Status of Primary Health Centres in India
New Delhi: Through a written response, the Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey last week informed Rajya Sabha about the Primary Health Centres (PHC) being transferred under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.
The ministry informed about the Government has approved and brought out the National Health Policy, 2017, which aims at attainment of the highest possible level of good health and well-being, through a preventive and promotive health care orientation in all developmental policies, and universal access to good quality healthcare services without anyone having to face financial hardship as a consequence.
Statements showing State-wise healthcare infrastructure (Sub-Centres, PHCs and CHCs) and Human Resources of health (Government) in rural area are given below:
Statement showing State-wise healthcare infrastructure in Rural Areas
(Sub Centre, PHCs and CHCs in rural areas (As on 31st March 2017)
S. No | States | Sub centre | PHCs | CHCs |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 7458 | 1147 | 193 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 312 | 143 | 63 |
3 | Assam | 4621 | 1014 | 158 |
4 | Bihar | 9949 | 1899 | 150 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 5186 | 785 | 169 |
6 | Goa | 214 | 24 | 4 |
7 | Gujarat | 9082 | 1392 | 363 |
8 | Haryana | 2589 | 366 | 112 |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 2083 | 538 | 89 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 2967 | 637 | 84 |
11 | Jharkhand | 3848 | 297 | 188 |
12 | Karnataka | 9381 | 2359 | 206 |
13 | Kerala | 5380 | 849 | 232 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 9192 | 1171 | 309 |
15 | Maharashtra | 10580 | 1814 | 360 |
16 | Manipur | 421 | 85 | 17 |
17 | Meghalaya | 436 | 109 | 27 |
18 | Mizoram | 370 | 57 | 9 |
19 | Nagaland | 396 | 126 | 21 |
20 | Odisha | 6688 | 1280 | 370 |
21 | Punjab | 2950 | 432 | 151 |
22 | Rajasthan | 14406 | 2079 | 579 |
23 | Sikkim | 147 | 24 | 2 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 8712 | 1362 | 385 |
25 | Telangana | 4797 | 689 | 114 |
26 | Tripura | 987 | 93 | 21 |
27 | Uttarakhand | 1847 | 257 | 60 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 20521 | 3621 | 822 |
29 | West Bengal | 10369 | 914 | 349 |
30 | A & N Islands | 123 | 22 | 4 |
31 | Chandigarh | 17 | 3 | 2 |
32 | D &N Haveli | 71 | 9 | 2 |
33 | Daman & Diu | 26 | 4 | 2 |
34 | Delhi | 10 | 5 | 0 |
35 | Lakshadweep | 14 | 4 | 3 |
36 | Puducherry | 81 | 40 | 4 |
All India | 156231 | 25650 | 5624 |
Statement showing State-wise Health Human Resources (Government) in the rural area
(As on 31st March 2017)
S. No | States | No. of Doctors at PHC | Total Specialists at CHC | Health Assistants at PHCs | Health Workers at SCs | Nursing Staff At PHCs, CHCs | ||
Male | Female | Male | Female/ANM | |||||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1644 | 348 | 0 | 1143 | 2964 | 12073 | 3541 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 122 | 4 | 81 | 6 | 92 | 323 | 498 |
3 | Assam | 1048 | 139 | 106 | 308 | 2783 | 7545 | 2793 |
4 | Bihar | 1786 | 82 | 212 | 95 | 1244 | 20151 | 1142 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 341 | 59 | 425 | 640 | 3856 | 5913 | 1918 |
6 | Goa | 56 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 86 | 186 | 129 |
7 | Gujarat | 1229 | 92 | 933 | 1218 | 7888 | 8859 | 3529 |
8 | Haryana | 429 | 16 | 153 | 273 | 1217 | 4360 | 1675 |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 492 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 829 | 1686 | 542 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 704 | 191 | 26 | 99 | 672 | 4225 | 1480 |
11 | Jharkhand | 331 | 75 | 33 | 16 | 1654 | 7489 | 1136 |
12 | Karnataka | 2136 | 498 | 3252 | 1089 | 3252 | 7152 | 3339 |
13 | Kerala | 1169 | 40 | 2186 | 13 | 3401 | 4590 | 3969 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 954 | 180 | 543 | 963 | 3707 | 9860 | 3211 |
15 | Maharashtra | 2929 | 508 | 1620 | 1801 | 4570 | 10613 | 2519 |
16 | Manipur | 194 | 3 | 65 | 59 | 374 | 750 | 397 |
17 | Meghalaya | 112 | 13 | 83 | 72 | 192 | 790 | 610 |
18 | Mizoram | 56 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 366 | 622 | 212 |
19 | Nagaland | 122 | 8 | 53 | 24 | NA | 702 | 387 |
20 | Odisha | 940 | 318 | 0 | 559 | 3617 | 7169 | 1817 |
21 | Punjab | 568 | 203 | 268 | 502 | 1424 | 4674 | 2019 |
22 | Rajasthan | 2382 | 497 | 34 | 1106 | 1159 | 14271 | 9311 |
23 | Sikkim | 30 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 86 | 127 | 33 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 2759 | 78 | 1036 | 991 | 2109 | 6835 | 7487 |
25 | Telangana | 966 | 125 | 0 | 7848 | 1904 | ||
26 | Tripura | 156 | 0 | 23 | 582 | 597 | ||
27 | Uttarakhand | 215 | 41 | 13 | 155 | 67 | 944 | 1769 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 2209 | 484 | 954 | 1916 | 3835 | 33 | 735 |
29 | West Bengal | 918 | 117 | 73 | 157 | 2174 | 18253 | 9248 |
30 | A & N Islands | 34 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 45 | 241 | 193 |
31 | Chandigarh | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 80 |
32 | D &N Haveli | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 90 | 45 |
33 | Daman & Diu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 43 | 16 |
34 | Delhi | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
35 | Lakshadweep | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 28 | 54 |
36 | Puducherry | 46 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 109 | 139 |
All India | 27124 | 4156 | 12288 | 14267 | 56263 | 198356 | 70738 |
As per Health Management Information System (HMIS), 446 Primary Health Centres have been categorized as Public Private Partnership in various States.
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