Lok Sabha Question No. 2249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Financial assistance for setting up oxygen plants
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2249 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SETTING UP OXYGEN PLANTS

## 2249.  SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has provided any financial aid to States/UTs to set up oxygen plants; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the funds allocated for the purpose, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (c):  The  Government  has  sanctioned  1563  Pressure  Swing  Adsorption  (PSA)  oxygen generation  plants  of  which  1463  have  been  commissioned.  These  include  1225  PSA  plants  which have  been  installed  and  commissioned  under  PMCARES  Fund  in  every  district  of  the  country. Additionally 338 PSA Plants are set up by PSUs of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Power, Ministry  of  Coal,  Ministry  of  Railways  etc  till  date.  The  details  are  as  per  Annexure.  The States have also been asked to install PSA plants in public health facilities and facilitate installation of PSA plants in private health facilities.

Annexure

|                             | PM CARES     | GoI PSUs etc   |
|-----------------------------|--------------|----------------|
| State/ UT                   | Commissioned | Commissioned   |
| A&N Island                  | 3            | 0              |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 28           | 4              |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 27           | 1              |
| Assam                       | 40           | 10             |
| Bihar                       | 62           | 12             |
| Chandigarh                  | 4            |                |
| Chhattisgarh                | 49           | 7              |
| D&D D&D                     | 4            |                |
| Delhi                       | 25           | 18             |
| Goa                         | 7            |                |
| Gujarat                     | 59           | 12             |
| Haryana                     | 40           | 5              |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 28           | 1              |
| J&K                         | 32           |                |
| Jharkhand                   | 38           | 7              |
| Karnataka                   | 50           | 36             |
| Kerala                      | 26           | 6              |
| Ladakh                      | 7            | 2              |
| Lakshadweep                 | 2            |                |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 88           | 20             |
| Maharashtra                 | 68           | 13             |
| Manipur                     | 16           | 1              |
| Meghalaya                   | 14           | 0              |
| Mizoram                     | 14           | 0              |
| Nagaland                    | 15           | 0              |
| Odisha                      | 39           | 9              |
| Puducherry                  | 8            |                |
| Punjab                      | 41           | 4              |
| Rajasthan                   | 51           | 20             |
| Sikkim                      | 4            | 1              |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 70           | 7              |
| Telangana                   | 50           | 2              |
| Tripura                     | 14           |                |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 128          | 34             |
| Uttarakhand                 | 25           | 2              |
| West Bengal                 | 49           | 2              |
| Other Agencies (DRDO, IRCS) |              | 2              |
| Total                       | 1225         | 238            |

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