PIB News Update: Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey has informed that Public health being a State subject, all the administrative and personnel matters, including that of recruitment of specialist doctors in public health facilities lie with the respective State Governments. The shortage of health human resource in public health facilities varies from State to State depending upon their policies and context. However, under National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical supports are provided to the State/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including support for recruitment of health human resource (Specialists Doctors and other health workers), based on the requirements posed by them in their Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) within their overall resource envelope.
As per Rural Health Statistics 2018-19 (as on 31st March 2019)brought out by this Ministry based on the information provided by State/UTs,the State/UT wise number of shortfall of physicians (Specialists, Doctors and General Duty Medical Officers), nurses and other health workers at Sub-Centres (SCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres and across India are given respectively:
Shortfall of Human Resources at Sub-Centres (SCs) (Rural)(as on 31st March 2019)
S. No. | State/ UTs | ANM/Health Worker (Female)&
Health Worker (Male) |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 107 |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 108 |
3 | Assam | * |
4 | Bihar | * |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 563 |
6 | Goa | 166 |
7 | Gujarat | 1761 |
8 | Haryana | * |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 1856 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 824 |
11 | Jharkhand | 389 |
12 | Karnataka | 8038 |
13 | Kerala | 2382 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 5871 |
15 | Maharashtra | * |
16 | Manipur | * |
17 | Meghalaya | * |
18 | Mizoram | * |
19 | Nagaland | 62 |
20 | Odisha | 1988 |
21 | Punjab | 247 |
22 | Rajasthan | 13848 |
23 | Sikkim | 105 |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 6499 |
25 | Telangana | 193 |
26 | Tripura | 730 |
27 | Uttarakhand | 1910 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 10749 |
29 | West Bengal | * |
30 | A& N Islands | * |
31 | Chandigarh | 0 |
32 | D & N Haveli | * |
33 | Daman & Diu | * |
34 | Delhi | 10 |
35 | Lakshadweep | * |
36 | Puducherry | 67 |
All India/ Total | 58473 |
*: There is a Surplus of ANM / Health Worker (Female)some of States/UTs
Note: 1. All India figures for Shortfall are the totals of State/UT-wise Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs
Shortfall of Human Resources at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) (Rural & Urban)
(as on 31st March 2019)
S. No. | State/ UTs | ANM/HW (F) | Doctors | Pharmacists | Lab Technicians | Nursing Staffs |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 2214 | * | 524 | 746 | * |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | * | 26 | 89 | 93 | * |
3 | Assam | * | * | * | * | * |
4 | Bihar | * | * | 1610 | 1541 | 543 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | * | 454 | 114 | 313 | * |
6 | Goa | * | * | * | 1 | * |
7 | Gujarat | 582 | * | 75 | 188 | * |
8 | Haryana | * | * | 122 | 242 | * |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 494 | 98 | 376 | 563 | 381 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 213 | * | * | 84 | * |
11 | Jharkhand | * | * | 244 | 239 | 205 |
12 | Karnataka | 1740 | 70 | 413 | 909 | * |
13 | Kerala | * | * | * | 483 | * |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 346 | 164 | 360 | 854 | 584 |
15 | Maharashtra | * | * | 619 | 1101 | 800 |
16 | Manipur | * | * | * | 44 | * |
17 | Meghalaya | * | * | * | * | * |
18 | Mizoram | 67 | * | 11 | * | * |
19 | Nagaland | * | * | 32 | 55 | * |
20 | Odisha | 470 | 453 | 95 | 1229 | 777 |
21 | Punjab | 183 | * | * | 66 | * |
22 | Rajasthan | 608 | 287 | 1596 | 961 | * |
23 | Sikkim | * | * | 16 | 0 | * |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 306 | * | 581 | 1235 | * |
25 | Telangana | 1134 | * | 323 | 293 | * |
26 | Tripura | * | * | * | 16 | * |
27 | Uttarakhand | 122 | * | 57 | 242 | 196 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 403 | 380 | 1599 | 3172 | 3560 |
29 | West Bengal | 2797 | * | 123 | 850 | * |
30 | A& N Islands | * | * | * | 12 | * |
31 | Chandigarh | 115 | 0 | * | 32 | 34 |
32 | D & N Haveli | * | * | * | * | * |
33 | Daman & Diu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * |
34 | Delhi | 1025 | * | * | 298 | 489 |
35 | Lakshadweep | * | * | * | * | * |
36 | Puducherry | * | * | * | 13 | * |
All India/Total | 12823 | 1933 | 8979 | 15875 | 7569 |
*: There are a Surplus of ANM/HW, Doctors, Pharmacists, Lab Technicians and Nursing Staffs in some of State/UTs.
Note: 1. All India figures for Shortfall are the totals of State/UT-wise Shortfall ignoring surplus in some States / UTs
Shortfall of Human Resources at Community Health Centres (CHCs) (Rural & Urban)
(as on 31st March 2019)
S. No. | State/ UTs | Specialists | GDMO | Radiogra-phers | Pharmacists | Lab Technicians | Nursing Staff |
1 | Andhra Pradesh | 403 | 62 | 127 | 36 | 64 | * |
2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 248 | 11 | 46 | 17 | 0 | * |
3 | Assam | 571 | * | 88 | * | * | 22 |
4 | Bihar | 518 | * | 149 | 98 | * | 716 |
5 | Chhattisgarh | 635 | * | 13 | * | * | * |
6 | Goa | 15 | 0 | * | * | * | * |
7 | Gujarat | 1351 | * | 184 | 52 | 21 | 46 |
8 | Haryana | 491 | * | 71 | * | * | * |
9 | Himachal Pradesh | 371 | * | 67 | 15 | 57 | 432 |
10 | Jammu & Kashmir | 94 | * | * | * | * | * |
11 | Jharkhand | 640 | * | 118 | * | * | 106 |
12 | Karnataka | 343 | 196 | 40 | * | 24 | 339 |
13 | Kerala | 876 | * | 229 | * | 211 | 233 |
14 | Madhya Pradesh | 1191 | 31 | 96 | * | * | * |
15 | Maharashtra | 778 | 175 | 243 | * | * | * |
16 | Manipur | 89 | * | * | * | * | * |
17 | Meghalaya | 108 | * | 10 | * | * | * |
18 | Mizoram | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | * | 12 |
19 | Nagaland | 76 | 9 | 18 | * | * | * |
20 | Odisha | 1258 | * | 317 | * | * | 552 |
21 | Punjab | 486 | * | * | * | * | * |
22 | Rajasthan | 1885 | * | 229 | 87 | 87 | * |
23 | Sikkim | 8 | 0 | * | 0 | * | * |
24 | Tamil Nadu | 1407 | * | 308 | * | * | 713 |
25 | Telangana | 70 | * | 41 | 21 | 28 | * |
26 | Tripura | 86 | * | 10 | * | * | * |
27 | Uttarakhand | 241 | * | 62 | * | 19 | 201 |
28 | Uttar Pradesh | 2280 | 604 | 609 | * | 116 | * |
29 | West Bengal | 1269 | * | 183 | * | * | * |
30 | A& N Islands | 16 | 8 | 4 | * | * | * |
31 | Chandigarh | * | * | * | * | * | * |
32 | D & N Haveli | 8 | 0 | 0 | * | * | * |
33 | Daman & Diu | 3 | * | * | * | * | * |
34 | Delhi | * | * | * | 0 | * | * |
35 | Lakshadweep | 12 | * | * | * | * | * |
36 | Puducherry | 13 | * | 0 | * | * | * |
All India/ Total | 17876 | 1099 | 3266 | 327 | 627 | 3372 |
*: There are a Surplus of Specialists, GDMO, Radiographers, Pharmacists, Lab Technicians and Nursing Staff in some of State/UTs.
Note: 1. All India figures for Shortfall are the totals of State/UT-wise Shortfall ignoring surplus in some State/UTs
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