Lok Sabha Question No. 1703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: PHCs under PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th  FEBRUARY, 2022

## PHCS UNDER PM ATMA NIRBHAR SWASTH BHARAT YOJANA

## 1703 SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

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

- (a) the  salient  features  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Atma  Nirbhar  Swasth  Bharat  Yojana  (PASBY) along with the status of its implementation at present;
- (b) the details of the targets set thereunder; and
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to upgrade primary healthcare centres set up in remote rural areas under the said scheme and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

## (a to c):

Pradhan  Mantri  Atmanirbhar  Swasth  Bharat  Yojana  (renamed  as  'Pradhan  Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission- PM-ABHIM') launched with an outlay of Rs. 64,180 Crores to fill critical gaps in public health infrastructure over the period of five years  from  FY  2021-22  to  2025-26.  This  is  the  largest  pan-India  scheme  for  strengthening healthcare  infrastructure  across  the  country.  The  measures  under  the  scheme  focus  on developing  capacities  of  health  systems  and  institutions  across  the  continuum  of  care  at  all levels  viz.  primary,  secondary  and  tertiary  and  on  preparing  health  systems  in  responding effectively to the current and future pandemics/disasters.

The components of PM-ABHIM scheme are:

## Centrally Sponsored Components:

1. Support for 17,788 rural Health and Wellness Centres in 10 High Focus States.
2. Establishing 11,024 urban Health and Wellness Centres in all the States.
3. Support for 3382 Block Public Health Units in 11 High Focus States.
4. Setting up of Integrated Public Health Labs in all Districts.
5. Establishing Critical Care Hospital Blocks in all Districts with the population of more than 5 lakhs.

## Central Sector Components

1. 12  Central  Institutions  as  training  and  mentoring  sites  with  150  bedded  Critical  Care Hospital Blocks;
2. Strengthening of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 5 New Regional NCDCs and 20 metropolitan health surveillance units;
3. Expansion of the Integrated Health Information Portal to all States/UTs to connect all public health labs;
4. Operationalisation of 17 new Public Health Units and strengthening of 33 existing Public Health Units at Points of Entry i.e 32 Airports, 11 Seaports and 7 land crossings;
5. Setting  up  of  15  Health  Emergency  Operation  Centres  and  2  container  based  mobile hospitals; and Setting up of a national institution for One Health, 4 New National Institutes for Virology, a Regional Research Platform for WHO South East Asia Region and 9 BioSafety Level III laboratories.

Under PM-ABHIM provision has been made to support  infrastructure development for 17788 Sub-Health Centers in 7 High Focus States (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal) and 3 North Eastern States (Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya) with an outlay of Rs 9872.30 Crore.

The details and timeline for implementation of the scheme is attached as annexure- A

## Details of the year wise targets under PM-ABHIM

| Component                                                                                                                        |   2021- 2022 |   2022- 2023 |   2023- 2024 |   2024- 2025 |   2025- 2026 |   Total |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------|
| Construction of 'Building- less' SHCs towards Infrastructure support for AB-HWCs in seven High Focus States and three NE States* |         8898 |         8890 |            0 |            0 |            0 |   17788 |
| Urban Health and Wellness Centres                                                                                                |         1038 |         2604 |         4674 |         7267 |        11024 |   11024 |
| Block Public Health Units in 11 High Focus States/UTs                                                                            |          339 |          677 |          677 |          677 |         1012 |    3382 |
| District Integrated Public Health Labs                                                                                           |           70 |          147 |          147 |          147 |          219 |     730 |
| Critical Care Hospital Blocks in 602 districts                                                                                   |           58 |          117 |          117 |          117 |          193 |     602 |