Lok Sabha Question No. 1144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-08
Subject: Public Health Schemes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dhanush M Kumar, Ganesan Selvam

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1144 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2023

## PUBLIC HEALTH SCHEMES

## 1144. SHRI DHANUSH M. KUMAR: SHRI SELVAM G.:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of major schemes being implemented by the Government for improving the general public health across the country;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any target in this regard and if so, the detail for the next two years;
- (c) the challenges being faced by the Government while implementing these schemes; and
- (d) the total fund allocated and utilized under various such schemes along with the achievement made thereon during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (d): The various initiatives carried out under National Health Mission (NHM) by Government of India in various states are operationalisation of Ayushman Arogya Mandir (erstwhile Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres) by transforming the existing Sub Centres and Primary Health Centres support for engaging of health human resource on contractual basis, National Ambulance Services, Mobile Medical Units, ASHAs, Infrastructure strengthening, 24 x 7 Services and First Referral facilities, Mera Aspataal, Kayakalp Award Scheme, Prime Minister's National Dialysis Programme, National Quality Assurance Standards implementation and related Activities, LaQshya Certification, Biomedical Equipment Maintenance and Management Programme, Free Diagnostics Service Initiative and Free Drugs Service Initiative. Further, initiatives such as Mission Parivar Vikas, Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics (AFHCs), Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS), Menstrual Hygiene Scheme, Facility Based Newborn Care (FBNC), Home Based Newborn Care Program, Social Awareness and Actions to Neutralize Pneumonia Successfully (SAANS), Home Based Care for Young Child (HBYC), Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK), Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), Early Childhood Development (ECD), Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC), Anemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) strategy, Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (PMTBMBA), Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) program and Universal Immunization programme.

The targets fixed under National Health Policy 2017 for the next two years includes:

Neonatal Mortality rate to be reduced from 22/1000 live births to 16 by 2025 and Under 5 Mortality Rate from 35 per 1000 live births to 23 by 2025.

Under Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, India has set the target to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025.

Funds allocated and released under NHM for the FY 2020-21 to FY 2023-24, State/UT wise, is given at Annexure.

The achievements under National Health Policy 2017 are as below:

Maternal Mortality Ratio at present is 97, Infant Mortality Rate at present is 28 and Total Fertility Rate is 2.

Note:

## Annexure

## Details of funds allocated and released under NHM for the FY 2020-21 to FY 2023-24, State/UT wise

## Rs. in crore

| Sl. No.   | States                             | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-22    | 2021-22   | 20 22-23   | 20 22-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24   |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|
| Sl. No.   | States                             | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release   | Allocation | Release    | Allocation | Release   |
| 1         | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 39.02      | 36.91     | 41.62      | 43.68     | 45.95      | 45.26      | 45.72      | 25.07     |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1079.09    | 1097.81   | 1237.95    | 1199.37   | 1,182.93   | 1,489.45   | 1,283.99   | 579.41    |
| 3         | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 236.60     | 243.04    | 294.27     | 188.53    | 272.48     | 233.82     | 268.12     | 207.70    |
| 4         | Assam                              | 1483.91    | 1807.48   | 1732.64    | 1955.93   | 1,615.70   | 1,981.83   | 1,499.31   | 1,110.87  |
| 5         | Bihar                              | 1849.38    | 1814.63   | 2026.69    | 1748.76   | 1,853.57   | 1,586.57   | 1,862.34   | 915.87    |
| 6         | Chandigarh                         | 24.75      | 22.21     | 26.30      | 17.47     | 31.73      | 38.09      | 32.48      | 19.19     |
| 7         | Chhattisgarh                       | 958.45     | 979.41    | 985.85     | 969.61    | 949.94     | 1,195.08   | 819.49     | 371.63    |
| 8         | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 39.89      | 36.39     | 46.15      | 38.59     | 51.18      | 58.28      | 50.86      | 17.87     |
| 9         | Delhi                              | 165.69     | 125.73    | 179.64     | 127.37    | 164.98     | 35.15      | 169.86     | 73.64     |
| 10        | Goa                                | 36.23      | 34.81     | 40.57      | 26.01     | 38.13      | 55.42      | 37.52      | 30.74     |
| 11        | Gujarat                            | 946.75     | 1005.66   | 1147.40    | 1094.48   | 1,059.03   | 1,120.06   | 1,061.61   | 864.03    |
| 12        | Haryana                            | 519.03     | 531.50    | 566.85     | 577.07    | 501.71     | 681.21     | 502.56     | 365.63    |
| 13        | Himachal Pradesh                   | 421.35     | 441.94    | 507.47     | 555.09    | 472.62     | 494.65     | 464.46     | 312.98    |
| 14        | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 616.26     | 667.46    | 716.25     | 459.10    | 659.02     | 651.52     | 647.57     | 411.86    |
| 15        | Jharkhand                          | 691.72     | 602.80    | 933.20     | 640.18    | 853.19     | 810.30     | 757.64     | 430.70    |
| 16        | Karnataka                          | 1125.91    | 1232.19   | 1305.23    | 1274.71   | 1,129.18   | 1,246.67   | 1,134.32   | 607.99    |
| 17        | Kerala                             | 753.30     | 788.22    | 784.68     | 771.47    | 746.63     | 1,036.76   | 802.62     | 154.32    |
| 18        | Lakshadweep                        | 7.23       | 7.11      | 9.53       | 8.41      | 10.55      | 9.97       | 9.44       | 3.72      |
| 19        | Madhya Pradesh                     | 2247.97    | 2377.14   | 2220.09    | 2295.66   | 2,056.81   | 2,582.10   | 2,041.49   | 1,268.40  |
| 20        | Maharashtra                        | 1790.69    | 1833.59   | 1938.87    | 1769.67   | 2,006.38   | 2,187.13   | 2,118.50   | 1,532.37  |
| 21        | Manipur                            | 174.98     | 189.49    | 207.19     | 95.59     | 192.47     | 61.40      | 192.17     | 97.20     |
| 22        | Meghalaya                          | 154.53     | 202.63    | 211.03     | 282.46    | 196.26     | 261.56     | 193.80     | 138.85    |
| 23        | Mizoram                            | 117.39     | 143.73    | 140.94     | 93.82     | 132.58     | 111.82     | 132.56     | 67.08     |
| 24        | Nagaland                           | 156.19     | 188.21    | 175.46     | 126.66    | 164.27     | 91.38      | 163.01     | 104.68    |
| 25        | Odisha                             | 1465.69    | 1617.63   | 1238.50    | 1263.07   | 1,163.82   | 1,284.69   | 1,158.18   | 949.15    |
| 26        | Puducherry                         | 30.72      | 25.55     | 36.58      | 21.33     | 36.49      | 20.73      | 36.07      | 16.61     |
| 27        | Punjab                             | 555.46     | 568.14    | 488.28     | 349.21    | 448.58     | 448.89     | 457.90     | 51.11     |
| 28        | Rajasthan                          | 2018.67    | 2000.58   | 2024.38    | 1924.95   | 1,867.04   | 1,460.80   | 1,953.03   | 1,320.91  |
| 29        | Sikkim                             | 62.09      | 70.13     | 71.50      | 51.86     | 67.47      | 73.30      | 66.33      | 28.56     |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                         | 1433.71    | 1522.71   | 1533.20    | 1631.91   | 1,373.29   | 1,652.24   | 1,432.42   | 1,098.42  |
| 31        | Tripura                            | 186.91     | 225.91    | 238.22     | 217.95    | 222.50     | 231.90     | 224.25     | 135.88    |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh                      | 3591.98    | 3772.95   | 4419.86    | 3235.46   | 4,130.21   | 5,133.59   | 4,250.72   | 2,478.98  |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                        | 563.05     | 583.25    | 629.00     | 553.47    | 491.17     | 505.01     | 483.17     | 320.22    |
| 34        | West Bengal                        | 1809.71    | 1895.01   | 1643.35    | 1654.26   | 1,439.37   | 1,252.32   | 1,510.89   | 752.80    |
| 35        | Telangana                          | 627.62     | 671.88    | 825.48     | 725.67    | 767.82     | 683.77     | 766.61     | 514.55    |
| 36        | Ladakh                             | 89.28      | 91.89     | 112.15     | 44.79     | 124.65     | 94.94      | 123.31     | 61.14     |

1. Allocation is as per original outlay/B.E.
2. The above releases relate to Central Govt. Grants & do not include State share contribution.