Status of Primary Health Centres in India

Written by Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2018-08-15T09:00:58+05:30 | Updated On 15 Aug 2018 9:00 AM IST

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
S. No	States	No. of Doctors at PHC	Total Specialists at CHC	Male	Female	Male	Female/ANM	Nursing Staff At PHCs, CHCs
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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