Lok Sabha Question No. 1654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Vacant Positions in Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1654 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## VACANT POSITIONS IN HEALTH SECTOR

## 1654.  MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI: SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) the details of the vacancies of staff in health sector including Private Health Care Centres (PHCs), rural and urban sector-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to increase the human resources in the health sector including PHCs, such as recruiting more specialist doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians, pharmacists and radiographers etc. to fill up the vacancies in Government health facilities;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

## ANSWER FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (d): The details of the vacancies of staff in health sector in the Rural and Urban areas in the country  are available at website of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at the Uniform Resource Locator URL as under:  https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/rhs20-21\_2.pdf

All  the  administrative  and  personnel  matters  related  to  health  human  resource  lies  with  the respective  State/UT  Governments.  However,  under  National  Health  Mission,  Ministry  of  Health  & Family Welfare provides financial and technical support to States/UTs  to strengthen their healthcare systems  based  on  the  requirements  posed  by  them  in  their  Programme  Implementation  Plans  (PIPs) within their overall resource envelope.

Under NHM, following types of incentives and honorarium are provided for encouraging doctors to practise in rural and remote areas of the country:

-  Hard  area  allowance  to  specialist  doctors  for  serving  in  rural  and  remote  areas  and  for  their residential quarters so that they find it attractive to serve in public health facilities in such areas.
-  Honorarium  to  Gynecologists/  Emergency  Obstetric  Care  (EmoC)  trained,  Pediatricians  & Anesthetist/ Life Saving Anaesthesia Skills (LSAS) trained doctors is also provided to increase availability of specialists for conducting Cesarean Sections in rural & remote area.
-  Incentives  like  special  incentives  for  doctors,  incentive  for  ANM  for  ensuring  timely  ANC checkup  and  recording,  incentives  for  conducting  Adolescent  Reproductive  and  Sexual  Health activities.
-  States  are  also  allowed  to  offer  negotiable  salary  to  attract  specialist  including  flexibility  in strategies such as 'You Quote We Pay'.
-  Non-Monetary incentives such as preferential admission in post graduate courses for staff serving in  difficult  areas  and  improving  accommodation  arrangement  in  rural  areas  have  also  been introduced under NHM.
-  Multi-skilling of doctors is supported under NHM to overcome the shortage of specialists. Skill upgradation of existing HR is another major strategy under NRHM for achieving improvement in health outcomes.
-  As per Section (51) of the NMC Act, 2019, the regulations of National Medical Commission of India provide for incentive of marks at the rate of upto 10% for each year service in rural/ remote/ difficult areas of the State and maximum upto 30% in NEET (PG) for admission to PG medical courses. Further, 50% medical diploma seats are reserved for the in-service medical doctors of the State Government who have served in remote and/ or difficult areas.

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