The
total number of Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM) under National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) in the country, as per Rural Health Statistics (RHS) 2014, is given
below:-
Health Worker (Female)/ANM at Sub-Centers
& PHCs
|
Sl. No.
|
State/UT
|
In Position
|
|
[P]
|
|
1
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
20920
|
|
2
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
348
|
|
3
|
Assam
|
9220
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
18630
|
|
5
|
Chhattisgarh
|
5666
|
|
6
|
Goa
|
150
|
|
7
|
Gujarat
|
6938
|
|
8
|
Haryana
|
4540
|
|
9
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
2002
|
|
10
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
4654
|
|
11
|
Jharkhand
|
6678
|
|
12
|
Karnataka
|
12144
|
|
13
|
Kerala
|
7950
|
|
14
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
12580
|
|
15
|
Maharashtra
|
18594
|
|
16
|
Manipur
|
966
|
|
17
|
Meghalaya
|
892
|
|
18
|
Mizoram
|
666
|
|
19
|
Nagaland
|
928
|
|
20
|
Odisha
|
8153
|
|
21
|
Punjab
|
4342
|
|
22
|
Rajasthan
|
16258
|
|
23
|
Sikkim
|
272
|
|
24
|
Tamil Nadu
|
9096
|
|
25
|
Tripura
|
661
|
|
26
|
Uttarakhand
|
1828
|
|
27
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
23731
|
|
28
|
West Bengal
|
18301
|
|
29
|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
|
199
|
|
30
|
Chandigarh
|
25
|
|
31
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
88
|
|
32
|
Daman & Diu
|
39
|
|
33
|
Delhi
|
40
|
|
34
|
Lakshadweep
|
48
|
|
35
|
Pondicherry
|
233
|
|
|
All India
|
217780
|
Source: Data from Rural Health
Statistics 2014 Bulletin (as on 31st March 2014)
Public health
being a state subject, all the administrative and personnel matters, including
that of appointments of ANMs on temporary/contractual basis under NRHM fall
within the purview of respective State/UT Governments. Data regarding
salary/allowances paid to ANMs is not maintained centrally.
Demands to
regularize contractual employees including contractual ANMs appointed under the
NRHM have been made in many states. The support under NRHM (except for the
regular staff supported under Infrastructure Maintenance, scheme which predates
NRHM) is for contractual staff only because the NRHM was initially approved
only up to March 2012. It has subsequently been extended for a period till
March 2017 only.
The Health
Minister, Shri J P Nadda stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here
today.
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