Lok Sabha Question No. 4343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-13
Subject: Employment to Physiotherapists
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Amol Ramsing Kolhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4343 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT TO PHYSIO THERAPISTS

## 4343. SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

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

- (a) whether the Government recognizes physiotherapy as an important healthcare profession to improve quality of life of people and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of controlling authority for physiotherapy course, curriculum and practice in the country;
- (c) the number of colleges/universities, both Governmentand autonomous/private offering Bachelor/Master/Ph.D  degrees  in physiotherapy  in  the  country  along  with the  number  of physiotherapy degrees awarded till date in above categories;
- (d) the number of physiotherapists employed in the Ministry of Youth Affair sand Sports and its other allied offices and autonomous organizations at present;
- (e) whether adequate avenues of employment are available for physiotherapists in the public sector in the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the steps being take  by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) whether the number of physiotherapists is commensurate with the WHO criteria in the country  and  if  so,  the details  thereof  along  with  the  existing  ratio between  patients  and physiotherapists?

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

- ( a): Recognizing  the  importance  of  healthcare  professions,  the  Ministry  of  Health Family  Welfare  has  standardized  curricula  for  eight  (8)  major  Allied  and  Health care professions, including Physiotherapy, for maintaining uniformity in quality of educatio
- (b): There is no Central statutory body for regulation of a large number of Allie Healthcare  Professions  including  Physiotherapy. However, a  few States  l ike  Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh etc. have statutory mechanisms regulatin

allied  and  healthcare  professions  (Physiotherapy  and  Occupational  Therapy  Counci Paramedical Councils).

- (c):  As  per All  India  Survey  on  Higher  Education ( AISHE)  Portal  2018 - 19,  there  are  65 Universities and 224 Colleges offering programmes of Bachelor/ Master/ Ph.D degrees physiotherapy in the country. The year - wise Out - turn/ Pass out at Graduate/ Post Graduate/ Ph.D programmes in Physiotherapy are deta iled below: -
- (d): the details of Physiotherapists appointed in autonomous bodies of Ministry of Y Affairs and Sports (MYAS) are as under:

| Year     |   Graduate |   Post Graduate | Ph.D   |
|----------|------------|-----------------|--------|
| 2011- 12 |       6538 |            1649 | -      |
| 2012- 13 |       7418 |            1759 | 11     |
| 2013- 14 |       5960 |            1628 | 3      |
| 2014- 15 |       5150 |            1914 | 13     |
| 2015- 16 |       6213 |            1592 | 10     |
| 2016- 17 |       5962 |            1427 | 12     |
| 2017- 18 |       6860 |            1623 | 11     |
| 2018- 19 |       8109 |            1818 | 26     |

Source : AISHE Report -2018- 19

Sports Authority of India

- I. Regular Appointment

- 06

- II. Contractual Appointment- 04

- III. Under National Sports Federat ion Scheme Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education

-

05

Contractual Appointment - 02

- (e) & (f): Physiotherapy positions are released by Government/ Autonomous Institutions based on their requirement and as per their extant rules and regulations. in the absence of any Central regulatory body, no such data/information is available.