Lok Sabha Question No. 655 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-09
Subject: Healthcare facilities in Aspirational Districts
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No- 655

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER 2022

## HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN ASPIRATIONAL DISTRICTS

## 655: SHRI NAMANAGESWARA RAO

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

- (a) Whether the Government has taken cognizance of lack of healthcare facilities in remote  rural  areas,  predominantly  consisting  of  SC  and  ST  population  in Aspirational Districts across the country,
- (b) If  so,  the  details  of  the  measures  taken  to  augment  healthcare  facilities  in  such areas; and
- (c) The details of the funds released by the Government for such purpose during the past five years, State and UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): NITI Aayog implements the Aspirational Districts (AD) Programme since January 2018  for  improving  socio-economic  indicators  in  the  aspirational  districts.  There  are  112 Aspirational Districts, across 26 States and one union territory (UT), under the program.

The broad strategy of the Aspirational Districts Programme rests on the 3 Cs - Convergence (between  Central and State Schemes),  Collaboration (between  Centre, State, District Administration, Development Partners and Citizens) and Competition (between Districts).

Health  and  Nutrition  has  been  given  maximum  weightage  of  30%  for  ranking  of  districts under AD program with 13 core and 31 sub-core indicators/data points for monitoring the progress.

Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  provides  hand-holding  support  to  the  districts  for improving the Health component under the AD  program. MoHFW  prioritizes the implementation  of  the  Health  programs  in  the  Aspirational  Districts  by  allocation  of additional resources. Monitoring and Supportive Supervision are done for these districts.

Since  the  launch  of  the  program,  districts  have  made  significant  progress  on  the  key performance indicators monitored under the program, which is available in public domain on the Champions of Change Dashboard (maintained by NITI Aayog)

The main strategy of the Aspirational Districts program is based on convergence of existing schemes which have their own funding arrangement. However, in order to foster competitive spirit and for addressing the critical gaps, additional allocation via challenge route is provided by NITI Aayog. Every month the districts are assessed on basis of monthly progress and the best performing Districts in overall terms and in each of the five sectors are identified.

- (c)  The  details  of  fund  released  by  the  Government  for  such  purpose  during  the  past  five years, State and UT-wise, is provided as follows.

## Details of amount released for projects undertaken by Aspirational Districts pertaining to Health and Nutrition Sector (State-wise)

|   Sl No | State             |   Amount Released (in crores) |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                          6.31 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                          6.91 |
|       3 | Assam             |                         38.04 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                         67.02 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                         31.36 |
|       6 | Gujarat           |                          1.8  |
|       7 | Haryana           |                          6    |
|       8 | Himachal Pradesh  |                          6.55 |
|       9 | Jammu &Kashmir    |                          7.84 |
|      10 | Jharkhand         |                         42.36 |
|      11 | Karnataka         |                          3.22 |
|      12 | Kerala            |                          5.15 |
|      13 | Madhya Pradesh    |                         33.91 |
|      14 | Maharashtra       |                          7.92 |
|      15 | Manipur           |                          7.31 |
|      16 | Meghalaya         |                          7.75 |
|      17 | Mizoram           |                          4.4  |
|      18 | Nagaland          |                          1.67 |
|      19 | Odisha            |                         18.72 |
|      20 | Punjab            |                         10.76 |
|      21 | Rajasthan         |                         16.35 |
|      22 | Sikkim            |                          2.76 |
|      23 | Tamil Nadu        |                          5.97 |
|      24 | Telangana         |                         23.08 |
|      25 | Tripura           |                          9.56 |
|      26 | Uttar Pradesh     |                         33.61 |
|      27 | Uttarakhand       |                          8.99 |