Lok Sabha Question No. 576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-04
Subject: CGHS Wellness Centres
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Balak Nath, Sumedhanand Saraswati

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 576 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2022

## ' CGHS WELLNESS CENTRES'

## 576 SHRI BALAK NATH: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

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

- (a) the    criteria    fixed    for    opening    of    dispensary/  hospital  in  the  country    under  the  Central Government Health  Scheme(CGHS)  along  with  the  details thereof;
- (b) the details of places where dispensaries/hospitals are being run at present in the country under the CGHS along with the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the   number  of  beneficiaries  who  received treatment facility in Rajasthan under the CGHS during the last five years along with details of such beneficiaries, district-wise;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up new dispensaries/hospitals in the districts having more than 1000 beneficiaries under the CGHS scheme; and
- (e) if so, by when along with the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e): The norms for opening a new Wellness Centre under Central Government Health  Scheme(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 minimum of 2000 Card holders (serving employees of Central 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 to availability of resources.

At present, there is no proposal to open new CGHS Wellness Centres in the districts where there are more than 1000 beneficiaries under the CGHS.

A statement showing State-wise CGHS Wellness Centres (Allopathic) in the country is at Annexure .

A  statement  showing  details  of  beneficiaries  who  availed  treatment  facilities  under  CGHS  in  Rajasthan during last five years is as under :-

| Sl. No.   | CGHS city   | No. of CGHS beneficiaries (till 28.01.2022)   |
|-----------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1.        | Jaipur      | 43,32,029                                     |
| 2.        | Ajmer*      | 66,458                                        |
| 3.        | Jodhpur*    | 64,006                                        |
| 4.        | Kota*       | 22,458                                        |
| Total     | Total       | 44,84,951                                     |

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Statement showing CGHS Wellness Centres(Allopathic) in the country

|   Sl. No | State / Union Territory   | City          |   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                     | Chhapra       |                         1 |
|        3 | Bihar                     | Darbhanga     |                         1 |
|        3 | Bihar                     | Gaya          |                         1 |
|        3 | Bihar                     | Muzzafarpur   |                         1 |
|        3 | Bihar                     | Patna         |                         5 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh              | Raipur        |                         2 |
|        5 | Delhi                     | Delhi         |                        87 |
|        6 | Goa                       | Panaji        |                         1 |
|        7 | Gujarat                   | Ahmedabad     |                         8 |
|        7 | Gujarat                   | Gandhinagar   |                         1 |
|        7 | Gujarat                   | Vadodara      |                         1 |
|        8 | Haryana                   | Ambala        |                         1 |
|        8 | Haryana                   | Faridabad*    |                         2 |
|        8 | Haryana                   | Gurugram*     |                         2 |
|        8 | Haryana                   | Sonipat*      |                         1 |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh          | Shimla        |                         1 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)       | Jammu         |                         2 |
|       10 | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)       | 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 |
| 14   | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal               |   2 |
|      |                | Gwalior              |   1 |
|      |                | Jabalpur             |   5 |
|      |                | Indore               |   1 |
| 15   | Maharashtra    | Mumbai               |  26 |
|      |                | Nagpur               |  12 |
|      |                | Nashik               |   1 |
|      |                | Pune                 |   9 |
| 16.  | Manipur        | Imphal               |   1 |
| 17   | Meghalaya      | Shillong             |   2 |
| 18   | Mizoram        | Aizawl               |   1 |
| 19   | Nagaland       | Kohima               |   1 |
| 20   | Odisha         | Berhampur            |   1 |
| 20   |                | Bhubaneshwar         |   3 |
| 20   |                | Cuttack              |   1 |
| 21   |                | Amritsar             |   1 |
|      | Punjab         | Jalandhar            |   1 |
| 22   | Puducherry     | Puducherry           |   1 |
| 23   | Rajasthan      | Ajmer                |   1 |
| 23   |                | Jodhpur              |   1 |
| 23   |                | Jaipur               |   7 |
| 23   |                | Kota                 |   1 |
| 24   | Sikkim         | Gangtok              |   1 |
| 25   | Tamil Nadu     | Chennai              |  14 |
| 25   |                | Tiruchirapalli       |   1 |
| 25   |                | 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        |  19 |
|       |                 | Siliguri       |   1 |
| 31    | Chandigarh (UT) | Chandigarh     |   1 |
| Total | Total           | Total          | 334 |

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