Lok Sabha Question No. 2982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: National Institutes for Virology
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sarmistha Sethi, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Bhola Singh, Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Nisith Pramanik, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2982 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH MARCH, 2021

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR VIROLOGY

## 2982. SHRI RAJA AMARESHWAR A NAIK:

SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR RO Y:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR :

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KU MARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK :

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH ( RAJU BAAIYA):

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SON KAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to set up a National Institution for One Health (NIOH) and 4regional National Institutes for Virology in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has proposed to set up critical care hospital blocks in 602 districts and 12 central institutions in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has proposed to set up 15 Health Emergency Operation Centers and two mobile hospitals in the country;
- (f) if so, the det ails thereof; and
- (g) the other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) :Yes. It is proposed to set up a Centre for One Health at Nagpur and 4 Zonal Inst for Virology in North East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and Central Zone under the propo Prime Minister's Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PM - ASBY) Scheme.
- (c)  to (g) : In  the  Budget  speech  of  FY  21 -22,  'Prime  Minister  Atmanirbhar  Swasth  Bharat Yojana'  (PMASBY)  scheme  has  been  announced  for  an  amount  of  Rs.  64,180  crores  on  1st February, 2021, for an outlay of about Rs. 64,180 Cr over six years (till FY 25 - 26).

The main interventions under the proposed Prime Minister's Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana (PM- ASBY) scheme to be achieved by FY 25 - 26 are:

1. Support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in in 10 High Focus States
2. Establishing 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres in all the States.
3. Setting up of Integrated Public Health Labs in all districts and 3382 Block Public Units in 11 High Focus states;
4. Establishing Critical Care Hospital Blocks in 602 districts a nd 12 Central Institutions;
5. Strengthening  of  the  National  Centre  for  Disease  Control  (NCDC),  its  5  regio branches and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units;
6. Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to conne publi c health labs;
7. Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing P Health Units at Points of Entry, that is at 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land cros
8. Setting up of 15 Health Emergency Operation Centres and 2 mob ile hospitals; and
9. Setting  up  of  a  national  institution  for  One  Health,  a  Regional  Research  Platfo WHO  South  East  Asia  Region,  9  Bio - Safety  Level  III  laboratories  and  4  regional National Institutes for Virology.

The  measures  under  the  Atmanirbhar  Bh arat  Scheme  for  the  health  sector  focus  on developing capacities of health systems and institutions across the continuum of care at viz. primary, secondary and tertiary and on preparing health systems in responding effect the current and future pandemics/disasters.