Statistics of healthcare services in rural India

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 states and union territories 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 March 31, 2019 — brought out by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare based on the information provided by states and 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 (CHCs) and across India are given in this report.

Shortfall of Human Resources at Sub-Centres (SCs) (Rural) (as on March 31, 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	58,473

*: There is a Surplus of ANM / Health Worker (Female)some of States/UTs

Shortfall of Human Resources at Primary Health Centres (PHCs) (Rural & Urban) (as on March 31, 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 states/UTs.

Shortfall of Human Resources at Community Health Centres (CHCs) (Rural & Urban) (as on March 31, 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 surplus of specialists, GDMO, radiographers, pharmacists, lab technicians and nursing staff in some of states and UTs.

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.

(All these information is based on a reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday by Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India)

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