Lok Sabha Question No. 4318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-20
Subject: Ambulances under the National Health Mission
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Ms Iqra Choudhary

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4318 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2024

## AMBULANCESUNDER THE NATIONALHEALTH MISSION

## 4318. MS. IQRA CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of ambulances (functional and non-functional), Active Advance Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) Ambulances operating in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b) whether the National Health Mission is regularly updating the data of the number of ALS and BLS ambulances in the State of Uttar Pradesh since 2022, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is ensuring that the funds approved for maintenance of these ambulances are utilised properly, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government conducts any audits of ambulances and the equipments in it, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a): The total number of ambulances operating across the country under National Ambulance Service (NAS) with the support of National Health Mission (NHM) is 28,830 and without support of under NHM, 11,615 ambulances are operating. Further, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has informed that a total no. of 1,90,138 ambulances of all types have been registered on VAHAN portal. The State/UT-wise details of functional ambulances including Active Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulances operating with support under NHM and without support under NHM is given at Annexure.

- (b): The quarterly report of National Health Mission (NHM) regularly updates the ambulance data for every State/UT. The year wise number of ambulances functioning in Uttar Pradesh under NHM since 2022 is given as under :-

| State         | 2022   | 2022   | 2023   | 2023   | 2024   | 2024   |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|               | ALS    | BLS    | ALS    | BLS    | ALS    | BLS    |
| Uttar Pradesh | 250    | 4470   | 250    | 4470   | 250    | 4470   |

(c) and (d): Under National Health Mission (NHM), funds for the maintenance of the ambulances are in-built in the Opex cost and is being provided to the States/UTs based on the proposals made by them in their respective Programme Implementation Plan proposals within their overall resource envelope. The implementation progress and performance of ambulances are regularly monitored through regular review meetings and field visits conducted through NHM.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare provides technical and financial support to States/UTs for strengthening the National Ambulance Services across the nation. 'Public Health and Hospitals' is State subject, the primary responsibility of strengthening public healthcare system, including efforts to have required number of ambulances ensuring their functionality and operationality lies with the respective State/UT Governments.

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## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4318 for 20.12.2024 asked by Ms. Iqra Choudhary, Hon'ble MP regarding 'Ambulances under the National Health Mission'

## State/UT-wise details of functional ambulances of Health Department

| S.No   | State                               | Ambulances operational underNHM   | Ambulances operational underNHM   | Ambulances operational underNHM   | Ambulances operational underNHM   | Ambulances operational other thanNHM   | Ambulances operational other thanNHM   | Ambulances operational other thanNHM   | Ambulances operational other thanNHM   |
|--------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State                               | ALS                               | BLS                               | Others                            | Total                             | ALS                                    | BLS Others                             | BLS Others                             | Total                                  |
| 1      | A&NIslands                          | 0                                 | 26                                | 0                                 | 26                                | 0                                      | 29                                     | 0                                      | 29                                     |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                      | 105                               | 523                               | 0                                 | 628                               | 84                                     | 56                                     | 0                                      | 140                                    |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 0                                 | 112                               | 149                               | 261                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 113                                    | 113                                    |
| 4      | Assam                               | 14                                | 779                               | 7                                 | 800                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 649                                    | 649                                    |
| 5      | Bihar                               | 576                               | 1082                              | 0                                 | 1658                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 6      | Chandigarh                          | 0                                 | 6                                 | 0                                 | 6                                 | 1                                      | 8                                      | 0                                      | 9                                      |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                        | 30                                | 296                               | 380                               | 706                               | 4                                      | 52                                     | 401                                    | 457                                    |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 0                                 | 0                                 | 11                                | 11                                | 5                                      | 19                                     | 5                                      | 29                                     |
| 9      | Delhi                               | 0                                 | 97                                | 84                                | 181                               | 24                                     | 27                                     | 148                                    | 199                                    |
| 10     | Goa                                 | 27                                | 0                                 | 4                                 | 31                                | 32                                     | 68                                     | 35                                     | 135                                    |
| 11     | Gujarat                             | 175                               | 425                               | 20                                | 620                               | 64                                     | 335                                    | 1324                                   | 1723                                   |
| 12     | Haryana                             | 55                                | 265                               | 261                               | 581                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh                    | 35                                | 213                               | 156                               | 404                               | 6                                      | 0                                      | 205                                    | 211                                    |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir                      | 139                               | 64                                | 286                               | 489                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 611                                    | 611                                    |
| 15     | Jharkhand                           | 125                               | 418                               | 1633                              | 2176                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 16     | Karnataka                           | 231                               | 484                               | 166                               | 881                               | 82                                     | 1044                                   | 0                                      | 1126                                   |
| 17     | Kerala                              | 0                                 | 315                               | 0                                 | 315                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 468                                    | 468                                    |
| 18     | Ladakh                              | 22                                | 0                                 | 5                                 | 27                                | 9                                      | 11                                     | 90                                     | 110                                    |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                         | 0                                 | 0                                 | 17                                | 17                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                      | 167                               | 835                               | 1059                              | 2061                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 21     | Maharashtra                         | 233                               | 704                               | 3288                              | 4225                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3274                                   | 3274                                   |
| 22     | Manipur                             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 33                                | 33                                | 18                                     | 47                                     | 19                                     | 84                                     |
| 23     | Meghalaya                           | 12                                | 38                                | 142                               | 192                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 24     | Mizoram                             | 0                                 | 0                                 | 65                                | 65                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 95                                     | 95                                     |
| 25     | Nagaland                            | 0                                 | 27                                | 66                                | 93                                | 2                                      | 0                                      | 10                                     | 12                                     |
| 26     | Odisha                              | 411                               | 449                               | 506                               | 1366                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 304                                    | 304                                    |
| 27     | Puducherry                          | 0                                 | 10                                | 0                                 | 10                                | 0                                      | 43                                     | 0                                      | 43                                     |
| 28     | Punjab                              | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 0                                 | 25                                     | 300                                    | 114                                    | 439                                    |
| 29     | Rajasthan                           | 147                               | 797                               | 45                                | 989                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 30     | Sikkim                              | 0                                 | 8                                 | 0                                 | 8                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 31                                     | 31                                     |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                          | 205                               | 1148                              | 0                                 | 1353                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 950                                    | 950                                    |
| 32     | Telangana                           | 31                                | 425                               | 0                                 | 456                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 33     | Tripura                             | 0                                 | 50                                | 0                                 | 50                                | 9                                      | 11                                     | 0                                      | 20                                     |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh                       | 250                               | 4470                              | 0                                 | 4720                              | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                         | 54                                | 217                               | 129                               | 400                               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 160                                    | 160                                    |
| 36     | West Bengal                         | 0                                 | 1000                              | 1991                              | 2991                              | 65                                     | 17                                     | 112                                    | 194                                    |
|        | Total                               | 3044                              | 15283                             | 10503                             | 28830                             | 430                                    | 2067                                   | 9118                                   | 11615                                  |

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