Lok Sabha Question No. 5002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Quality Health for All
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5002 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  APRIL, 2022

## QUALITY HEALTH FOR ALL

## 5002.   SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is committed to roll out policies and programmes for achieving the goal of 'Quality Health for All'; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof ?

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

- (a) & (b):  Public Health and Hospitals is a state subject, however, the Central Government has taken several initiatives for supplementing the efforts of the State for providing quality and affordable healthcare services to the people.

The  National  Health  Policy  formulated  in  2017  envisages  to  provide  universal  access  to good  quality  health  care  services  through  increasing  access,  increasing  affordability  by lowering  the  cost  of  healthcare  delivery  and  equity.  The  policy  envisages  as  its  goal  the attainment of the highest possible level of health and well being for all at all ages, through a preventive  and  promotive  health  care  orientation  in  all  developmental  policies,  and universal  access  to  good  quality  health  care  services  without  anyone  having  to  face financial hardship as a consequence.

Under National Health Mission, the Government has taken many steps towards universal health coverage, by supporting the State Government in providing accessible & affordable healthcare to people. It encompasses the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National  Urban  Health  Mission  (NUHM)  as  its  two  Sub-Missions.  Under  the  National Health  Mission,  financial  and  technical  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  to  provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare, especially to the poor and vulnerable sections of  the  population,  in  both  urban  and  rural  areas.  The  National  Health  Mission  provides support for improvement in health infrastructure, availability of adequate human resources to  man  health  facilities,  to  improve  availability  and  accessibility  to  quality  health  care especially for the underserved and marginalized groups in rural areas.

The Government has launched four mission mode projects, namely PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres (ABHWCs), Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

PM-ABHIM was launched as a mission to develop the capacities of primary, secondary, and tertiary  health  care  systems,  strengthen  existing  national  institutions,  and  create  new institutions, to cater to detection and cure of new and emerging diseases. PM-ABHIM is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with some Central Sector Components, for implementation of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Package for health sector with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore.

Under  Ayushman  Bharat  Health  &  Wellness  Centres(HWCs),  Comprehensive  Primary healthcare by strengthening Sub Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are facilitated. The HWCs are to provide preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative care for an expanded range of services encompassing Reproductive and child care services, Communicable diseases, Non-communicable diseases and all health issues.

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), Scheme provides health coverage of Rs.5.00 lakh per family per year to around 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families for secondary and tertiary care as per Socio Economic Caste Census data 2011.

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has been announced on 27 th September, 2021 with  aim  to  develop  the  backbone  necessary  to  support  the  integrated  digital  health infrastructure of the country.

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