Lok Sabha Question No. 716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Health Facilities under NRHM
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Nishikant Dubey

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## HEALTH FACILITIES UNDER NRHM

## 716. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres functional in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has been unsuccessful in providing better health facilities in the rural areas across the country through National Rural Health Mission (NRHM);
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, area-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to provide quality health facilities in the rural/remote areas of the country, State/UT-wise including Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

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

(a) A total of 1,76,325 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) [now renamed as Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs)] have been established and operationalized in India (till 31.01.2025). State/UT-wise number of AAMs operationalized, as on 31.01.2025 is attached as Annexure .

(b) to (d) To address the healthcare challenges, particularly in rural areas, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005 to supplement the efforts of the State/UT governments to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare to all those who access public health facilities. NRHM is a sub-Mission under the overarching National Health Mission (NHM), along with National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as the other subMission. The major objectives of NHM are as under:

(i) Reduction in child and maternal mortality.

(ii) Prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including locally endemic diseases.

(iii) Access to integrated comprehensive primary health care.

(iv) Population stabilisation, gender equality and demographic balance.

(v) Revitalize local health traditions & mainstream AYUSH.

(vi) Universal access to public services for food and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene and universal access to public health care services with emphasis on services addressing women's and children's health and universal immunisation. (vii) Promotion of healthy life styles.

The details of target set and achieved under NHM are listed below:

| Targets (as per NHMextension for 2021-26)                                             | Status                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Reduce MMRto 87 per 1 lakh                                                            | 97 per 1 lakh live births (SRS 2018-20) |
| Reduce IMR to 22 per thousand                                                         | 28 per thousand (SRS 2020)              |
| Sustain TFR to 2.0 at national level                                                  | 2.0 (NFHS 5)                            |
| Achieve the operationalization of 1.5 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandir (erstwhile AB- HWC) | 1,76,325 (as on 31.1.2025)              |

Apart from Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM), the Government has launched mission mode projects, namely PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PMABHIM), Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).

Various initiatives carried out under NHM by the Government of India in the country including the State of Jharkhand are operationalisation of Ayushman Arogya Mandir, National Ambulance Services, Mobile Medical Units, ASHAs, 24 x 7 Services and First Referral Facilities, Prime Minister's National Dialysis Programme, Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and Free Drugs Service Initiative, various activities under Reproductive & Child Health, Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy, Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (PMTBMBA) and Universal Immunization programme.

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Annexure

State/UT-wise number of Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) operationalised in the country

| Sl. No.   | Name of State/UT         | Total No. of Operational Ayushman Arogya Mandir (as on 31.01.2025)   |
|-----------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | 129                                                                  |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh           | 11,862                                                               |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh        | 487                                                                  |
| 4         | Assam                    | 4,952                                                                |
| 5         | Bihar                    | 10,329                                                               |
| 6         | Chandigarh               | 58                                                                   |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh             | 5,853                                                                |
| 8         | DNH and DD               | 95                                                                   |
| 9         | Goa                      | 302                                                                  |
| 10        | Gujarat                  | 10,637                                                               |
| 11        | Haryana                  | 3,252                                                                |
| 12        | Himachal Pradesh         | 2,485                                                                |
| 13        | Jammu &Kashmir           | 3,111                                                                |
| 14        | Jharkhand                | 4,071                                                                |
| 15        | Karnataka                | 10,073                                                               |
| 16        | Kerala                   | 7,032                                                                |
| 17        | Ladakh                   | 321                                                                  |
| 18        | Lakshadweep              | 13                                                                   |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh           | 12,288                                                               |
| 20        | Maharashtra              | 12,141                                                               |
| 21        | Manipur                  | 418                                                                  |
| 22        | Meghalaya                | 613                                                                  |
| 23        | Mizoram                  | 408                                                                  |
| 24        | Nagaland                 | 470                                                                  |
| 25        | Odisha                   | 7,349                                                                |
| 26        | Puducherry               | 127                                                                  |
| 27        | Punjab                   | 3,126                                                                |
| 28        | Rajasthan                | 11,322                                                               |
| 29        | Sikkim                   | 184                                                                  |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu               | 8,246                                                                |
| 31        | Telangana                | 5,039                                                                |
| 32        | Tripura                  | 1,132                                                                |
| 33        | Uttar Pradesh            | 22,745                                                               |
| 34        | Uttarakhand              | 2,245                                                                |
| 35        | West Bengal              | 13,410                                                               |
|           | TOTAL                    | 1,76,325                                                             |

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