Lok Sabha Question No. 5531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-04
Subject: Dispensaries and Health Centres under CGHS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Omprakash Bhupalsinh Alias Pavan Rajenimbalkar, Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Dr. Ganapathy Rajkumar P

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5531 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH APRIL, 2025

## DISPENSARIES AND HEALTH CENTRES UNDER CGHS

## 5531. DR. GANAPATHYRAJKUMAR P:

SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAVAN RAJENIMBALKAR:

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

- (a) the details of dispensaries and health centres projects under Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) undertaken in the country, State-wise particularly in Parbhani Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra,
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more CGHS Centres in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/district-wise including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra particularly in Parbhani Parliamentary Constituency and Osmanabad aspirational district and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the criteria prescribed for selection of cities for setting up dispensaries and health centres under Central Government Health Scheme;
- (d) the names of the States where CGHS health centres have been set up during the last three years in the country, State/district-wise and location-wise particularly in Maharashtra, and
- (e) the number of beneficiaries registered at the above said centres along with the number of serving employees and pensioners benefited therefrom?

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

(a) to (e): The details of CGHS Wellness Centres, State-wise, is at Annexure-I . The extant norms for opening of a new CGHS Wellness Centre, inter-alia , include minimum 2500 principal CGHS Cardholders or 6000 CGHS beneficiaries subject to availability of resources, suitable accommodations, creation of posts of Medical Officers, Pharmacists, Staff Nurse, Clerical Staff etc . The sanction of posts and allocation of funds for these Wellness Centres is under the ambit of Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

The details of CGHS Wellness Centres, District-wise & Location-wise along with number of CGHS beneficiaries, opened during last 03 years, is at Annexure-II .

## ANNEXURE-I

## STATE-WISE DETAILS OF CGHS WELLNESS CENTRE

|   Sl. No. | State/Union Territory   | City                                                                                                                                              | Number of Allopathic Dispensaries           |
|-----------|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Arunachal Pradesh       | Itanagar                                                                                                                                          | 1                                           |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh          | Visakhapatnam, Rajahmundry, Vijayawada, Guntur, Nellore                                                                                           | (2,1,1,1,1) 6                               |
|         3 | Assam                   | Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Silchar                                                                                                                      | (5,1,1) 7                                   |
|         4 | Bihar                   | Patna, Chhapra, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga                                                                                                      | (5,1,1,1,1) 9                               |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh            | Raipur                                                                                                                                            | 2                                           |
|         6 | Delhi                   | Delhi                                                                                                                                             | 87                                          |
|         7 | Goa                     | Goa                                                                                                                                               | 1                                           |
|         8 | Gujarat                 | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara                                                                                                                  | (8,1,1) 10                                  |
|         9 | Haryana                 | Ambala, Panchkula, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Sonipat                                                                                                    | (1,1,2,2,1 )7                               |
|        10 | Himachal Pradesh        | Shimla                                                                                                                                            | 1                                           |
|        11 | Jammu &Kashmir          | Jammu, Srinagar                                                                                                                                   | (2,1) 3                                     |
|        12 | Jharkhand               | Ranchi, Dhanbad                                                                                                                                   | (3,1) 4                                     |
|        13 | Karnataka               | Bangalore, Mysuru                                                                                                                                 | (10, 1) 11                                  |
|        14 | Kerala                  | Trivandrum, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur                                                                                                              | (3,1,1,1) 6                                 |
|        15 | Madhya Pradesh          | Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior                                                                                                                 | (2,1,6,1) 10                                |
|        16 | Maharashtra             | Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Chh. Sambhajinagar, Chandrapur, Nashik                                                                                      | (9,12,25, 1,1,1) 49                         |
|        17 | Manipur                 | Imphal                                                                                                                                            | 1                                           |
|        18 | Meghalaya               | Shillong                                                                                                                                          | 2                                           |
|        19 | Mizoram                 | Aizawl                                                                                                                                            | 1                                           |
|        20 | Nagaland                | Kohima                                                                                                                                            | 1                                           |
|        21 | Odisha                  | Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur                                                                                                                   | (3,1,1) 5                                   |
|        22 | Punjab                  | Amritsar, Jalandhar                                                                                                                               | (1,1) 2                                     |
|        23 | Puducherry              | Puduchery                                                                                                                                         | 1                                           |
|        24 | Rajasthan               | Jaipur, Ajmer, Kota, Jodhpur                                                                                                                      | (7,1,1,1) 10                                |
|        25 | Sikkim                  | Gangtok                                                                                                                                           | 1                                           |
|        26 | Tamil Nadu              | Chennai, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Coimbatore                                                                                                          | (14, 1, 1, 1) 17                            |
|        27 | Telangana               | Hyderabad                                                                                                                                         | 13                                          |
|        28 | Tripura                 | Agartala                                                                                                                                          | 1                                           |
|        29 | Uttarakhand             | Dehradun                                                                                                                                          | 3                                           |
|        30 | Uttar Pradesh           | Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Agra, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Aligarh, Baghpat, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida | (7, 2, 9, 9, 1, 1, 1, 6, 1, 1, 1, 1,4,3) 47 |
|        31 | West Bengal             | Kolkata, Siliguri, Jalpaiguri                                                                                                                     | (19, 1, 1) 21                               |
|        32 | Chandigarh              | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                        | 2                                           |

## ANNEXURE - II Details of District-Wise And Location-Wise CGHS Wellness Centres Opened During Last 03 Years (Including Number Of Beneficiaries)

|   Sl. No. | UT/District               | Location                  |   No. of Serving Beneficiaries |   No. of Pensioner Beneficiaries |
|-----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|         1 | Cachar                    | Silchar                   |                           4423 |                              530 |
|         2 | Chandigarh                | Sector - 29, Chandigarh   |                           5893 |                              938 |
|         3 | Chandrapur                | Chandrapur                |                            401 |                             2227 |
|         4 | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar |                           2247 |                             1723 |
|         5 | Coimbatore                | Coimbatore                |                           3214 |                             5170 |
|         6 | Ghaziabad                 | Pratap Vihar              |                            306 |                              248 |
|         7 | Mysuru                    | Mysuru                    |                           2926 |                             4129 |
|         8 | Nasik                     | Nasik                     |                           7607 |                             9057 |
|         9 | North Delhi               | Narela                    |                           7720 |                             1701 |
|        10 | Panchkula                 | Panchkula                 |                           1677 |                             1714 |
|        11 | Papum Pare                | Itanagar                  |                            421 |                                0 |

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