Lok Sabha Question No. 2269 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: CGHS Wellness Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2269 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH DECEMBER, 2021

## CGHS WELLNESS CENTRES

2269. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI SANJAY JADHAV:

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

- (a) the details of the criteria fixed for selection of cities for setting up dispensaries/centres under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS);
- (b) the details of cities where CGHS wellness centres have been established during the last three years, particularly in Maharashtra;
- (c)  the  number  of  beneficiaries  including  serving  employees  and  pensioners  likely  to  be benefitted from the same;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to establish more CGHS complete wellness centres in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (e)  whether the Government proposes to establish wellness  centres in Wasim, Yavatmal, Parbhani and Osmanabad cities of Maharashtra; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor ?

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

(a) to (f):  As per extant norms, CGHS wellness centre is opened in a new city if there are at least 6000 card holders residing therein and also subject to availability of resources under the scheme.

During last three years, new CGHS Wellness Centres were established at Kochi Baghpat, Sonepat,  Gwalior,  Kannur  and  Kozhikode.    First  Aid  Posts  are  upgraded  to  Wellness Centres at Wadi  in Nagpur  and  Ishapore  (Ichhapore) in Kolkata. Existing Postal Dispensaries were taken over by CGHS at the following Locations:

Agra, Ajmer, Aligarh, Ambala, Amritsar, Bareilly, Behrampur, Chappra, Cuttack, Darbhanga, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Jallandhar ,Jalpaiguri, Jodhpur,  Kota,  Moradabad,  Muzzafarupur,  Nellore,  Raipur,  Rajamundri,  Saharanpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirapalli, Vadodra, Varanasi,Vijaywada and Visakhapatnam.

Details of number of beneficiaries including serving employees and pensioners likely to be benefitted are at Annexure.

Opening of new CGHS wellness centres is approved at

Itanagar (Arunchal Pradesh), Chandigarh (2 nd WC), Delhi, Panchkula (Haryana), Mysuru (Karnataka), Nasik, Aurangabad and Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu and 2 Wellness Centres in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Presently, there is no such proposal to establish Wellness Centres in Wasim, Yavatmal, Parbhani  and  Osmanabad  cities  of  Maharashtra.  Opening  of  new  wellness  centres  is subject to fulfilment of norms and availability of resources including creation of posts with the approval of Ministry of Finance.

## Details of beneficiaries

| Wellness Centre     |   Serving beneficiaries |   Pensioner beneficiaries |
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
| Kochi               |                    1160 |                      3199 |
| Baghpat,            |                    3981 |                      3635 |
| Sonepat             |                    7867 |                      3797 |
| Gwalior             |                     788 |                       523 |
| Kannur              |                     176 |                       821 |
| Kozhikode           |                     231 |                      1618 |
| Wadi in Nagpur      |                      39 |                      2010 |
| Ishapore in Kolkata |                     957 |                      1232 |
| Agra                |                    4062 |                       851 |
| Ajmer               |                    2843 |                      1974 |
| Aligarh             |                    1283 |                       430 |
| Ambala              |                    3981 |                      3635 |
| Amritsar            |                    4100 |                      3416 |
| Bareilly            |                    4854 |                       684 |
| Behrampur           |                     763 |                       493 |
| Chappra             |                     286 |                        36 |
| Cuttack             |                    2306 |                      1154 |
| Darbhanga           |                     516 |                        45 |
| Dhanbad             |                    1701 |                       138 |
| Dibrugarh           |                    1449 |                        76 |
| Gaya                |                    1975 |                        61 |
| Gorakhpur           |                    2460 |                       620 |
| Guntur              |                    1385 |                      2455 |
| Jallandhar          |                    5458 |                      4440 |
| Jalpaiguri          |                    1075 |                       323 |
| Jodhpur             |                    5304 |                      1525 |
| Kota                |                    1450 |                       425 |
| Moradabad           |                     935 |                       333 |
| Muzzafarupur        |                    1749 |                        82 |
| Nellore             |                     893 |                      1501 |
| Raipur              |                    1458 |                       520 |
| Rajamundri          |                     982 |                      1835 |
| Saharanpur          |                    1697 |                       355 |
| Silchar             |                     227 |                        15 |
| Siliguri            |                    4735 |                       716 |
| Tirunelveli         |                     623 |                       769 |
| Tiruchirapalli      |                    2015 |                      1750 |
| Vadodara            |                    8667 |                      2243 |
| Varanasi(2)         |                    2190 |                       720 |
| Vijaywada           |                    3931 |                      3423 |
| Visakhapatnam (2)   |                    4061 |                      6246 |