Lok Sabha Question No. 2090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: NHM in Urban Areas
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2090 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH JULY, 2016

## NHM IN URBAN AREAS

## 2090. SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the National Health Mission (NHM) in urban areas through its urban arm National Urban Health Mission (NUHM);
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of Urban Hea lth Centres established, State/ UT - wise including Jharkhand and Bihar; and
- (c) the criteria adopted to bring rickshaw pullers, vendors and labourers under NUHM?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE )

- (a) : Yes
- (b) : National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) was approved as a sub -mission of the National Health  Mission  (NHM)  by  the  Cabinet  on  1 st May,  2013  for  providing  equitable  and  quality primary health care services to the urban population particularly the slum dwellers an disadvantaged sections.

NUHM  covers  all  cities  and  towns with  more  than  50,000  populations  and  district headquarter s and State headquarters with more than 30,000 population. Smaller cities/ tow will continue to be covered under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

NUHM  envisages  setting  up  of  Urban  Primary  Health  Centre  (U - PHC)  per  50,000 population,  Urban  Communit y  Health  Centre  (U - CHC)  in  cities  with  more  than  five  lakh population and targeted interventions for slum areas such as Accredited Social Health Act (ASHAs) for every 1000 - 2500 population and Mahila Arogya Samiti (MAS) for every 250 - 500 population.  I t  also  provides  for  augmentation  of  Human  Resources  in  terms  of  medical, para - medical and program management staff.

A total of 53 and 81 Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHC) has been approved for th state of Jharkhand and Bihar respectively under NU HM. The State/UT - wise list of Urban Health Centres approved under NUHM is enclosed at Annexure.

- (c ): Through network of health facilities established under NUHM besides regular and spec outreach sessions, the healthcare needs of the slum and other marginalized population including rickshaw pullers, vendors, construction workers, labourers, rag pickers, etc. would be add

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## Annexure

## State-wise list of Urban Health Centres approved under NUHM

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Number of Urban Health Centres strengthened |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands          |                                             5 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh         |                                           212 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      |                                             3 |
| 4        | Assam                  |                                            45 |
| 5        | Bihar                  |                                            81 |
| 6        | Chandigarh             |                                             3 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh           |                                            36 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |                                             2 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu            |                                             0 |
| 10       | Delhi                  |                                           263 |
| 11       | Goa                    |                                             4 |
| 12       | Gujarat                |                                           309 |
| 13       | Haryana                |                                           146 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh       |                                             6 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir        |                                            49 |
| 16       | Jharkhand              |                                            53 |
| 17       | Karnataka              |                                           259 |
| 18       | Kerala                 |                                            76 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh         |                                           136 |
| 20       | Maharashtra            |                                           611 |
| 21       | Manipur                |                                             9 |
| 22       | Meghalaya              |                                            19 |
| 23       | Mizoram                |                                             8 |
| 24       | Nagaland               |                                             5 |
| 25       | Odisha                 |                                            55 |
| 26       | Puducherry             |                                             5 |
| 27       | Punjab                 |                                            93 |
| 28       | Rajasthan              |                                           245 |
| 29       | Sikkim                 |                                             1 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu             |                                           420 |
| 31       | Telangana              |                                           245 |
| 32       | Tripura                |                                             7 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh          |                                           558 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand            |                                            36 |
| 35       | West Bengal            |                                           320 |
|          | TOTAL                  |                                          4325 |