Lok Sabha Question No. 2731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-06
Subject: Criteria for setting up of CGHS Wellness Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2731 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06 TH MARCH, 2020

## CRITERIA FOR SETTING UP OF CGHS WELLNESS CENTRES

## 2731. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  criteria  fixed  for  setting  up  of dispensaries/hospitals  under  the  Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in the country;
- (b) the dispensaries/hospitals fu nctioning under the CGHS in the country at present, State/UT -wise;
- (c) the number of beneficiaries who had got treatment in Rajas han under the CGHS during the last five years, district -wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up new dispensaries/hospitals in the districts having more than 1000 beneficiaries under the CGHS; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a ): The c riteria fixed for setting up a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) Wellnes Centre in a particular area are as under: -
- I. In an existing CGHS City: -For opening of a new Allopathic CGHS Wellness Centre in an  existing  CGHS  city,  there  has  to  be  a  minimum  of    2000  Card  holders  (servi employees of Central Government and Central Civil pensioners).
- II. Extension of CGHS to a new City: -For extension of CGHS to a new city, there has to be a minimum of 6,000 Card holders.

Proposals for setting up of new Wellness Centres are considered as per extant norms subject to availability of resources.

- (b) : A  statement  showing  number  of  CGHS  Allopathic  Dispensaries/Wellness  Centres functioning in the country, state - wise is at Annexure.
- (c) : CGHS is in operation in Jaipur. Apart from this, the scheme is also operational in Jodhpur and Kota since 01.04. 2019 after takeover of Postal dispensaries in these cities/distri

No. of beneficiaries availing CGHS facilities in Rajasthan during last five years current year are given as under:

|         | 01.04.2014 - 31.03.2019   | 01.04.2019 - 02.03.2020   |
|---------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Jaipur  | 20,65,777                 | 4,42,117                  |
| Ajmer   | Not applicable            | 13,462                    |
| Jodhpur | Not applicable            | 4,815                     |
| Kota    | Not applicable            | 7,984                     |

No.

(d) & (e):

## Statement showing the number of CGHS Allopathic Dispensaries/ Wellness Centres in the country, state-wise;

| Sl. No   | State / Union Territory   | City          |   Allopathic Dispensaries |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------|
| 1        |                           | Guntur        |                         1 |
| 1        |                           | Nellore       |                         1 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Rajahmundry   |                         1 |
| 1        |                           | Vijayayawada  |                         1 |
| 1        |                           | Visakhapatnam |                         2 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Guwahati      |                         5 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Dibrugarh     |                         1 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Silchar       |                         1 |
| 3        |                           | Chappra       |                         1 |
| 3        |                           | Darbhanga     |                         1 |
| 3        |                           | Gaya          |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Muzzafarpur   |                         1 |
| 3        |                           | Patna         |                         5 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur        |                         2 |
| 5        | Delhi                     | Delhi         |                        87 |
| 6        | Goa                       | Panaji        |                         1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad     |                         8 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Gandhinagar   |                         1 |
|          |                           | Vadodara      |                         1 |
|          |                           | Ambala        |                         1 |
| 8        |                           | Faridabad     |                         2 |
| 8        | Haryana                   | Gurgaon       |                         2 |
|          |                           | Sonipat       |                         1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla        |                         1 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir (UT)      | Jammu         |                         2 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir (UT)      | Srinagar      |                         1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 | Dhanbad       |                         1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi        |                         3 |
| 12       | Karnataka                 | Bengaluru     |                        10 |

| 11   | Kerala         | Thiruvananthapuram   |   3 |
|------|----------------|----------------------|-----|
|      |                | Kochi                |   1 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal               |   2 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior              |   1 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur             |   5 |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh | Indore               |   1 |
| 13   | Maharashtra    | Mumbai               |  26 |
| 13   | Maharashtra    | Nagpur               |  11 |
| 14   |                | Pune                 |   9 |
|      | Manipur        | Imphal               |   1 |
| 15   | Meghalaya      | Shillong             |   2 |
| 16   | Mizoram        | Aizawl               |   1 |
| 17   | Nagaland       | Kohima               |   1 |
| 18   | Odisha         | Berhampur            |   1 |
| 18   | Odisha         | Bhubaneshwar         |   3 |
| 18   | Odisha         | Cuttack              |   1 |
| 19   |                | Amritsar             |   1 |
| 19   | Punjab         | Jalandhar            |   1 |
| 18   | Puducherry     | Puducherry           |   1 |
| 19   | Rajasthan      | Ajmer                |   1 |
| 19   | Rajasthan      | Jodhpur              |   1 |
| 19   | Rajasthan      | Jaipur               |   7 |
| 19   | Rajasthan      | Kota                 |   1 |
| 20   | Sikkim         | Gangtok              |   1 |
| 21   | Tamil Nadu     | Chennai              |  14 |
|      |                | Tiruchirapalli       |   1 |
|      |                | Tirunalveli          |   1 |
| 22   | Telangana      | Hyderabad            |  13 |
| 23   | Tripura        | Agartala             |   1 |
| 24   | Uttrakhand     | Dehradun             |   3 |
| 25   | Uttar Pradesh  | Agra                 |   1 |
| 25   | Uttar Pradesh  | Prayagraj            |   7 |

|    |                 | Aligarh       | 1   |
|----|-----------------|---------------|-----|
|    |                 | Baghpat       | 1   |
|    |                 | Bareilly      | 1   |
|    |                 | Ghaziabad     | 1   |
|    |                 | Gorakhpur     | 1   |
|    |                 | Greater Noida | 1   |
|    |                 | Indirapuram   | 1   |
|    |                 | Kanpur        | 9   |
|    |                 | Lucknow       | 9   |
|    |                 | Meerut        | 6   |
|    |                 | Moradabad     | 1   |
|    |                 | Noida         | 2   |
|    |                 | Saharanpur    | 1   |
|    |                 | Sahibabad     | 1   |
|    |                 | Varanasi      | 2   |
|    |                 | Jalpaiguri    | 1   |
| 26 | West Bengal     |               | 18  |
| 26 |                 | Kolkata       |     |
| 26 |                 | Siliguri      | 1   |
| 27 | Chandigarh (UT) | Chandigarh    | 1   |
|    | Total           |               | 329 |