Lok Sabha Question No. 761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Health Melas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Alok Kumar Suman

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 761 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## HEALTH MELAS

## 761. DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to organise Health Melas in each district of the country including district Gopalganj of Bihar under Rural Health Mission, if so, the details thereof and the funds released for the same, dis trict - wise;

(b) the details of each district where the released funds have not been utilized to organise Health Melas under Rural Health Mission; and

(c) whether the Government has issued guidelines for ensuring optimum utilization of the funds released for Health Melas and if so, the details thereof?

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

## ( DR. BHARATI PRAVIN P AWAR )

(a )& ( b) : Public Health and Hospital is a State subject and the responsibility of pro health care services lies with the respective State Governments. However, under National Mission(NHM)  Financial  and  Technical  Support  is  provided  to  the  States  for  Hea l h  System Strengthening including for infrastructure, human resources, organizing Health Camps and community  outreach  programme.  Such  support  is  based  on  the  proposals  received  from  t States under Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs) as per the no rms and available resources. However, during the Financial Year 2018 - 19 in February,2019 specific funds have been given to States  for  organizing  Health  Melas  under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM).  Details  is Annexure-I

(c) : The  Government  regularly  revie ws  the  expenditure  on  approved activities    through regular correspondence,video conferences and meeting with the State Government Officials as  to  improves  the  utilization  of  funds.  The  details  of  funds  utilized  under  Nationa Mission (NHM) durin g FY 2018 - 19, 2019 - 20  and 2020 - 21  as  reported by the State under the activity of Targeting Naturally Occurring Gathering of People/ Health Mela are at Annexure -II .

| Annexure-I                                                                | Annexure-I                                                                | Annexure-I                                                                |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Statement showing State/UT wise release of funds under NHMfor Health Mela | Statement showing State/UT wise release of funds under NHMfor Health Mela | Statement showing State/UT wise release of funds under NHMfor Health Mela |
| Sl. No.                                                                   |                                                                           | (Rs. In Core) 2018-19                                                     |
|                                                                           | States                                                                    | Release                                                                   |
| 1                                                                         | Andhra Pradesh                                                            | 1.72                                                                      |
| 2                                                                         | Arunachal Pradesh                                                         | 0.30                                                                      |
| 3                                                                         | Assam                                                                     | 1.49                                                                      |
| 4                                                                         | Bihar                                                                     | 2.65                                                                      |
| 5                                                                         | Delhi                                                                     | 0.43                                                                      |
| 6                                                                         | Goa                                                                       | 0.20                                                                      |
| 7                                                                         | Gujarat                                                                   | 1.79                                                                      |
| 8                                                                         | Haryana                                                                   | 0.73                                                                      |
| 9                                                                         | Himachal Pradesh                                                          | 0.46                                                                      |
| 10                                                                        | Jammu &Kashmir                                                            | 0.66                                                                      |
| 11                                                                        | Jharkhand                                                                 | 0.93                                                                      |
| 12                                                                        | Karnataka                                                                 | 1.92                                                                      |
| 13                                                                        | Kerala                                                                    | 1.46                                                                      |
| 14                                                                        | Maharashtra                                                               | 3.31                                                                      |
| 15                                                                        | Manipur                                                                   | 0.40                                                                      |
| 16                                                                        | Meghalaya                                                                 | 0.30                                                                      |
| 17                                                                        | Nagaland                                                                  | 0.02                                                                      |
| 18                                                                        | Odisha                                                                    | 1.52                                                                      |
| 19                                                                        | Puducherry                                                                | 0.08                                                                      |
| 20                                                                        | Punjab                                                                    | 0.93                                                                      |
| 21                                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                                                | 2.71                                                                      |
| 22                                                                        | Tripura                                                                   | 0.30                                                                      |
| 23                                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                                             | 5.36                                                                      |
| 24                                                                        | Uttarakhand                                                               | 0.53                                                                      |
| 25                                                                        | West Bengal                                                               | 2.91                                                                      |
| Grand Total                                                               | Grand Total                                                               | 33.11                                                                     |

## Statement showing State-wise Expenditure on Trageting Naturally Occuring Gathering of People/Health Mela under NHM for the FY 2018-19 to 2020-21

## Rs. In lakh

| S. No.                   | Name of the State/UT   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|--------------------------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| A. High Focus States     |                        |           |           |           |
| 1                        | Bihar                  | 75.46     | 16.86     | 6.15      |
| 2                        | Chattisgarh            | 9.86      | 1.49      | 1.51      |
| 3                        | Himachal Pradesh       | 229.16    | 100.34    | 56.71     |
| 4                        | Jammu & Kashmir        | -         | -         | -         |
| 5                        | Jharkhand              | 29.97     | 22.91     | 12.92     |
| 6                        | Madhya Pradesh         | -         | -         | -         |
| 7                        | Orissa                 | 0.76      | 23.32     | 25.93     |
| 8                        | Rajasthan              | 48.30     | -         | 15.33     |
| 9                        | Uttar Pradesh          | 38.65     | 340.46    | 217.64    |
| 10                       | Uttarakhand            | -         | -         | 0.61      |
|                          | Sub Total              | 432.16    | 505.38    | 336.79    |
| B. NE States             |                        |           |           |           |
| 11                       | Arunachal Pradesh      | 11.66     | -         | 1.80      |
| 12                       | Assam                  | 163.97    | 44.76     | 63.04     |
| 13                       | Manipur                | 0.20      | 0.75      | -         |
| 14                       | Meghalaya              | 13.20     | 10.12     | 3.44      |
| 15                       | Mizoram                | -         | -         | -         |
| 16                       | Nagaland               | 7.50      | 10.00     | -         |
| 17                       | Sikkim                 | 0.95      | 1.56      | -         |
| 18                       | Tripura                | 4.33      | 14.25     | 6.34      |
|                          | Sub Total              | 201.81    | 81.43     | 74.62     |
| C. Non-High Focus States |                        |           |           |           |
| 19                       | Andhra Pradesh         | -         | -         | -         |
| 20                       | Goa                    | 0.06      | 0.42      | 0.63      |

| 21                  | Gujarat                              | 199.36   | 139.66   | 78.95   |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------|----------|----------|---------|
| 22                  | Haryana                              | 11.24    | 6.36     | 3.73    |
| 23                  | Karnataka                            | -        | 20.56    | -       |
| 24                  | Kerala                               | 7.37     | 6.12     | 5.24    |
| 25                  | Maharashtra                          | 259.51   | 3.12     | 7.05    |
| 26                  | Punjab                               | 26.20    | 39.37    | 20.50   |
| 27                  | Tamil Nadu                           | -        | -        | 5.52    |
| 28                  | Telangana                            | -        | -        | -       |
| 29                  | West Bengal                          | 0.06     | 0.21     | 71.63   |
|                     | Sub Total                            | 503.80   | 215.83   | 193.25  |
| D. Small States/UTs |                                      |          |          |         |
| 30                  | Andaman & Nicobar Islands            | -        | -        | -       |
| 31                  | Chandigarh                           | -        | -        | -       |
| 32                  | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1.99     | 0.33     | -       |
| 33                  | Ladakh                               | -        | -        | -       |
| 34                  | Delhi                                | 15.46    | -        | -       |
| 35                  | Lakshadweep                          | -        | -        | -       |
| 36                  | Puducherry                           | -        | 7.75     | -       |
|                     | Sub Total                            | 17.45    | 8.08     | -       |
|                     | Grand Total                          | 1,155.22 | 810.72   | 604.66  |

Note:

1.  Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of  the year.

2. The above figures are as per Financial Management Report (FMR) reported by the States/UTs, hence provisional.