Lok Sabha Question No. 3231 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-12
Subject: ANM & GNM under NRHM
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3231 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH JULY, 2019

## ANM & GNM UNDER NRHM

## 3231. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  recruited  Auxiliary  Nursing  Midwifery  (ANM)  and  General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) workers on temporary/ contractual basis to work for healthca services in the country under National R ural Health Mission (NRHM);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise including Rajasthan;
- (c) the district -wise number of employees working on temporary/ contractual basis particularly Rajasthan;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to make such e mployees permanent; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and 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):        Public  Health  and  Hospital  being  a  State  Subject,  all  the  administr personnel  matters,  including  that  of  recruitment  of  Auxiliary  Nursing  Midwifery  (ANM) General  Nursing  and  Midwifery  (GNM),  lies  in  the  jurisdiction  of  the  respe ctive  State Governments. Under National Health Mission, technical and financial support is provided States/UTs  for  strengthening  their  healthcare  system  including  support  for  engagemen nursing staff on contractual basis, based on requirements posed by the States in their Programme Implementation  Plans  (PIPs),  within  their  overall  resource  envelope.  Accordingly,  Sta wise,  details  of  ANM  and  Staff  Nurses  supported  under  NHM  for  F Y  2019- 20  is  given  at Annexure . The  district - wise  number  of  NHM  empl oyees  working  on  temporary/contractual basis including the State of Rajasthan is not maintained centrally.
- (d)  &  (e): As  stated  above,  public  health  being  a  state  subject,  all  the  administrati personnel matters, falls within the purview of respective State Governments.

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## Annexure

Details of ANM and Staff Nurses supported under NHM (Both Rural and Urban)  for FY 2019 - 20

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/UT          |   ANM |   Staff Nurse |
|-----------|---------------------------|-------|---------------|
|         1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |    88 |            77 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh            |  6408 |          2379 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh         |   392 |           510 |
|         4 | Assam                     |  5251 |          5366 |
|         5 | Bihar                     | 10856 |          4957 |
|         6 | Chandigarh                |   173 |           109 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh              |  2761 |          2163 |
|         8 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli    |    89 |            89 |
|         9 | Daman & Diu               |    30 |            29 |
|        10 | Delhi                     |   686 |           435 |
|        11 | Goa                       |   118 |            96 |
|        12 | Gujarat                   |  3485 |          3140 |
|        13 | Haryana                   |  3576 |          2484 |
|        14 | Himachal Pradesh          |   205 |           525 |
|        15 | J&K                       |  3561 |          1806 |
|        16 | Jharkhand                 |  6063 |          1463 |
|        17 | Karnataka                 |  1961 |          6960 |
|        18 | Kerala                    |  1671 |          1929 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep               |    33 |            39 |
|        20 | Maharashtra               |  9084 |          4516 |
|        21 | Manipur                   |   519 |           281 |
|        22 | Meghalaya                 |   567 |           325 |
|        23 | Mizoram                   |   360 |           338 |
|        24 | Madhya Pradesh            |  5790 |          3256 |
|        25 | Nagaland                  |   324 |           366 |
|        26 | Odisha                    |  2405 |          3847 |
|        27 | Puducherry                |   100 |           119 |
|        28 | Punjab                    |  2011 |          2085 |
|        29 | Rajasthan                 |  4182 |          5389 |
|        30 | Sikkim                    |   101 |            76 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu                |  2126 |         14953 |
|        32 | Telangana                 |  5332 |          3365 |
|        33 | Tripura                   |    58 |            49 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh             | 17813 |         16551 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand               |   423 |           655 |
|        36 | West Bengal               |  9316 |          1108 |