Lok Sabha Question No. 886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Opening of New CGHS Dispensaries
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anurag Sharma, Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 886 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## OPENING OF NEW CGHS DISPENSARIES

## 886. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

## SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)  the  parameters/criteria  fixed  under  the  Central Government  Health  Scheme  (CGHS)  for openingdispensaries in the country;
- (b) the places where such dispensaries are being operated under CGHS in the country at present State/ UT - wise;
- (c) the details of the beneficiaries recorded and treated under the said scheme in Rajasthan during thelast five years, district - wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to open new dispensaries in the districts where there are more than 1000 beneficiaries under the CGHS including at Jhansi (U.P); and
- (e) if so, the time by which these are likely to be opened?

## ANSWER

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

- ( a): The norms for opening a new Wellness Centre under CGHS are as under: -

## i. In an existing CGHS City : -

For opening a new CGHS Wellness Centre in an existing CGHS City, there has to be a minimu of 2000 Card holders (serving employees of Cen tral Government and Central Civil Pensioners).

## ii. Extension of CGHS to a new City : -

For extension of CGHS to a new City, there has to be a minimum of 6000 Card holders.

Opening of new CGHS Wellness Centre(s) is considered as per extant norms & subject availability of resources.

- (b): A statement showing CGHS Wellness Centres in the country is at Annexure - I .

(c): A statement showing details  of  the  beneficiaries  registered  and treated unde scheme in CGHS covered cities of Rajasthan vi z. Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur and Kota during the last five years, is at Annexure - II .

(d) & (e): There is no proposal under consideration to open new CGHS Wellness Centres in the districts where there are more than 1000 beneficiaries under the CGHS including at Jhansi

Annexure-I Statement showing CGHS Wellness Centres in the country

| Sl. No   | State / Union Territory   | Cit y              |   No. of Wellness Centres |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Guntur             |                         1 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Nellore            |                         1 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Rajahmundry        |                         1 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Vijayayawada       |                         1 |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | Visakhapatnam      |                         2 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Guwahati           |                         5 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Dibrugarh          |                         1 |
| 2        | Assam                     | Silchar            |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Chappra            |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Darbhanga          |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Gaya               |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Muzzafarpur        |                         1 |
| 3        | Bihar                     | Patna              |                         5 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur             |                         2 |
| 5        | Delhi                     | Delhi              |                        88 |
| 6        | Goa                       | Panaji             |                         1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad          |                         8 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Gandhinagar        |                         1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Vadodara           |                         1 |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | Ambala             |                         1 |
| 8        | Haryana                   | Faridabad*         |                         1 |
| 8        | Haryana                   | Gurgaon*           |                         2 |
| 8        | Haryana                   | Sonipat*           |                         1 |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla             |                         1 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir           | (UT)Jammu          |                         2 |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir           | Srinagar           |                         1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 | Dhanbad            |                         1 |
| 11       | Jharkhand                 | Ranchi             |                         3 |
| 12       | Karnataka                 | Bengaluru          |                        10 |
| 13       | Kerala                    | Thiruvananthapuram |                         3 |
| 13       | Kerala                    | Kochi              |                         1 |
| 13       | Kerala                    | Kannur             |                         1 |
| 13       | Kerala                    | Kozhikode          |                         1 |
|          |                           | Bhopal             |                         2 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            | Gwalior            |                         1 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            | Jabalpur           |                         5 |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh            | Indore             |                         1 |
|          |                           | Mumbai             |                        26 |
| 15       | Maharashtra               | Nagpur             |                        11 |
| 15       | Maharashtra               | Pune               |                         9 |

| 16.   | Manipur         | Imphal         |   1 |
|-------|-----------------|----------------|-----|
| 17    | Meghalaya       | Shillong       |   2 |
| 18    | Mizoram         | Aizawl         |   1 |
| 19    | Nagaland        | Kohima         |   1 |
| 20    | Odisha          | Berhampur      |   1 |
|       |                 | Bhubaneshwar   |   3 |
|       |                 | Cuttack        |   1 |
| 21    |                 | Amritsar       |   1 |
|       | Punjab          | Jalandhar      |   1 |
| 22    | Puducherry      | Puducherry     |   1 |
| 23    | Rajasthan       | Ajmer          |   1 |
|       |                 | Jodhpur        |   1 |
|       |                 | Jaipur         |   7 |
|       |                 | Kota           |   1 |
| 24    | Sikkim          | Gangtok        |   1 |
| 25    | Tamil Nadu      | Chennai        |  14 |
|       |                 | Tiruchirapalli |   1 |
|       |                 | Tirunalveli    |   1 |
| 26    | Telangana       | Hyderabad      |  13 |
| 27    | Tripura         | Agartala       |   1 |
| 28    | Uttrakhand      | Dehradun       |   3 |
| 29    | Uttar Pradesh   | Agra           |   1 |
|       |                 | Prayagraj      |   7 |
|       |                 | Aligarh        |   1 |
|       |                 | Baghpat        |   1 |
|       |                 | Bareilly       |   1 |
|       |                 | Ghaziabad*     |   1 |
|       |                 | Gorakhpur      |   1 |
|       |                 | Greater Noida* |   1 |
|       |                 | Indirapuram*   |   1 |
|       |                 | Kanpur         |   9 |
|       |                 | Lucknow        |   9 |
|       |                 | Meerut         |   6 |
|       |                 | Moradabad      |   1 |
|       |                 | Noida*         |   2 |
|       |                 | Saharanpur     |   1 |
|       |                 | Sahibabad*     |   1 |
|       |                 | Varanasi       |   2 |
| 30    | West Bengal     | Jalpaiguri     |   1 |
|       |                 | Kolkata        |  18 |
|       |                 | Siliguri       |   1 |
| 31    | Chandigarh (UT) | Chandigarh     |   1 |
|       | Total           |                | 331 |

[N.B.: asterisk mark (*) denotes CGHS city under administrative control of CGHS, Delhi.]

## Annexure-II

Statement showing details of the CGHS beneficiaries registered and treated under CGHS in CGHS covered cities of Rajasthan viz. Ajmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur and Kota during the last five years

| From to           | No. of registered beneficiaries   | No. of registered beneficiaries   | No. of registered beneficiaries   | No. of times beneficiaries availed treatment   | No. of times beneficiaries availed treatment   | No. of times beneficiaries availed treatment   | No. of times beneficiaries availed treatment   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|                   | Jaipur                            | Kota**                            | Ajmer**Jodhpur**                  | Jaipur                                         | Kota**                                         |                                                | Ajmer**Jodhpur**                               |
| 1.4.201631.3.2017 | 46265                             | --                                | --                                | 402496                                         | --                                             | --                                             | --                                             |
| 1.4.201731.3.2018 | 50066                             | --                                | --                                | -- -- 420815                                   | --                                             | --                                             | --                                             |
| 1.4.201831.3.2019 | 54539                             | --                                | --                                | -- 484023                                      | --                                             | --                                             | --                                             |
| 1.4.201931.3.2020 | 60196                             | 1010                              | 2727                              | 3139 476266                                    | 5655                                           | 15475                                          | 9544                                           |
| 1.4.202031.3.2021 | 65596                             | 1559                              | 3871                              | 4996 370152                                    | 8677                                           | 24520                                          | 21746                                          |

[** : CGHS took over Postal Dispensaries w.e.f. 01.04.2019]