Lok Sabha Question No. 257 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-28
Subject: Healthcare Facilities in Rural Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 257 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH DE C EMBER ,2018 HEALTHCARE FACILITIE S IN RURAL AREAS

## †*257. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether the Government has developed any survey mechanism to ascert healthcare facilities in remote, hilly and rural areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the details of schemes being implemented for providing healthcare facil rural areas of the country;
- (d)  whether  any  guidelines  have  been  issued  to  utilize  MPLADS  funds providing healthcare facilities in rural areas; and
- (e) if so, the detai ls  hereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a)to ( e) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 257* FOR 28 TH DECEMBER , 20 18

(a)  &(b): The  last  (fourth)  round  of  District  Level  Household  and  Faci Survey  (DLHS- 4)  was  undertaken  in  2012 - 13  by  the  Ministry  of  Health  and Family  Welfare  (MoHFW)  through  the  International  Institute  for  Populat Sciences (IIPS). It inter - alia collect ed data on rural and urban Health Facilitie for  30  States/  UTs  including  hilly  and  remote  areas.  The  population - linked facility survey collected information related to human resources, type of physical infrastructure, location, equipment, drugs and services. The details are available at http://rchiips.org/DLHS - 4.html.

The  National  Family  Health  Survey  (NFHS) - 4  (2015 - 16)  conducted  by MoHFW  through  the  IIPS  also  provides  information  on  rural  and  urba household inter - alia on source of health care, maternal and child health, family planning  and  place  of  delivery,  etc.  for  all  States  and  UTs.  The  det available at http://rchiips.org/NFHS/NFHS - 4Report.shtml .

(c): U nder the National Heal th Mission (NHM)/National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) ,the Government of India is supporting States/ UTs to strengthen healthcare systems for provision of accessible, equitable, affordable an healthcare  in  the  country  including  rural  areas  of the  country.  This  includes support  for  provision  of  a  host  of  free services  including  for  maternal  health, child health, adolescent health, family planning, universal immuni programme,  and  for  major  diseases  such  as  Tuberculosis,  HIV/  AIDS,  vec borne diseases such as Malaria, Dengue and Kala Azar, Leprosy etc. Other m initiatives for which states are being supported include Janani Shishu S Karyakram (JSSK), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Rashtriya Kishor  Swasthya  Karyakram  (RKS K),implementation  of  NHM  Free Drugs  and  Free  Diagnostics  Service  Initiatives, Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Arogya Yojana,Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme, Pradhan Mantri Surakshi

Matritva Abhiyan, Mother's Absolute Affection (MAA) Programme , free patient emergency transport and implementation of National Quality Assuran Framework. The Government is also implementing the programmes of National Programme  for  Prevention  and  Control  of  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascu Diseases  and  Stroke  ( NPCD CS ),National  Programme  for  Health  Care  of  the Elderly(NPHCE), National  Programme  for  Control  of  Blindness  (NPCB), National Mental Health Programme ( NMHP) .  The Government has also rolled out  universal  screening  for  women  and  men  aged  30  years  and  above  f or common  Non  Communicable  Diseases - Hypertension,  Diabetes  and  Cancer  of breast, cervix and oral.

The  Government  has  further  rolled  out  Ayushman  Bharat  with  its  tw pillars of primary health care through Health and Wellness Centre (HWCs) free hospital isation, under the PMJAY, for identified poor and deprived fami up to Rs 5.00 lakh per family per year.

(d) & (e): As per the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Schem (MPLADS) guidelines issued by Ministry of Statistics and Programm Implementation , these  funds  can  be  utilised  in  rural/urban  areas  for  cr community assets in health and family welfare, sanitation and public heal details are available at https://mplads.gov.in/MPL ADS/Uploaded Files/ MPLADS Guidelines2016English\_638.pdf.