Lok Sabha Question No. 2304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-11
Subject: Patient Welfare Committees
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH MARCH, 2016

## PATIENT WELFARE COMM ITTEES

## 2304. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- (a) whether any patient welfare Committees are functioning in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise including Chhattisgarh; and
- (c) the efforts being made by th e Government for improving medical facilities in the rural areas

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a)& (b): The State/UT - wise information including Chhattisgarh of registered patient welfare Committees  orRogi  Kalyan  Samitis(RKS)  under  NHM    (as  on  September,2015)  is  at Annexure.

(c): The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in 2005 to provide accessible affordable  and  quality  healthcare,  especially  to  the  poor  and  vulnerable  sections f  the population, particularly in rural areas. Under the National Health Mission (NHM) which subsumes the NRHM as a Sub Mission, support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen th healthcare systems including for setting up new /upgrading of existin g public health facilities, untied  grants  to  Rogi  Kalyan  Samitis, health  human  resource  on  contractual basis,  drugs, equipment, diagnostics, Ambulances, Mobile Medical Units ,etc  based on requirements posed by the States in their Programme Implementation Pl ns.

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## Annexure

| Status of registered Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS) under NHM (as on Sept ember 2015)   | Status of registered Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS) under NHM (as on Sept ember 2015)   | Status of registered Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS) under NHM (as on Sept ember 2015)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.                                                                              | State                                                                              |                                                                                    |
| 1                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                              | 1925                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                       | 958                                                                                |
| 3                                                                                  | Himachal Pradesh                                                                   | 616                                                                                |
| 4                                                                                  | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                    | 724                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                  | Jharkhand                                                                          | 560                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh                                                                     | 1605                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                  | Orissa                                                                             | 1741                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                  | Rajasthan                                                                          | 2952                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh                                                                      | 1071                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                        | 330                                                                                |
| 11                                                                                 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                  | 185                                                                                |
| 12                                                                                 | Assam                                                                              | 1203                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                            | 110                                                                                |
| 14                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                          | 146                                                                                |
| 15                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                            | 76                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                           | 164                                                                                |
| 17                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                             | 30                                                                                 |
| 18                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                            | 128                                                                                |
| 19                                                                                 | Andhra Pradesh                                                                     | 1306                                                                               |
| 20                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                | 14                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                            | 1538                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                            | 509                                                                                |
| 23                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                          | 2639                                                                               |
| 24                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                             | 1204                                                                               |
| 25                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                        | 3099                                                                               |
| 26                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                             | 507                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                         | 2028                                                                               |
| 28                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                          | 831                                                                                |
| 29                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                        | 729                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                 | A&N Island                                                                         | 29                                                                                 |
| 31                                                                                 | Chandigarh                                                                         | 5                                                                                  |
| 32                                                                                 | D&N Haveli                                                                         | 2                                                                                  |
| 33                                                                                 | Daman & Diu                                                                        | 6                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                 | Delhi                                                                              | 36                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                        | 9                                                                                  |
| 36                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                         | 48                                                                                 |
| All India 29063                                                                    | All India 29063                                                                    | All India 29063                                                                    |

Source: MIS