Lok Sabha Question No. 946 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Primary Health Centres (PHCs)
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 946 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## PRIMARY HEALTH CENTR ES (PHC s)

## 946. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up Primary  Health  Centres  in  all  villages especially in the backward villages in the country;
- (b) if so, the State - wise number of such villages where there is no primary health centre as on dateincluding Rajasthan; and
- (c) the State - wise amount of funds allocated by the Union Government to open new primary health centres during each of the last three years and current year as on date?

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

(a)& (b): Under the National Health Mission (NHM), Primary Health Centre (PHC) are established to cover a population of 30,000 in rural areas and 20,0 00 in hilly, tribal and desert areas.

PHCs are established to cover defined population. As per the Rural Health Statis -2019,  as  on  31.03.2019,  a  total  of  24,855  rural  PHCs  and  5,190  urban  PHCs  have  be functional in the country. State - wise details including for Rajasthan are given in Annexure - 1.

- ( c): State - wise  details  of  State Program Implementation Plan approvals for the Prima Health Centers under NHM for the years 2017 - 18 to 2020 - 21 are given in Annexure - 2.

ANNEXURE 1

NUMBER OF PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (PHCs) FUNCTIONING IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS

## (As on 31.03.2019)

| Sr. No.           | State / UT                | PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (PHCs)   | PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (PHCs)   | PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES (PHCs)   |
|-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Sr. No.           | State / UT                | Rural                           | Urban                           | Total                           |
| 1                 | Andhra Pradesh            | 1,145                           | 364                             | 1,509                           |
| 2                 | Arunachal Pradesh         | 143                             | 4                               | 147                             |
| 3                 | Assam                     | 946                             | 55                              | 1,001                           |
| 4                 | Bihar                     | 1,899                           | 95                              | 1,994                           |
| 5                 | Chhattisgarh              | 792                             | 45                              | 837                             |
| 6                 | Goa                       | 24                              | 0                               | 24                              |
| 7                 | Gujarat                   | 1,476                           | 318                             | 1,794                           |
| 8                 | Haryana                   | 379                             | 97                              | 476                             |
| 9                 | Himachal Pradesh          | 586                             | 20                              | 606                             |
| 10                | Jammu & Kashmir           | 622                             | 49                              | 671                             |
| 11                | Jharkhand                 | 298                             | 57                              | 355                             |
| 12                | Karnataka                 | 2,127                           | 435                             | 2,562                           |
| 13                | Kerala                    | 848                             | 83                              | 931                             |
| 14                | Madhya Pradesh            | 1,199                           | 136                             | 1,335                           |
| 15                | Maharashtra               | 1,828                           | 538                             | 2,366                           |
| 16                | Manipur                   | 90                              | 9                               | 99                              |
| 17                | Meghalaya                 | 118                             | 0                               | 118                             |
| 18                | Mizoram                   | 59                              | 10                              | 69                              |
| 19                | Nagaland                  | 126                             | 5                               | 131                             |
| 20                | Odisha                    | 1,288                           | 87                              | 1,375                           |
| 21                | Punjab                    | 416                             | 16                              | 432                             |
| 22                | Rajasthan                 | 2,082                           | 377                             | 2,459                           |
| 23                | Sikkim                    | 29                              | 1                               | 30                              |
| 24                | Tamil Nadu                | 1,422                           | 463                             | 1,885                           |
| 25                | Telangana                 | 636                             | 249                             | 885                             |
| 26                | Tripura                   | 108                             | 5                               | 113                             |
| 27                | Uttarakhand               | 257                             | 0                               | 257                             |
| 28                | Uttar Pradesh             | 2,936                           | 624                             | 3,560                           |
| 29                | West Bengal               | 908                             | 448                             | 1,356                           |
| 30                | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 22                              | 2                               | 24                              |
| 31                | Chandigarh                | 0                               | 46                              | 46                              |
| 32                | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 9                               | 2                               | 11                              |
| 33                | Daman & Diu               | 4                               | 0                               | 4                               |
| 34                | Delhi                     | 5                               | 535                             | 540                             |
| 35                | Lakshadweep               | 4                               | 0                               | 4                               |
| 36                | Puducherry                | 24                              | 15                              | 39                              |
| TOTAL - ALL INDIA | TOTAL - ALL INDIA         | 24,855                          | 5,190                           | 30,045                          |

## ANNEXURE -2

## Details of SPIP Approvals for the PHCs under NHM for the FY 2017 - 18 to 2020 - 21

(Rs.i n Lakh s)

| Sl. No.                  | Name of the State/UT      | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                  | 2019-20                  | 2020-21                  |
|--------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| A. High Focus States     | A. High Focus States      | A. High Focus States     | A. High Focus States     | A. High Focus States     | A. High Focus States     |
| 1                        | Bihar                     | 500.00                   | 10,508.85                | 5,766.94                 | 3,225.00                 |
| 2                        | Chhattisgarh              | 976.86                   | 3,317.94                 | 1,996.62                 | 1,260.38                 |
| 3                        | Himachal Pradesh          | 727.01                   | 738.80                   | 2,024.48                 | ---                      |
| 4                        | Jammu & Kashmir           | 949.01                   | 745.00                   | 597.68                   | ---                      |
| 5                        | Jharkhand                 | 1,242.00                 | 1,245.00                 | 1,739.96                 | 1,381.96                 |
| 6                        | Madhya Pradesh            | 2,658.00                 | ---                      | 610.00                   | 8,509.59                 |
| 7                        | Orissa                    | 2,678.91                 | 740.00                   | 1,433.57                 | 5,160.69                 |
| 8                        | Rajasthan                 | 14,331.00                | 7,524.12                 | 23,329.83                | ---                      |
| 9                        | Uttar Pradesh             | 832.83                   | 37.50                    | 412.89                   | 120.00                   |
| 10                       | Uttarakhand               |                          | 16.00                    | 5.56                     | 19,657.62                |
|                          | Sub Total                 | 24,895.62                | 24,873.21                | 37,917.53                | 39,315.24                |
| B. NE States             | B. NE States              | B. NE States             | B. NE States             | B. NE States             | B. NE States             |
| 11                       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 584.57                   | 356.06                   | 544.80                   | 1,464.54                 |
| 12                       | Assam                     | 1,794.48                 | 1,024.33                 | 1,777.06                 | 540.00                   |
| 13                       | Manipur                   | ---                      | 126.70                   | 770.50                   | ---                      |
| 14                       | Meghalaya                 | ---                      | 9.00                     | 70.50                    | ---                      |
| 15                       | Mizoram                   | 100.00                   | 84.00                    | 114.38                   | 286.44                   |
| 16                       | Nagaland                  | 107.37                   | 102.30                   | 33.97                    | ---                      |
| 17                       | Sikkim                    | 262.32                   | 307.63                   | 358.19                   | 1,840.00                 |
| 18                       | Tripura                   | 3,537.26                 | 2,140.50                 | 1,272.00                 | 4,235.98                 |
|                          | Sub Total                 | 6,386.00                 | 4,150.52                 | 4,941.40                 | 8,366.96                 |
| C. Non-High Focus States | C. Non-High Focus States  | C. Non-High Focus States | C. Non-High Focus States | C. Non-High Focus States | C. Non-High Focus States |
| 19                       | Andhra Pradesh            | ---                      | ---                      | 130.00                   | 21.00                    |
| 20                       | Goa                       | 10.50                    | 1.50                     | ---                      | ---                      |
| 21                       | Gujarat                   | 874.00                   | 383.50                   | 1,049.29                 | ---                      |
| 22                       | Haryana                   | ---                      | 7.00                     | 75.00                    | 200.00                   |
| 23                       | Karnataka                 | 5,337.50                 | 6,368.50                 | 4,154.63                 | 1,202.49                 |
| 24                       | Kerala                    | 428.00                   | 581.00                   | 821.31                   | 17,243.82                |
| 25                       | Maharashtra               | 1,1602.02                | 9,955.00                 | 18,181.77                | ---                      |
| 26                       | Punjab                    | 300.00                   | ---                      | ---                      | 3,005.00                 |
| 27                       | Tamil Nadu                | 2,927.50                 | 976.25                   | 3,465.90                 | ---                      |
| 28                       | Telangana                 | 200.00                   | 630.00                   | ---                      | ---                      |
| 29                       | West Bengal               | 417.75                   | 2,295.75                 | 3,205.81                 | 22,392.31                |
|                          | Sub Total                 | 22,097.27                | 21,198.50                | 31,083.71                | 44,064.62                |
| D. Small States/UTs      | D. Small States/UTs       | D. Small States/UTs      | D. Small States/UTs      | D. Small States/UTs      | D. Small States/UTs      |
| 30                       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 16.00                    | 8.00                     | ---                      | ---                      |
| 31                       | Chandigarh                | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      |
| 32                       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      |
| 33                       | Daman & Diu               | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      |
| 34                       | Delhi                     | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      |
| 35                       | Lakshadweep               | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      | 1,399.11                 |
| 36                       | Puducherry                | 20.00                    | ---                      | ---                      | ---                      |
|                          | Sub Total                 | 36.00                    | 8.00                     |                          | 1,399.11                 |
| Grand Total              | Grand Total               | 53,414.89                | 50,230.23                | 73,942.63                | 93,145.93                |

## Note:-

1. SPIP stands for State Program Implementation Plan.
2. The above figures are as reported by the State s/UTs.
3. The above figures are inclusive of activity Additional Building/Major Upgradation of existing Structure, Upgradation, Spill over of Ongoing Works, new constructions, Staff Quarters, carry for of new construction initiated last year, or the year before and major civil works for operational of 24 hour services at Pr imary Health Centres (PHCs).