Lok Sabha Question No. 1666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Health Fairs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Riti Pathak, Geeta Kora, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Jyotsna Charandas Mahant, Locket Chatterjee, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Dileshwar Kamait, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1666

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## HEALTH FAIRS

1666. :     SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

SHRI JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to organize Health Fairs under the National Rural Health Mission;
- (b) if so, the details of the criteria set for organizing the said Health Fairs;
- (c) whether the Government has also organized a one day block level Health Fairs during April,  2022  as  part  of  4 th anniversary  of  Ayushman  Bharat-Health  and  Wellness Centres as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the  number  of  such  fairs  organized  during  the  last  three  years  States/UT-wise including district-wise in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal; and
- (e) the funds spent on organizing each of such Health Fairs by the Government during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND

## FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

## (a) to (e):

The Block Level Health Melas were organised in the States/UTs between 18th April 2022 to 20th May 2022 as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav under National Health Mission. 4849 Block  Level  Health  Melas  were  organised  across  the  country  with  cumulative  footfall  of more  than  47.3  lakh  beneficiaries.  Further,  Health  Melas  at  all  the  functional  Ayushman Bharat-Health  &  Wellness  Centres  (AB-HWCs)  for  the  benefit  of  the  population  of  the catchment areas are envisaged for one day every month at all functional SHC-HWC*, PHCHWC* & UPHC-HWC* in coordination with District Hospital/Sub District Hospital/Community Health Centre in the district. The details Block Health Melas States/UT wise is placed at Annexure I & II

A  fund  of  Rs.  2  lakhs  was  provisioned  to  each  block  under  National  Health  Mission  for organizing  Block  Health  Mela  in  all  the  States/UTs  during  the  current  financial  year.  The details  of  funds  utilized  during  the  last  three  years  as  reported  by  the  States/UTs  is  at Annexure III.

SHC-HWC *-Sub Health Centre-Health & Wellness Centre PHC-HWC*-Primary Health Centre- Health & Wellness Centre UPHC-HWC*-Urban Primary Health Centre- Health & Wellness Centre

Annexure I Block Health Melas conducted State/UT wise ( FY 2022-23)

|   Sr No | States/UTs                                   |   Total Number of Blocks Conducted BHM |
|---------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                  |                                     15 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                               |                                     72 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            |                                     79 |
|       4 | Assam                                        |                                    147 |
|       5 | Bihar                                        |                                    534 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                                   |                                      3 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                                 |                                    244 |
|       8 | Goa                                          |                                      4 |
|       9 | Gujarat                                      |                                    174 |
|      10 | Haryana                                      |                                     42 |
|      11 | Himachal Pradesh                             |                                     77 |
|      12 | Jammu And Kashmir                            |                                    108 |
|      13 | Karnataka                                    |                                    166 |
|      14 | Kerala                                       |                                     24 |
|      15 | Ladakh                                       |                                     41 |
|      16 | Lakshadweep                                  |                                      5 |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh                               |                                    311 |
|      18 | Maharashtra                                  |                                    353 |
|      19 | Manipur                                      |                                     72 |
|      20 | Meghalaya                                    |                                     39 |
|      21 | Mizoram                                      |                                     27 |
|      22 | Nagaland                                     |                                     53 |
|      23 | Odisha                                       |                                    314 |
|      24 | Puducherry                                   |                                      5 |
|      25 | Punjab                                       |                                     49 |
|      26 | Rajasthan                                    |                                    350 |
|      27 | Sikkim                                       |                                     28 |
|      28 | Tamil Nadu                                   |                                    385 |
|      29 | Telangana                                    |                                    146 |
|      30 | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                                      5 |
|      31 | Tripura                                      |                                     58 |
|      32 | Uttar Pradesh                                |                                    820 |
|      33 | Uttarakhand                                  |                                     99 |

District wise number of Block Health Melas conducted

- A. Chhattisgarh
- B. Bihar

| Sr no   | State        | District                |   Number of block health melas conducted |
|---------|--------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Chhattisgarh | Balod                   |                                        5 |
|         |              | Baloda Bazar            |                                        6 |
|         |              | Balrampur               |                                        6 |
|         |              | Bastar                  |                                        7 |
|         |              | Bemetara                |                                        4 |
|         |              | Bijapur                 |                                        5 |
|         |              | Bilaspur                |                                        4 |
|         |              | Dantewada               |                                        5 |
|         |              | Dhamtari                |                                        7 |
|         |              | Durg                    |                                        3 |
|         |              | Gariyaband              |                                        5 |
|         |              | Gaurella Pendra Marwahi |                                        3 |
|         |              | Janjgir-Champa          |                                        9 |
|         |              | Jashpur                 |                                        8 |
|         |              | Kabirdham               |                                        4 |
|         |              | Kanker                  |                                        8 |
|         |              | Kondagaon               |                                       24 |
|         |              | Korba                   |                                        5 |
|         |              | Korea                   |                                        5 |
|         |              | Mahasamund              |                                        5 |
|         |              | Mungeli                 |                                        3 |
|         |              | Narayanpur              |                                        3 |
|         |              | Raigarh                 |                                       20 |
|         |              | Raipur                  |                                        4 |
|         |              | Rajnandgaon             |                                       41 |
|         |              | Sukma                   |                                        5 |
|         |              | Surajpur                |                                        6 |
|         |              | Surguja                 |                                       34 |
|         |              | Total                   |                                      244 |

|   Sr no | State   | District        |   Number of block health melas conducted |
|---------|---------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bihar   | Araria          |                                        9 |
|       2 |         | Arwal           |                                        5 |
|       3 |         | Aurangabad      |                                       11 |
|       4 |         | Banka           |                                       11 |
|       5 |         | Begusarai       |                                       18 |
|       6 |         | Bhagalpur       |                                       16 |
|       7 |         | Bhojpur         |                                       14 |
|       8 |         | Buxar           |                                       11 |
|       9 |         | Darbhanga       |                                       18 |
|      10 |         | Gaya            |                                       24 |
|      11 |         | Gopalganj       |                                       14 |
|      12 |         | Jamui           |                                       10 |
|      13 |         | Jehanabad       |                                        7 |
|      14 |         | Kaimur (Bhabua) |                                       11 |
|      15 |         | Katihar         |                                       16 |

Annexure II

| 16   | Khagaria           |   7 |
|------|--------------------|-----|
| 17   | Kishanganj         |   7 |
| 18   | Lakhisarai         |   7 |
| 19   | Madhepura          |  13 |
| 20   | Madhubani          |  21 |
| 21   | Munger             |   9 |
| 22   | Muzaffarpur        |  16 |
| 23   | Nalanda            |  20 |
| 24   | Nawada             |  14 |
| 25   | Pashchim Champaran |  18 |
| 26   | Patna              |  23 |
| 27   | Purbi Champaran    |  27 |
| 28   | Purnia             |  14 |
| 29   | Rohtas             |  19 |
| 30   | Saharsa            |  10 |
| 31   | Samastipur         |  20 |
| 32   | Saran              |  20 |
| 33   | Sheikhpura         |   6 |
| 34   | Sheohar            |   5 |
| 35   | Sitamarhi          |  17 |
| 36   | Siwan              |  19 |
| 37   | Supaul             |  11 |
| 38   | Vaishali           |  16 |
|      | Total              | 534 |

- C. Madhya Pradesh

| Sr no   | State          | District    |   Number of block health melas conducted |
|---------|----------------|-------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1       |                | Agar Malwa  |                                        4 |
|         | Madhya Pradesh | Alirajpur   |                                        6 |
|         |                | Anuppur     |                                        4 |
|         |                | Ashoknagar  |                                        4 |
|         |                | Balaghat    |                                       10 |
|         |                | Barwani     |                                        7 |
|         |                | Betul       |                                       10 |
|         |                | Bhind       |                                        4 |
|         |                | Bhopal      |                                        2 |
|         |                | Burhanpur   |                                        2 |
|         |                | Chhatarpur  |                                        8 |
|         |                | Chhindwara  |                                       11 |
|         |                | Damoh       |                                        7 |
|         |                | Datia       |                                        3 |
|         |                | Dewas       |                                        6 |
|         |                | Dhar        |                                       13 |
|         |                | Dindori     |                                        7 |
|         |                | East Nimar  |                                        7 |
|         |                | Guna        |                                        5 |
|         |                | Gwalior     |                                        4 |
|         |                | Harda       |                                        3 |
|         |                | Hoshangabad |                                        7 |
|         |                | Indore      |                                        4 |
|         |                | Jabalpur    |                                        7 |
|         |                | Jhabua      |                                        6 |

| Katni       |   6 |
|-------------|-----|
| Khargone    |   9 |
| Mandla      |   9 |
| Mandsaur    |   5 |
| Morena      |   7 |
| Narsinghpur |   6 |
| Neemuch     |   3 |
| Niwari      |   2 |
| Panna       |   5 |
| Raisen      |   7 |
| Rajgarh     |   6 |
| Ratlam      |   6 |
| Rewa        |   9 |
| Sagar       |  11 |
| Satna       |   8 |
| Sehore      |   5 |
| Seoni       |   8 |
| Shahdol     |   5 |
| Shajapur    |   4 |
| Sheopur     |   3 |
| Shivpuri    |   8 |
| Sidhi       |   5 |
| Singrauli   |   3 |
| Tikamgarh   |   4 |
| Ujjain      |   6 |
| Umaria      |   3 |
| Vidisha     |   7 |
| Total       | 311 |

## Statement showing State/UT wise Expenditure on Targeting Naturally Occurring

## Gathering of People/Health Mela under NHM for the FY 2018-19 to 2020-21

(Rs. In lakh)

|   S. No. | State/UT                           | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | -         | -         | -         |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                     | -         | -         | -         |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 11.66     | -         | 1.80      |
|        4 | Assam                              | 163.97    | 44.76     | 63.04     |
|        5 | Bihar                              | 75.46     | 16.86     | 6.15      |
|        6 | Chandigarh                         | -         | -         | -         |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                       | 9.86      | 1.49      | 1.51      |
|        8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 1.99      | 0.33      | -         |
|        9 | Delhi                              | 15.46     | -         | -         |
|       10 | Goa                                | 0.06      | 0.42      | 0.63      |
|       11 | Gujarat                            | 199.36    | 139.66    | 78.95     |
|       12 | Haryana                            | 11.24     | 6.36      | 3.73      |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                   | 229.16    | 100.34    | 56.71     |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     | -         | -         | -         |
|       15 | Jharkhand                          | 29.97     | 22.91     | 12.92     |
|       16 | Karnataka                          | -         | 20.56     | -         |
|       17 | Kerala                             | 7.37      | 6.12      | 5.24      |
|       18 | Ladakh                             | -         | -         | -         |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                        | -         | -         | -         |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                     | -         | -         | -         |
|       21 | Maharashtra                        | 259.51    | 3.12      | 7.05      |
|       22 | Manipur                            | 0.20      | 0.75      | -         |
|       23 | Meghalaya                          | 13.20     | 10.12     | 3.44      |
|       24 | Mizoram                            | -         | -         | -         |
|       25 | Nagaland                           | 7.50      | 10.00     | -         |
|       26 | Odisha                             | 0.76      | 23.32     | 25.93     |
|       27 | Puducherry                         | -         | 7.75      | -         |
|       28 | Punjab                             | 26.20     | 39.37     | 20.50     |
|       29 | Rajasthan                          | 48.30     | -         | 15.33     |
|       30 | Sikkim                             | 0.95      | 1.56      | -         |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                         | -         | -         | 5.52      |
|       32 | Telangana                          | -         | -         | -         |
|       33 | Tripura                            | 4.33      | 14.25     | 6.34      |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 38.65     | 340.46    | 217.64    |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                        | -         | -         | 0.61      |
|       36 | West Bengal                        | 0.06      | 0.21      | 71.63     |

## Note:

1. Funds are released on the basis of Programme Implementation Plans (PIP) approval based on the demand of States/UTs.
2. Expenditure  includes  expenditure  against  Central  Release,  State  release  &  unspent  balances  at  the beginning of the year.
3. The above figures are as per Financial Management Report (FMR) reported by the States/UTs.