Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
azadi ka amrit mahotsav

Health Melas Under National Health Mission

Posted On: 01 APR 2022 5:20PM by PIB Delhi

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) proposes to organize ‘Block-Level Health Melas’ between 18th and 22nd April 2022 as part of the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Block Level Health Mela is proposed to be organized in all the blocks of every district across the country and it will be held for one day. Essential drugs and diagnostic services shall be provided free of cost at the health Mela and support of Rs One Lakh will be provided for each mela and funds for Health Melas are provisioned in the NHM after seeking proposal from the States/UTs in their PIPs/SPIPs as per NHM norms.

 

These block-level Health Melas are to be organized as a concerted action of various departments like State Health Authority, Department of Food, Department of Youth Affairs & Sports, Department of AYUSH, Department of School Education, Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Culture, Department of Information and Broadcasting, Department of Panchayati Raj Institution & Urban Development, any other Departments as per context and local need.

 

During F.Y. 2018-19, funds were released to States/UTs including state of Rajasthan for organizing Health Melas based on their proposals received & are given at Annexure I. Further, details of funds utilized during the last three years as reported by the States/UTs is at Annexure- II.

 

 

 

Annexure-I

Statement showing State/UT wise Central Release of funds for Health Mela under NHM for the F.Y. 2018-19

(Rs. In Lakh)

Sl. No.

State/UT

2018-19

1

Andhra Pradesh

172

2

Arunachal Pradesh

30

3

Assam

149

4

Bihar

265

5

Delhi

43

6

Goa

20

7

Gujarat

179

8

Haryana

73

9

Himachal Pradesh

46

10

Jammu & Kashmir

66

11

Jharkhand

93

12

Karnataka

192

13

Kerala

146

14

Maharashtra

331

15

Manipur

40

16

Meghalaya

30

17

Nagaland

2

18

Odisha

152

19

Puducherry

8

20

Punjab

93

21

Tamil Nadu

271

22

Tripura

30

23

Uttar Pradesh

536

24

Uttarakhand

53

25

West Bengal

291

Note:

   

1. The above releases relate to Central Govt. Grants & do not include State share contribution.

 

       

 

Annexure-II

Statement showing State/UT wise Expenditure on Targeting Naturally Occurring Gathering of People/Health Mela under NHM for the FY 2018-19 to 2020-21

Rs. In lakh

S. No.

State/UT

 2018-19

 2019-20

 2020-21

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

2

Andhra Pradesh

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

3

Arunachal Pradesh

            11.66

                      -  

                 1.80

4

Assam

          163.97

                44.76

               63.04

5

Bihar

            75.46

                16.86

                 6.15

6

Chandigarh

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

7

Chhattisgarh

              9.86

                  1.49

                 1.51

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

              1.99

                  0.33

                     -  

9

Delhi

            15.46

                      -  

                     -  

10

Goa

              0.06

                  0.42

                 0.63

11

Gujarat

          199.36

              139.66

               78.95

12

Haryana

            11.24

                  6.36

                 3.73

13

Himachal Pradesh

          229.16

              100.34

               56.71

14

Jammu & Kashmir

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

15

Jharkhand

            29.97

                22.91

               12.92

16

Karnataka

                 -  

                20.56

                     -  

17

Kerala

              7.37

                  6.12

                 5.24

18

Ladakh

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

19

Lakshadweep

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

20

Madhya Pradesh

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

21

Maharashtra

          259.51

                  3.12

                 7.05

22

Manipur

              0.20

                  0.75

                     -  

23

Meghalaya

            13.20

                10.12

                 3.44

24

Mizoram

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

25

Nagaland

              7.50

                10.00

                     -  

26

Odisha

              0.76

                23.32

               25.93

27

Puducherry

                 -  

                  7.75

                     -  

28

Punjab

            26.20

                39.37

               20.50

29

Rajasthan

            48.30

                      -  

               15.33

30

Sikkim

              0.95

                  1.56

                     -  

31

Tamil Nadu

                 -  

                      -  

                 5.52

32

Telangana

                 -  

                      -  

                     -  

33

Tripura

              4.33

                14.25

                 6.34

34

Uttar Pradesh

            38.65

              340.46

             217.64

35

Uttarakhand

                 -  

                      -  

                 0.61

36

West Bengal

              0.06

                  0.21

               71.63

Note: 

 

     

1.  Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of  the year.

2. The above figures are as per Financial Management Report (FMR) reported by the States/UTs.

 

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharti Pravin Pawar stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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