | 559                                                                                  |
| 22                                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                                            | 1998                                                                                 | 1466                                                                                 | 630                                                                                  | 472                                                                                  |
| 23                                                                                   | Sikkim                                                                               | NA                                                                                   | 88                                                                                   | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 24                                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                                           | 1869                                                                                 | 1403                                                                                 | 3372                                                                                 | 2555                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                   | Telangana                                                                            | 319                                                                                  | 158                                                                                  | 1356                                                                                 | 411                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                   | Tripura #                                                                            | 84                                                                                   | 92                                                                                   | 64                                                                                   | 88                                                                                   |
| 27                                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                                          | 395                                                                                  | 292                                                                                  | 290                                                                                  | 222                                                                                  |
| 28                                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                                        | 4319                                                                                 | 3604                                                                                 | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 29                                                                                   | West Bengal                                                                          | 1766                                                                                 | 1330                                                                                 | 5277                                                                                 | 1665                                                                                 |
| 30                                                                                   | A& N Islands                                                                         | 36                                                                                   | 17                                                                                   | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 31                                                                                   | Chandigarh ^                                                                         | 117                                                                                  | 166                                                                                  | 0                                                                                    | 31                                                                                   |
| 32                                                                                   | D & N Haveli                                                                         | 61                                                                                   | 68                                                                                   | 0                                                                                    | 14                                                                                   |
| 33                                                                                   | Daman & Diu                                                                          | 43                                                                                   | 32                                                                                   | 0                                                                                    | 0                                                                                    |
| 34                                                                                   | Delhi                                                                                | 1861                                                                                 | 1300                                                                                 | 149                                                                                  | 107                                                                                  |
| 35                                                                                   | Lakshadweep                                                                          | 41                                                                                   | 34                                                                                   | 9                                                                                    | 9                                                                                    |
| 36                                                                                   | Puducherry                                                                           | 508                                                                                  | 487                                                                                  | NA                                                                                   | NA                                                                                   |
|                                                                                      | All India/Total                                                                      | 28566                                                                                | 24899                                                                                | 19576                                                                                | 12432                                                                                |

Note:

# Sanctionedata for 2015 used

## Only Data for 23 GDMO given under DH

^ Sanctioned data of year 2016 used

N.A   Not Available

## TOTAL SPECIALISTS AT CHCs

## Total Specialists [Surgeons, OB&GY, Physicians & Paediatricians]

NA: Not Available.

- 1 Four per Community Health Centre as per IPHS norms

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

- *: Surplus.
- 2 For calculating the overall percentages of vacancy and shortfall, the States/UTs for which manpower position is not availabl , are excluded

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

| S. No.   | State/UT          | (As on 31st March, 2018)   | (As on 31st March, 2018)   | (As on 31st March, 2018)   | (As on 31st March, 2018)   | (As on 31st March, 2018)   |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT          | Required 1                 | Sanctioned                 | In Position                | Vacant                     | Shortfall                  |
| S. No.   | State/UT          | [R]                        | [S]                        | [P]                        | [S-P]                      | [R-P]                      |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh    | 772                        | 533                        | 384                        | 149                        | 388                        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh | 252                        | NA                         | 4                          | NA                         | 248                        |
| 3        | Assam             | 688                        | NA                         | 158                        | NA                         | 530                        |
| 4        | Bihar             | 600                        | NA                         | 82                         | NA                         | 518                        |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh      | 676                        | 652                        | 57                         | 595                        | 619                        |
| 6        | Goa               | 16                         | 5                          | 10                         | *                          | 6                          |
| 7        | Gujarat           | 1452                       | 1177                       | 118                        | 1059                       | 1334                       |
| 8        | Haryana           | 452                        | 59                         | 17                         | 42                         | 435                        |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh  | 364                        | NA                         | 4                          | NA                         | 360                        |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir   | 336                        | 344                        | 256                        | 88                         | 80                         |
| 11       | Jharkhand         | 684                        | 684                        | 92                         | 592                        | 592                        |
| 12       | Karnataka         | 824                        | 824                        | 498                        | 326                        | 326                        |
| 13       | Kerala            | 908                        | 30                         | 40                         | *                          | 868                        |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh    | 1236                       | 1236                       | 248                        | 988                        | 988                        |
| 15       | Maharashtra       | 1444                       | 823                        | 485                        | 338                        | 959                        |
| 16       | Manipur           | 92                         | 4                          | 3                          | 1                          | 89                         |
| 17       | Meghalaya         | 112                        | 3                          | 9                          | *                          | 103                        |
| 18       | Mizoram           | 36                         | 33                         | 0                          | 33                         | 36                         |
| 19       | Nagaland          | 84                         | NA                         | 8                          | NA                         | 76                         |
| 20       | Odisha            | 1508                       | 1529                       | 253                        | 1276                       | 1255                       |
| 21       | Punjab            | 604                        | 593                        | 105                        | 488                        | 499                        |
| 22       | Rajasthan         | 2352                       | 1731                       | 565                        | 1166                       | 1787                       |
| 23       | Sikkim            | 8                          | NA                         | 0                          | NA                         | 8                          |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu        | 1540                       | NA                         | 210                        | NA                         | 1330                       |
| 25       | Telangana         | 364                        | 320                        | 112                        | 208                        | 252                        |
| 26       | Tripura           | 88                         | 0                          | 2                          | *                          | 86                         |
| 27       | Uttarakhand       | 268                        | 268                        | 29                         | 239                        | 239                        |
| 28       | Uttar Pradesh     | 3288                       | 2099                       | 192                        | 1907                       | 3096                       |
| 29       | West Bengal       | 1392                       | 669                        | 125                        | 544                        | 1267                       |
| 30       | A& N Islands      | 16                         | 9                          | 0                          | 9                          | 16                         |
| 31       | Chandigarh        | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 32       | D & N Haveli      | 8                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 8                          |
| 33       | Daman & Diu       | 8                          | 6                          | 3                          | 3                          | 5                          |
| 34       | Delhi             | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          |
| 35       | Lakshadweep       | 12                         | 0                          | 0                          | 0                          | 12                         |
| 36       | Puducherry        | 12                         | 4                          | 5                          | *                          | 7                          |
| All 2    | India / Total     | 22496                      | 13635                      | 4074                       | 10051                      | 18422                      |

Notes:

## Details of Doctors In-position (Contractual) under National Health Mission (NHM)

| S.N   | State/UTs         |   General Duty medical officers (GDMOs) |   AYUSH Doctors |
|-------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1     | Bihar             |                                     283 |            2830 |
| 2     | Chhattisgarh      |                                     217 |             550 |
| 3     | Himachal Pradesh  |                                       6 |             303 |
| 4     | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                     417 |             879 |
| 5     | Jharkhand         |                                      72 |             564 |
| 6     | Madhya Pradesh    |                                     788 |            1134 |
| 7     | Odisha            |                                      94 |            2188 |
| 8     | Rajasthan         |                                     143 |            1694 |
| 9     | Uttar Pradesh     |                                     719 |            4215 |
| 10    | Uttarakhand       |                                       4 |             369 |
| 11    | Arunachal Pradesh |                                       6 |             116 |
| 12    | Assam             |                                    1188 |             661 |
| 13    | Manipur           |                                      20 |             173 |
| 14    | Meghalaya         |                                      31 |             227 |
| 15    | Mizoram           |                                      32 |              58 |
| 16    | Nagaland          |                                      53 |              61 |
| 17    | Sikkim            |                                      16 |              14 |
| 18    | Tripura           |                                       1 |             154 |
| 19    | Andhra Pradesh    |                                     116 |             130 |
| 20    | Goa               |                                       2 |              79 |
| 21    | Gujarat           |                                     227 |            2329 |
| 22    | Haryana           |                                     225 |             610 |
| 23    | Karnataka         |                                     398 |            1472 |
| 24    | Kerala            |                                     673 |             691 |
| 25    | Maharashtra       |                                     354 |            2518 |
| 26    | Punjab            |                                     135 |             530 |
| 27    | Tamil Nadu        |                                    3408 |             475 |
| 28    | Telangana         |                                     550 |             584 |
| 29    | West Bengal       |                                     555 |            1712 |
| 30    | A & N Islands     |                                      36 |              33 |
| 31    | Chandigarh        |                                      58 |              32 |
| 32    | D & N Haveli      |                                      13 |              12 |
| 33    | Daman & Diu       |                                      15 |               8 |
| 34    | Delhi             |                                     273 |               0 |
| 35    | Lakshadweep       |                                      17 |              12 |
| 36    | Puducherry        |                                      27 |              47 |
|       | TOTAL             |                                   11172 |           27464 |

Source: NHM-MIS report as on March 2019.