Lok Sabha Question No. 1037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-29
Subject: ASHA Workers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1037 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH APRIL, 2016

## ASHA WORKERS

## 1037. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

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

- (a) the details of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) functioning across the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any honorarium to be paid to the ASHA workers across the country; an d
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a): The State/UT - wise information on Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) selected under the National Rural Health Mission is at Annexure .
- (b): In  line  with  their  role  as  honorary  volunteers  under  the  Mission,  ASHAs  are  g performance based incentives and the Central Government has not fixed honorarium for ASHAs
- (c): Does not arise in v ew of (b) above.

| Number of ASHA sselected under NRHM   | Number of ASHA sselected under NRHM   | Number of ASHA sselected under NRHM   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sl.no.State                           |                                       | As on Sept 2015                       |
| 1                                     | Bihar                                 | 85272                                 |
| 2                                     | Chhatisgarh                           | 66713                                 |
| 3                                     | Himachal Pradesh                      | 24440                                 |
| 4                                     | Jammu & Kashmir                       | 11686                                 |
| 5                                     | Jharkhand                             | 40964                                 |
| 6                                     | Madhya Pradesh                        | 60400                                 |
| 7                                     | Orissa                                | 44583                                 |
| 8                                     | Rajasthan                             | 52173                                 |
| 9                                     | Uttar Pradesh                         | 139928                                |
| 10                                    | Uttarakhand                           | 11086                                 |
| 11                                    | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 3827                                  |
| 12                                    | Assam                                 | 30730                                 |
| 13                                    | Manipur                               | 3959                                  |
| 14                                    | Meghalaya                             | 6354                                  |
| 15                                    | Mizoram                               | 987                                   |
| 16                                    | Nagaland                              | 1887                                  |
| 17                                    | Sikkim                                | 666                                   |
| 18                                    | Tripura                               | 7590                                  |
| 19                                    | Andhra Pradesh                        | 42681                                 |
| 20                                    | Goa                                   | 0                                     |
| 21                                    | Gujarat                               | 35774                                 |
| 22                                    | Haryana                               | 17404                                 |
| 23                                    | Karnataka                             | 41497                                 |
| 24                                    | Kerala                                | 31829                                 |
| 25                                    | Maharashtra                           | 59118                                 |
| 26                                    | Punjab                                | 18593                                 |
| 27                                    | Tamil Nadu                            | 3905                                  |
| 28                                    | Telangana                             | 28439                                 |
| 29                                    | West Bengal                           | 51080                                 |
| 30                                    | A&N Island                            | 407                                   |
| 31                                    | Chandigarh                            | 50                                    |
| 32                                    | D&N Haveli                            | 241                                   |
| 33                                    | Daman & Diu                           | 78                                    |
| 34                                    | Delhi                                 | 6796                                  |
| 35                                    | Lakshadweep                           | 102                                   |
| 36                                    | Puducherry                            | 0                                     |
| All India                             |                                       | 931239                                |

Source : MIS report