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Lok Sabha Question No. 1116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Inadequate CGHS facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Hibi Eden

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1116 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## 'INADEQUATE CGHS FACILITIES'

## 1116 SHRI HIBI EDEN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that healthcare facilities provided under the Central Government Health Scheme in various parts of the country are inadequate if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) the remedial measures taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has made any assessment with regard to availability of CGHS dispensaries in various cities in proportion to the number of eligible beneficiaries; and
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a)  to  (d):  Central  Government  Health  Scheme  (CGHS)  is  a  contributory  health  scheme.  The  scheme provides primary health care services viz. OPD and medicines to the beneficiaries through a network of 334 Allopathic and 97 AYUSH CGHS Wellness Centres in 75 cities across the country. Beneficiaries under the scheme  are  also  entitled to avail IPD/  Hospitalization  treatment  facilities in  government  hospitals, empanelled private hospitals and in non-empanelled private hospitals too in case of emergency.

Opening of CGHS Wellness Centres in new cities and in existing CGHS covered cities is considered as  per  extant  norms  and  subject  to  availability  of  resources.  Opening  of  CGHS  Wellness  Centre  is  also subject to approval of Ministry of Finance for creation of new posts.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Vacancies in Defence Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Abdul Majeed Ariff, Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July, 2022

## VACANCIES IN DEFENCE FORCES

1114. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  number  of  posts  of  commissioned  and  non-commissioned  officers/staff  are lying vacant in the defence forces;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  number  of  vacancies  existing  in  all  three wings of defence forces, category-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  recruitment  done  along  with  the  total  number  of  youths  recruited  in  the defence forces during the last five years, year-wise, State/UT-wise and post-wise; and
- (d)  the  efforts  being  made  by  the  Government  to  fill  up  the  vacant  posts  and  encourage youths to join the defence forces?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## (a) & (b):  The number of posts lying vacant in the Armed Forces are as under:Indian Army:-

| Category     |   Vacancies |
|--------------|-------------|
| Officers     |        7308 |
| MNS Officers |         471 |
| JCOs/OR      |      108685 |

## Indian Navy:-

| Category                                |   Vacancies (as on 31 st May, 2022) |
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| Officers (excluding Medical and Dental) |                                1446 |
| Sailors                                 |                               12151 |

## Indian Air Force:-

| Category   |   Vacancies |
|------------|-------------|
| Officers   |         572 |
| Airmen     |        5217 |

(c):  Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

(d):  The Government has taken a number of measures to reduce the shortages. These, interalia,  include  sustained  image  projection,  participation  in  career  fairs  and  exhibitions  and publicity campaing to create awareness among the youth on the advantages of taking up a challenging and satisfying career. Further, the Government has taken various steps to make the job in the Armed Forces attractive including improvement in promotion prospects in the Armed Forces and to fill up vacancies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Primary Health Centres in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Girish Chandra

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  JULY, 2022

## PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES IN UTTAR PRADESH

## 1110. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

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

- (a) the number of Primary Health Centres set up in Uttar Pradesh since 2014 to till date;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  more  Primary  Health  Centres  in  the  State after COVID-19 pandemic; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the allocation of funds made for such development?

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

(a): Rural Health Statistics (RHS)  is an annual publication, based on Health care administrative  data  reported  by  States/UTs.  As  per  the  Rural  Health  Statistics  there  were 3,497 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in State of Uttar Pradesh in the year 2014, and there are total 3,516 PHCs in the state as on March 31 st 2021.

(b): States/UTs are provided required technical and financial assistance for strengthening of their healthcare system including management of the COVID-19 Public Health Challenge.

As per the norms defined under Indian Public Health Standards(IPHS) 2022, a PHC in rural area  can  be  established  for  a  population  of  30,000  in  plains  and  20,000  in  hilly  and  tribal areas.  Urban  PHCs  can  be  constructed  at  a  population  of  50,000  and  as  a  polyclinic  at population of 2.5-3 lakhs.

The states can add PHCs after gap analysis to identify the number of PHCs to be constructed based on the shortfall data given in the RHS 2021.

(c): States can propose funding support for various activities under NHM including the setting up of PHCs and CHCs in their Program Implementation Plan (PIP). Once the proposals are submitted by the states based on the gap analysis, PIPs are appraised by NPCC and approved by MoHFW, within the permissible resource envelope of the respective State. States are also allotted funds under Fifteenth Finance Commission for construction of PHCs on submission of proposal by State Govt.

As per information received from State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, budget of Rs  20 crores has been provisioned for construction of new PHCs during the FY 2022-23.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Infrastructure at Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Francisco Cosme Sardinha

## GOVERNIVIENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  ,I108

ANSWERED ON 2210712022

## INFRASTRUCTURE  AT PORTS

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- (a)  whether  the Government has asked all major  ports  to ensure adequate infrastructure  in  place  by yeat 2025 for achieving zero waiting time for inward and outbound  cargos;
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and the master plan of Government  for developing warehousing at ports;  and
- (c) the details of other initiatives being  proposed by the Government  to achieve efficient  logistics  management  for enhancing  economic  development in ports?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF PORTS. SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a) & (b) Yes, Sir. Ministry has issued directions for Preparation of Comprehensive Master Plan for ports with planning  horizon ot 2047 on 251412022. lndian  Ports  Association, an apex body of Major  Ports, has been directed  to integrate all Port's l\,4aster  Plan with respect to vision 2047 and  prepare  a comprehensive Plan & report  for lvlajor  Ports.
- (c) Sagarmala is an ambitious national  initiative  aimed at unlocking  the full potential of lndia's coastline and waterways. The vision of this flagship program of [/inistry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways is to reduce logistics  cost and catalyse portled industrial  and infrastructure  development  along the coastline.

As a part of Sagarmala Programme,  more than 800 projects at an estimated  cost of around 5.5 lakh crore have been identified  for implementation during 2015-2035. Further, under holistic development of coastal districts, a total of 567 projects with an estimated cost of around Rs. 58,000  crore have been identified. The concept of "port-led development"  and the  projects  identified there under, are focused on  -  Port Modernization,  Port Connectivity,  Port-led  lndustrialization, Coastal Community  Development, and Coastal Shipping and lnland Water Transport.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: pneumonia cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July 2022

## PNEUMONIA CASES

## 1105:  SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

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

- (a) whether pneumonia is the major cause of death of the children;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government had launched any awareness campaign to reduce the mortality rate among children due to pneumonia;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether any provisions have been made to impart training with the objective of preventing pneumonia; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) and (b): As per the Cause of Death Statistics report of Registrar General India (2015-17), Pneumonia is the 2nd highest cause of under 5 mortality contributing to 16.2% of deaths in that age group.
- (c) and (d):In order to accelerate actions for reducing deaths due to childhood Pneumonia, an initiative  named  'Social  Awareness  and  Actions  to  Neutralize  Pneumonia  Successfully (SAANS)' has been launched in 2019.

The SAANS initiative encompasses three pronged strategies:

- i) Guidelines on treatment and management of childhood Pneumonia;
2. ii)  Capacity  building  of  service  providers  for  identification  and  standardized  management  of Pneumonia; and
3. iii) Communication (SAANS) campaign during the period of November - February to ensure greater awareness on childhood Pneumonia among families and parents.
4. (e)  and  (f):  A  training  package  has  been  designed  for  early  identification  and  standardized management of Pneumonia for Medical Officers, Staff  Nurses, Community Health  Officers, ANMs and ASHAs with the objective of preventing pneumonia deaths in children.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Schools Operated by Defence Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1103

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July, 2022

## SCHOOLS OPERATED BY DEFENCE FORCES

## 1103. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the  defence forces  operate  schools  and  higher education  institutions  across  the country for wards of defence personnel;

- (b) if so, the details of different categories of such schools run by the defence forces and their management bodies;
- (c)  the  number  of  such  schools  and  the  number  of  students  enrolled  therein  across  the country, category-wise and State/UT-wise including Bihar; and

(d)  whether  the  Government  proposes to open more  such  schools  in the country  including Bihar and if so, the details thereof?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a) & (b):  The details of the schools run by the defence forces are as follows:

Indian Army:

The  Army  operates,  Army  Kindergarten  Schools,  Army  Children  Schools  (Class  I  to  XII) with a strength of approximately 3,10,000 students. The schools are managed by the Local Military Authority of concerned Military Station under the Chief of Army Staff, Vice Chief of  Army  Staff  and  General  Officers  Commanding  in  Chief  (GOC-in-C)  of  all  Commands who are the Board of Governors. The school categories are as given below:

- (i) Kindergarten/Pre Primary Schools
- (ii) Middle schools
- (iii) Secondary Schools

## Indian Navy:

The schools operated by the Indian Navy are under the following two categories:

- (i) Pre-primary (Naval Kindergartens) - NKGs
- (ii) Primary to Senior Secondary (Navy Children Schools) - NCSs

## Indian Air Force:

Air  Force  Schools  of  following  categories  are  functioning  at  Air  Force  Bases  across  the country and these  schools are  administered by respective School Management Committees under local Air Force Station authorities.

- (i) Pre- Primary Schools
- (ii) Primary School
- (iii) Middle Schools
- (iv) Secondary Schools
- (v) Senior Secondary Schools

(c):  Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

(d):    At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  to  open  more  such  schools  in  the  country  including Bihar.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Schemes for Tribal Area
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Gajendra Singh Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1102

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2022

## SCHEMES FOR TRIBAL AREA

## 1102. SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  ongoing  schemes  for  women  and  child  development  in  tribal and hilly areas of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (b) whether  any  new  scheme  related  to  women  and  child  development  is  under consideration for tribal areas  particularly Khargone  Barwani  Parliamentary Constituency and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  &  (b)  To  ensure  better  monitoring  and  efficient  implementation,  all  the  schemes being implemented by the Ministry for Women and Child development in the country, including  tribal  and  hilly  areas  of  Madhya  Pradesh,  have  been  rationalized  into  three verticals,  viz.  (1)  Saksham  Anganwadi  &  Poshan  2.0  (2)  Mission  Shakti  (3)  Mission Vatsalya.  The details of these schemes are as under:

(i) Saksham Anganwadi & Poshan 2.0: This programme has been reorganized into 3 primary  verticals:  (i)  Nutrition  Support  for  Children,  Adolescent  Girls  and  Pregnant Women & Lactating Mothers (ii) Early Childhood Care and Education [3-6 years] and (iii) Anganwadi Infrastructure including modern, upgraded Saksham Anganwadis.

(ii)  Mission  Shakti: Mission  Shakti  comprises  of  two  sub-schemes 'Sambal' and 'Samarthya' for safety and security  of  women  and  empowerment  of  women respectively.  The  existing  schemes  of  One  Stop  Centres  (OSC),  Women  Helplines (181-WHL) and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) have been made part of Sambal subscheme;  while  the  existing  schemes  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana (PMMVY),  Ujjwala  &  Swadhar  Greh  (Shakti  Sadan),  Working  Women  Hostel  (Sakhi Niwas),  Gender  Budgeting  and  National  Creche  Scheme  have  been  subsumed  in 'Samarthya'.

(iii) Mission Vatsalya: Under the scheme, support is provided for delivering services for  children  in  need  and  in  difficult  circumstances  universally  across  the  country; develop  context-based  solutions  for  holistic  development  of  children  from  varied backgrounds.  The Child Care Institutions (CCIs) established under the scheme support inter-alia  age-appropriate  education,  access  to  vocational  training,  recreation,  health care, counseling etc. and covers both rural and urban children.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Demand of Chemical and Fertilizer Industries
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Mahabali Singh

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) Yes, Sir

requirement and availability of Urea & P&K Fertilizers in Bihar during ongoing The Kharif 2022 (upto June, 2022) is as under:

- Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL)   India has supplied agrochemicals to (c) its demand. From Ist April; 2022 to 19th July 2022, HIL (India) has Bihar according to includes Malathion Technical 250 Kg: 11.995 MT of agrochemicals (majorly Chloropyriphos 20 EC; Malathion 50 EC) to Bihar State. supplied

| Fig: in LMT   | Fig: in LMT   | Fig: in LMT                          | Fig: in LMT                                   | Fig: in LMT                           |
|---------------|---------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| No            | Product       | Seasonal Requirement for Kharif 2022 | Pro rata Requirement 01/04/2022 to 30/06/2022 | Availability 01/04/2022 to 30/06/2022 |
| 1             | UREA          | 10.10                                | 2.40                                          | 3.94                                  |
| 2             |               | 6.00                                 | 2.75                                          | 3.18                                  |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS LOK SABHA

UN STARRED QUESTION NO\_

1101 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 22.07.2022

## Demand of Chemical and Fertilizer Industries

## 1101 SHRI MAHABALI SINGH:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- chemical and fertilizers industries have been  set up in the   country (a) whether considering the increasing demand of the same in future;
- whether   chemical and  fertilizers have been supplied to Bihar  according to its (b) demand; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (BHAGWANTH KHUBA)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Number of Vaccinated People
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  July 2022

## NUMBER OF VACCINATED PEOPLE

## 1099: SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP

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

- (a) The number and percentage of people who have taken both the doses of COVID vaccine;
- (b) the number and percentage of people who have taken free doses of vaccine provided by the Government;
- (c) the number and percentage of people who have not taken even single dose of vaccine;
- (d) the progress achieved in the vaccination of people below 18 years of age;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  provide  booster  doses  of  vaccine  to  all  eligible people; and
- (f) if so, the details of planning made to achieve this goal?

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

(a)  to  (f):  All  persons  who  are  12  years  and  above  are  eligible  for  vaccination  under  the  Covid vaccination programme. As on 18 th July 2022, a total of 92,61,72,661 beneficiaries (87.4%) have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

A  total  of  1,78,38,52,566  vaccine  doses  (97.34%)  have  been  administered  free  of  cost  in Government Covid Vaccination Centers. As on 18 th July, an estimated 4 crore eligible beneficiaries have not taken even a single dose of Covid vaccine.

Precaution  dose  is  available  free  of  cost  to  Health  Care  Workers  (HCWs),  Front  Line  Workers (FLWs) and all beneficiaries above 60 years of age, from 16th March 2022 in Government CVCs and for 18-59 years age group from 10th April 2022 in Private CVCs. From 15th July under the 'Covid Vaccination Amrit Mahotsava' initiative the precaution dose is available free of cost to all beneficiaries ≥18 years of age at all Government CVCs after an interval of 6 months from 2nd dose administration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1097 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-22
Subject: Medical treatment packages under AB-PMJAY
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1097 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  JULY, 2022

## MEDICAL TREATMENT PACKAGES UNDER AB-PMJAY

## 1097.  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

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

- (a)  whether the Government has proposed to increase cost of medical treatment packages under Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of procedures/packages offered under Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme?

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  National  Health  Authority  (NHA)  has  launched  a  new  version  of  Health Benefit Packages (HBPs) 2022 under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana on 06 th April, 2022. HBPs 2022 consist of 1,949 procedures including secondary, tertiary and palliative care across 27 specialties. The rates for 832 procedures are increased. States/UTs have the flexibility to modify HBP 2022 rates as per their local requirements. Details thereof are available under the following link:

https://pmjay.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-04/HBP%202022%20..pdf

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