Lok Sabha Question No. 1877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: ASHA Workers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vijay Kumar Dubey, Anurag Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1877 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH February, 2021

## ASHA WORKERS

## 1877. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUBEY: SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  ASHA  workers  engaged  in  Uttar Pradesh  specially,  Jhansi,  Lalitpur  and Kushinagar;
- (b) whether the Government has examined the role of ASHA's services being used for COV ID19 related activities in the State and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the necessary steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase the remuneration of ASHA workers?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a): Public  Health  and  Hospitals  being  a  State  subject,  all  administrative  and  pers matters including engagement of ASHAs, lies with the respective State/UT Governments. T district - wise data on the number of ASHAs engag ed under National Health Mission (NHM) is being  maintained  by  respective  State/UT  Governments.  Therefore,    total  number  of  ASHA working under National Health Mission (NHM)  in Uttar Pradesh, along with number of ASHAs working  in the  districts of Jhansi, Lalitpur, Kushinagar as received from the State  is  Annexed
- (b): Yes. The ASHAs have undertaken a range of community - based interventions related to containment of COVID -19 spread. These include community awareness through home visits on key aspects rela ted to COVID - 19 transmission and prevention, contact tracing, facilitating acc to testing etc. The ASHAs are undertaking these activities over and above the other duti are performing.
- (c): Under  the  National  Health  Mission,  ASHAs  are  envisaged to  be  community  health volunteer  and  are  entitled  to  task/activity  based  incentives. The  incentives  to  ASHAs  are regularly being reviewed and activities for which ASHAs would get incentives are expan from time to time.

Further,  an  incentive  of  Rs.  1000/ - per  month  is  also  provisioned  for  ASHAs engaged  in  COVID19  response,  under  India  COVID19  Health  System  Preparedness and Emergency Repose Package.

As reported by State Government of Uttar Pradesh, the average ASHA payment in the  State  is  Rs.4270/ - per  month.  Apart  from  this,  ASHAs  and  ASHA  Sangini  are  paid Rs.750/ -per month from State budget.

Statement showing  total  number  of  ASHAs  working  under National  Health  Mission  (NHM)    in  Uttar  Pradesh,  along  with number of ASHAs working  in the  districts of Jhansi, Lalitpur, Kushinagar

|   S. No | Particulars   |   Number of ASHAs |
|---------|---------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Uttar Pradesh |            154641 |
|       2 | Jhansi        |              1260 |
|       3 | Lalitpur      |               917 |
|       4 | Kushinagar    |              3549 |

Source :  Based on the information received from State Govt. of Uttar Pradesh