THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a)&(b) Yes, Sir. States are provided with funds for taking up IEC activities. Two specific programmes for involving the
community at village level for promoting health & family welfare are :-
i.Mahila Swasthya Sanghs at village level have been constituted in 79, 512 villages for creation of awareness about the
reproductive & child health and family welfare issues through interpersonal interaction.
ii.Zila Saksharta Samities in 227 districts have been provided funds to take up IEC activities on various issues in their
districts through folk media, workshops and group meetings.
Apart from this, the services of DAVP, Song & Drama Division and Directorate of Field Publicity of Ministry of Information
and Broadcasting are utilised to carry out grass-root level publicity in rural and far flung areas through various activities including
exhibitions, film shows, cultural shows and folk programmes. Health providers themselves are also trained in counseling and
advocacy. Further, health and family welfare messages are regularly telecast/broadcast through Doordarshan and All India
Radio. Local channels of television and radio in the States are also being used for promoting health awareness.
(c) Statements showing State-wise and scheme-wise allocation during the Ninth Plan Period for various programmes of Health
& Family Welfare are annexed.
(d)&(e) Yes, Sir. During the Ninth Plan Period the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has given a large degree of autonomy
to the NGOs. The NGOs are mainly engaged in advocacy and awareness generation on various programmes. At present 105
Mother NGOs are taking up these activities through field NGOs in 437 districts. Apart from this, 680 NGOs are involved in
providing targeted interventions Tele-counseling & running community care centres all over the country under the AIDS Control
Programme Increasingly, the need has emerged for NGOs to diversify in to service delivery, especially in areas where the
Government systems are either inadequate.
(ANNEXURE TO LOK SABHA QUESTIONS NO. 6298 FOR 08.05.2002
State Wise Allocation of Funds under Family Welfare Programme during the Ninth Plan Period:
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Sl.No. Name of State/UT Total Ninth Plan In Cash In Kind Total
(1) (2) (15) (16) (17)
1 Andhra Pradesh 71726.84 15160.17 86887.01
2 Arunachal Pradesh 1197.17 560.14 1757.31
3 Assam 29802.27 7040.76 36843.03
4 Bihar 69128.21 22537.95 91666.16
5 Goa 1139.19 373.96 1513.15
6 Gujarat 50197.69 12953.24 63150.93
7 Haryana 16486.52 5338.52 21825.04
8 Himachal Pradesh 10216.81 1902.39 12119.20
9 Jammu & Kashmir 9316.28 2255.02 11571.30
10 Karnataka 57441.54 10575.64 68017.18
11 Kerala 40251.45 6300.00 46551.45
12 Madhya Pradesh 45772.56 22410.71 68183.27
13 Maharashtra 66931.02 18851.71 85782.73
14 Manipur 4386.29 720.26 5106.55
15 Meghalaya 2853.03 731.75 3584.78
16 Mizoram 2079.37 369.07 2448.44
17 Nagaland 1957.89 493.32 2451.21
18 Orissa 29250.45 8521.42 37771.87
19 Punjab 14382.22 6078.34 20460.56
20 Rajasthan 57261.03 15767.68 73028.71
21 Sikkim 2394.69 268.19 2662.88
22 Tamil Nadu 74668.59 10379.10 85047.69
23 Tripura 6158.44 963.19 7121.63
24 Uttar Pradesh 129329.60 48587.92 177917.52
25 West Bengal 52925.65 15262.62 68188.27
26 Chhatisgarh 3661.06 1432.44 5093.50
27 Jharkhand 5578.31 1392.54 6970.85
28 Uttranchal 2615.07 1163.12 3778.19 Total (States) 859109.24 238391.17 1097500.41
UTs with Legislature
1 Pondicherry 1300.19 213.71 1513.90
2 Delhi 6410.81 2946.08 9356.89 Total (UTs) 7711.00 3159.79 10870.79 GRAND TOTAL 866820.24 241550.96 1108371.20
STATEMENT SHOWING SCHEME-WISE NINTH PLAN ALLOCATION FOR HEALTH PROGRAMME
(Rupees in Crores)
S.No Name of Scheme 9th Plan allocation
1. a)National Anti Malaria Programme 1000.00 b) National Dengue Control Programme 35.00
2. National Leprosy Eradication Programme 301.00
3. National Tuberculosis Control Programme 450.00
4. National Programme for Control of Blindness 448.00
5. National Guinea-worm Eradication Programme 2.00
6. National AIDS Control Programme 760.00
7 Strengthening of Drug Control and Food Standard Administration in the States: Setting up of District Food Inspection Units in the States/Uts. 5.00
8. Control/Containment of Non-communicable Diseases:-
National Cancer Control Programme 190.00
9. National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme 18.00
10 National Mental Health Programme 28.00
11 Assistance to Voluntary organisation: Improvement of Medical Services 10.00
12 Training/Development of Nursing Services: Strengthening/adding seats to existing schools of Nursing 4.50
13 Environmental Health and Risk Assessment 6.00
14 National Programme for Control & Treatment of Occupational Diseases 25.00
15 Assistance to States for Capacity Building 60.00
