Lok Sabha Question No. 3411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Health Melas under National Health Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3411 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 th  AUGUST, 2022

## HEALTH MELAS UNDER NATIONAL HEALTH MISSION

## 3411. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  organize  Health  Melas  in  each  parliamentary constituency under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM);
- (b)     if  so,  the  details  of  the  criteria  adopted  therefor  along  with  the  number  of  such  Melas organised during the last three years;
- (c) the funds spent by the Government on organizing each such Mela in the country during the last three years; and
- (d) the number of such Melas organized in Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan during the last three years?

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

(a)  to  (d):  The  Block  Level  Health  Melas  were  organised  in  the  states/UTs  between  18 th April 2022 to 20 th May 2022 as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav under National Health Mission . 4849 Block Level Health Melas were organised from 18 th April 2022 to 20 th May, 2022 across the country, out of which seven each were organized in the Tonk and Sawai Madhopur districts  in  Rajasthan  during  the  period.  A  fund  of  Rs.  2  lakhs  per  Block  was provisioned under National Health Mission for organising these Health Melas.

Further,  Health  Melas  at  all  the  functional  Ayushman  Bharat-Health  &  Wellness  Centres (AB-HWCs) for the benefit of the population of the catchment areas are envisaged twice a year (April &  November) for two consecutive days in coordination with District Hospital/Sub District Hospital/Community Health Centre in the district. The details of funds utilized during the last three years as reported by the States/UTs is at Annexure I.

## Annexure-I

## Statement showing State/UT wise Expenditure on Targeting Naturally Occurring Gathering of People/Health Mela under NHM for the FY 2018-19 to 2020-21 (Rs. In lakh)

|   S. No. | State/UT                           | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | -         | -         | -         |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | -         | -         | -         |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 11.66     | -         | 1.80      |
|        4 | Assam                              | 163.97    | 44.76     | 63.04     |
|        5 | Bihar                              | 75.46     | 16.86     | 6.15      |
|        6 | Chandigarh                         | -         | -         | -         |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 9.86      | 1.49      | 1.51      |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 1.99      | 0.33      | -         |
|        9 | Delhi                              | 15.46     | -         | -         |
|       10 | Goa                                | 0.06      | 0.42      | 0.63      |
|       11 | Gujarat                            | 199.36    | 139.66    | 78.95     |
|       12 | Haryana                            | 11.24     | 6.36      | 3.73      |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 229.16    | 100.34    | 56.71     |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     | -         | -         | -         |
|       15 | Jharkhand                          | 29.97     | 22.91     | 12.92     |
|       16 | Karnataka                          | -         | 20.56     | -         |
|       17 | Kerala                             | 7.37      | 6.12      | 5.24      |
|       18 | Ladakh                             | -         | -         | -         |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                        | -         | -         | -         |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | -         | -         | -         |
|       21 | Maharashtra                        | 259.51    | 3.12      | 7.05      |
|       22 | Manipur                            | 0.20      | 0.75      | -         |
|       23 | Meghalaya                          | 13.20     | 10.12     | 3.44      |
|       24 | Mizoram                            | -         | -         | -         |
|       25 | Nagaland                           | 7.50      | 10.00     | -         |
|       26 | Odisha                             | 0.76      | 23.32     | 25.93     |
|       27 | Puducherry                         | -         | 7.75      | -         |
|       28 | Punjab                             | 26.20     | 39.37     | 20.50     |
|       29 | Rajasthan                          | 48.30     | -         | 15.33     |
|       30 | Sikkim                             | 0.95      | 1.56      | -         |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                         | -         | -         | 5.52      |
|       32 | Telangana                          | -         | -         | -         |
|       33 | Tripura                            | 4.33      | 14.25     | 6.34      |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 38.65     | 340.46    | 217.64    |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                        | -         | -         | 0.61      |
|       36 | West Bengal                        | 0.06      | 0.21      | 71.63     |

## Note:

1. Funds are released on the basis of Programme Implementation Plans (PIP) approval based on the demand of States/UTs.
2. Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of the year.
3. The above figures are as per Financial Management Report (FMR) reported by the States/UTs.