**Executive Summary**
As of December 31, 2025, India has certified 50,373 public health facilities under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS), established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The NQAS journey, which began in 2015, reflects an exponential scale-up within one year. The Government of India aims to achieve NQAS certification for at least 50% of public healthcare facilities by March 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **NQAS Certification Milestone:**
* 50,373 public health facilities certified under NQAS as of December 31, 2025.
* Includes 48,663 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs and 1,710 secondary care facilities.
* **NQAS Journey and Expansion:**
* Began in 2015 with initial focus on District Hospitals.
* Systematically expanded to Sub-District Hospitals, Community Health Centres, and Ayushman Arogya Mandirs.
* Virtual Assessments accelerated quality coverage.
* **Government Initiatives:**
* Guided by the National Health Policy 2017, emphasizing quality, affordable healthcare.
* Adoption of multi-pronged acceleration strategies, including capacity building, digital innovations and continuous quality improvement mechanisms.
* **Future Goals:**
* Aim to achieve NQAS certification for at least 50% of public healthcare facilities by March 2026.
**Impact Analysis**
**Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)**
* **Impact**: Further expansion of the NQAS certification process across the country.
* **Action Required**: Sustain and further expand NQAS certification, ensuring quality becomes an intrinsic and enduring attribute of public healthcare delivery across the country.
**Public Healthcare Facilities**
* **Impact**: Required to meet NQAS standards to achieve certification, improving service quality and patient care.
* **Action Required**: Work towards achieving NQAS certification, with an interim goal of at least 50% of facilities certified by March 2026.
**Citizens (especially poor, vulnerable, and marginalized populations)**
* **Impact**: Improved access to high-quality, safe, and patient-centered public healthcare.
* **Action Required**: None specified.
Key Entities Referenced
National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS): A comprehensive quality framework for public health facilities.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW): The ministry that established the NQAS framework.
Universal Health Coverage (UHC): The overarching goal to which NQAS contributes.
National Health Policy 2017: Policy guiding India's pursuit of UHC.
Ayushman Arogya Mandirs: Public health facilities included in NQAS certification.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India crosses a historic milestone 50,000 NQAS
Certifications: A Quantum Leap in Quality in
Public Healthcare
प्रव तथ: 07 JAN 2026 4:03PM by PIB Delhi
The Government of India has achieved a landmark milestone in its journey to strengthen the quality of
public healthcare services. As of 31st December 2025, a total of 50,373 public health facilities across all
States and Union Territories have been certified under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS)
– a comprehensive quality framework established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW).
This achievement marks a proud moment for India’s public health system as the nation crosses the 50,000
mark for NQAS certifications, reinforcing the Government’s unwavering commitment to quality, safety,
and patient-centred care. It represents a significant step forward in ensuring equitable access to high-
quality healthcare for all citizens, particularly the poor, vulnerable, and marginalised populations.
The NQAS journey began in 2015 with just 10 certified healthcare facilities, initially focusing on District
Hospitals to ensure safe, patient-centric, and quality-assured services. Over time, the framework was
systematically expanded to Sub-District Hospitals, Community Health Centres, Ayushman Arogya
Mandir–PHCs, AAM–UPHCs, and AAM–Sub Health Centres, enabling quality assurance across all levels
of public healthcare. The introduction of Virtual Assessments for NQAS certification has rapidly expanded
quality coverage across India’s public health system. Certified facilities increased from 6,506 in December
2023 to 22,786 in December 2024, and further to 50,373 by December 2025—reflecting an exponential
scale-up within one year. This includes 48,663 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (SHC, PHC, UPHC) and 1,710
secondary care facilities (CHC, SDH, DH), underscoring the institutionalisation of quality across all levels
of public healthcare.
India’s pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC), guided by the National Health Policy 2017,
emphasises the provision of quality, affordable healthcare without financial hardship. The rapid scale-
up of NQAS reflects the adoption of multi-pronged acceleration strategies, including continuous
capacity building, digital innovations, substantial increase in pool of assessors, and continuous quality
improvement mechanisms.
Crossing 50,000 NQAS certification is a testament to India’s collective resolve to build a resilient, self-
reliant, and high-quality public health system. This achievement embodies the spirit of Aatmanirbhar
Bharat and the guiding principles of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayaas”,
reaffirming that quality healthcare is central to India’s development.
The Government of India remains committed to sustaining and further expanding NQAS certification,
ensuring that quality becomes an intrinsic and enduring attribute of public healthcare delivery across the
country. In this direction, the nation has set an interim goal of achieving NQAS certification for at least
50% of public healthcare facilities by March 2026, further reinforcing its resolve to institutionalise quality,
safety, and patient-centred care at scale.***
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