(a) whether the Government has received any proposals from Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh for financial assistance for various health and family welfare projects and modernization of hospitals in the States;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by when these proposals are likely to be cleared?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE( SMT. PANABAKA LAKSHMI)
(a) Yes Sir. The following proposals have been received from the States of Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh: 1. Composite proposals for the second phase of the Reproductive and Child Health Programme (RCH II); 2. A proposal from Government of Uttar Pradesh for establishing facilities at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) with German assistance and another proposal for supply and implementation of medical equipment under the Indo French Financial Assistance Protocol and 3. The State Health Systems Development Project of Uttar Pradesh under the World Bank assistance. 4. A proposal from Chhattisgarh for strengthening First level Referral Units (FRUs) and initiating district level planning activities under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).
(b): The basic objective of the RCH II proposals from both the States is to improve the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in the respective States. The proposals of both the States include interventions on safe motherhood, new born care, immunization and nutritional supplementation, diarrhoea control, acute respiratory infections, adolescent health, medical termination of pregnancy services, reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, reducing the unmet need for contraception, urban health, behavioural change communications as well as for construction, upgradation and strengthening of sub-centres, Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres. 2. The proposal of SGPGIMS under the French Assistance Programme is for supply of medical equipment while the proposal under German Assistance is for a Trauma Centre, Oncology Centre, Centre for Maternal and Child Health, Centre for Organ Transplantation, Centre for Bio Medical Engineering and Tele Medicine at the SGPGIMS and 3. The State Health Systems Development Project of Uttar Pradesh aims to provide quality health care services to the people in the rural areas especially the poor and the underserved by improving referral mechanisms and through policy reform and institutional developments. 4. The proposal on NRHM from Chhattisgarh aims to strengthen delivery of Reproductive and Child Health services as well as District level planning.
(c): 1. The RCH II proposal of Uttar Pradesh has been approved for funding of Rs.257.50 crores while the Chhattisgarh proposal has been approved for funding of Rs.32.50 crores for 2005-06 subject to fulfillment of applicable norms and guidelines of the RCH II Programme; 2. The proposal for supply of implementation of medical equipment for SGPGIMS under Indo French Financial Assistance Protocol has been approved for a total of French Francs 480 Million while the proposal for establishing different centres under German assistance has not been taken up by the German side. 3. The State Health Systems Development Project with the World Bank has been approved for Rs.478.07 Crores. 4. The approved expenditure on the NRHM proposal of Chhattisgarh for Rs.18.26 Crores will be met through the RCH II Flexible Pool itself.