Lok Sabha Question No. 942 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Health and Wellness Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 942 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 20 20

## HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES

## 942. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  open  Health  Wellness  Centres  across country for better health of common people;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and place - wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)to (c ) :   Yes. Under Ayushman Bharat -Health &Wellness Centres (AB - HWCs),   1.5 lakh Sub Health Centres and Primary Health Centres are to be transformed into Health and Wellness  Centres  across  the  country  for  provision  of  Comprehensive  Primary  Health  Car (CPHC) that includes preventive healthcare and health promotion at the community level w cont inuum of care approach by December, 2022. The roll out plan of AB -HWCs is given as below:
- FY 2018- 19 = 15,000
- FY 2019- 20 = 25,000 (Cumulative 40,000)
- FY 2020- 21 = 30,000 (Cumulative 70,000)
- FY 2021- 2022 = 40,000 (Cumulative 1,10,000)
- Till 31st December 2022 = 40,000 (Cumulative 1,50,000 )

'Public Health and Hospitals' being a State subject, the S tates have been accorded the flexibility to identify the facilities to be upgraded as Health and Wellness Centres based on the availability of Health Infrastructure and Human Resources. A s per AB - HWC portal,t he state -wise details of functional AB - HWCs as on 03.02.2020 are at Annexure .

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Annexure Status of Functional Ayushman Bharat -Health & Wellness Centr es as on 03.02.2020

| No. State Name              | HWCs Functional   | HWCs Functional   | HWCs Functional   | HWCs Functional   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|                             | SHC               | PHC               | UPHC              | TOTAL             |
| High_Focus                  |                   |                   |                   |                   |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1,018             | 271               | 37                | 1,326             |
| 1 2 Rajasthan               | 129               | 446               | 51                | 626               |
| 3 Uttar Pradesh             | 1,602             | 1,135             | 398               | 3,135             |
| 4 Odisha                    | 107               | 822               | 83                | 1,012             |
| 5 Madhya Pradesh            | 934               | 1,140             | 132               | 2,206             |
| 6 Bihar                     | 112               | 597               | 97                | 806               |
| 7 Jharkhand                 | 304               | 106               | 51                | 461               |
| 8 Uttarakhand               | 142               | 145               | 34                | 321               |
| Non_High_Focus              |                   |                   |                   |                   |
| 9 Tamil Nadu                | 819               | 1,374             | 444               | 2,637             |
| 10 Haryana                  | 164               | 265               | 95                | 524               |
| 11 Maharashtra              | 1,185             | 1,605             | 420               | 3,210             |
| 12 Karnataka                | 866               | 542               | 335               | 1,743             |
| 13 West Bengal              | 562               | 256               | 0                 | 818               |
| 14 Punjab                   | 915               | 349               | 91                | 1,355             |
| 15 Gujarat                  | 1,861             | 1,062             | 158               | 3,081             |
| 16 Andhra Pradesh           | 778               | 1,145             | 244               | 2,167             |
| 17 Kerala                   | 0                 | 658               | 30                | 688               |
| 18 Jammu & Kashmir          | 220               | 183               | 13                | 416               |
| 19 Telangana                | 187               | 613               | 239               | 1,039             |
| 20 Himachal Pradesh         | 3                 | 66                | 3                 | 72                |
| 21 Goa                      | 0                 | 55                | 5                 | 60                |
| Union_Territories           |                   |                   |                   |                   |
| 22 Puducherry               | 5                 | 30                | 0                 | 35                |
| 23 Daman & Diu              | 19                | 4                 | 0                 | 23                |
| 24 Andman & Nicobar Islands | 28                | 17                | 5                 | 50                |
| 25 Delhi                    | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 26 Chandigarh               | 0                 | 0                 | 10                | 10                |
| 27 Lakshadweep              | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 28 Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 24                | 7                 | 0                 | 31                |
| North_East                  |                   |                   |                   |                   |
| 29 Tripura                  | 46                | 29                | 5                 | 80                |
| 30 Assam                    | 760               | 288               | 49                | 1,097             |
| 31 Meghalaya                | 31                | 9                 | 3                 | 43                |
| 32 Arunachal Pradesh        | 61                | 37                | 4                 | 102               |
| 33 Manipur                  | 84                | 24                | 1                 | 109               |
| 34 Mizoram                  | 0                 | 6                 | 4                 | 10                |
| 35 Nagaland                 | 53                | 30                | 7                 | 90                |
| 36 Sikkim                   | 20                | 11                | 0                 | 31                |
| GROUP                       |                   |                   |                   |                   |
| 37 Ladakh                   | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
|                             | 13,039            | 13,327            | 3,048             | 29,414            |

Source: AB-HWC Portal as on 03.02.2020 (12:00 hrs)