Parliament Question: Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in Andhra Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION No. 4799 TOBE ANSWERED ON20TH MARCH, 2026 AYUSHMANAROGYAMANDIRSINANDHRAPRADESH

4799. SHRIDAGGUMALLAPRASADARAO:

Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:

(a) the amount of funds approved and released for establishing Ayushman Arogya Mandirs

(AAMs) under various schemes of the Government in the Country since their inception till date,State-wise and year-wise;

(b) the totalnumberof AAMs functionalin rural andurbanareasof Andhra Pradesh;

(c) whether the Government has conducted an audit of the infrastructural facilities available at such AAMs; and

(d) if so, the details of the States where such an audit was conducted along with the findings thereofandif not,the reasons therefor? ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (d): Through 1.84 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) including 11,871 in Andhra Pradesh, comprehensive primary healthcare is provided by strengthening Sub Health Centres (SHCs) and Primary Health Centres (PHCs). These AAMs provide preventive, promotive, rehabilitative and curative care for an expanded range of services encompassing reproductive and child healthcare services, Communicable diseases, Non-communicable diseases andotherhealthissues.

The State/UT wise State Program Implementation Plan (SPIP) Approval and Expenditure for Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) under National Health Mission (NHM) from F.Y. 2022- 23to2024-25 isgiveninAnnexure.

The Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) aims to support for infrastructure development for Sub-Health Centres, Urban AAMs, Support for Block Public Health Units, Integrated District Public Health Laboratories and Critical Care Hospital Blocks. Under PM-ABHIM, administrative approval for 696 Building-less SHC

(AAM) with an amount of Rs. 382.80 Cr., and 45 Urban AAM with an amount of Rs. 88.49 Cr.have beenaccordedto the Stateof Andhra Pradesh.

The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC-XV) has recommended grants through Local Governments for specific components of the health sectors. Under XV-FC Health Grants, administrative approval for the construction of 1558 Building less SHC(AAM) with an 1amount of Rs. 532.04 Cr. and establishment of 191 Urban AAM with an amount of Rs.

418.21Cr.have beenaccordedto the state of Andhra Pradesh.

The evaluation of the Ayushman Arogya Mandir (AAM) programme done by NITI Aayog highlights several encouraging outcomes, including significant improvements in infrastructure and increased community footfall because of wider access to Comprehensive Primary Health Care services—especially for Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) management, general Outpatient Department (OPD) care, free medicines and diagnostics.

The introduction of Community Health Officers (CHOs) has strengthened frontline service deliveryanddigital toolssuch ase-Sanjeevanihave expandedaccesstospecialist care. ***** 2Annexure State/UT-wiseSPIPApprovalsandExpenditureforAyushmanArogyaMandirsunderNationalHealth Mission(NHM)forFY2022-23toFY2024-25 Rs.InLakhs Sl. 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 N States SPIP Expendit SPIP Expenditur SPIP Expendit o. Approval ure Approval e Approval ure Andaman and 1 NicobarIslands 15.00 36.04 10.50 0.00 59.13 6.91 2 AndhraPradesh 4089.10 2568.08 3745.65 3762.47 7,912.25 7,154.33 3 ArunachalPradesh 1119.21 909.86 883.71 1015.61 5,641.73 1,012.74 4 Assam 23445.27 7768.40 18267.63 7772.03 7,807.13 5,090.39 5 Bihar 52749.20 37203.38 4026.16 8887.44 6,588.81 7,987.20 6 Chandigarh 124.82 4.85 124.82 74.55 177.82 94.58 7 Chhattisgarh 16633.63 14878.02 8478.83 5169.05 7,296.47 2,791.10 Dadra & Nagar 8 Haveli 8.59 1.41 15.23 0.00 27.44 26.43 Daman&Diu 9 Delhi 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.87 10 Goa 512.89 219.96 53.09 114.17 353.11 122.88 11 Gujarat 13178.54 6077.98 8252.56 6037.43 20,988.58 5,958.37 12 Haryana 11399.68 4334.53 5971.04 3902.30 10,529.50 4,786.87 13 HimachalPradesh 928.75 600.85 226.99 791.63 3,934.48 937.80 14 JammuandKashmir 3657.24 1738.18 3070.74 903.20 3,218.48 1,469.04 15 Jharkhand 25173.69 8680.99 11763.54 9831.75 10,572.72 8,402.34 16 Karnataka 42721.29 7548.67 13716.82 4961.44 2,970.04 4,460.33 17 Kerala 18111.82 4313.89 26520.10 2691.84 3,756.14 3,545.14 18 Lakshadweep 3.55 1.95 1.99 6.35 14.00 1.13 19 MadhyaPradesh 19073.02 18548.39 31381.22 21343.43 27,564.85 14,223.25 20 Maharashtra 36566.83 20794.73 13564.63 11836.06 21,122.26 3,082.61 21 Manipur 1114.70 269.20 1100.70 874.20 1,796.43 606.72 22 Meghalaya 2741.67 4370.76 717.12 2441.72 1,586.66 1,953.89 23 Mizoram 755.57 236.80 671.08 159.35 574.09 76.09 24 Nagaland 660.61 543.81 785.47 523.20 1,053.65 545.70 25 Odisha 15286.40 14159.00 13418.93 9688.04 15,178.49 8,879.13 26 Puducherry 269.75 192.22 258.95 126.85 242.48 131.81 27 Punjab 4613.92 452.19 1772.53 1772.53 3,207.89 1,076.51 28 Rajasthan 17212.36 2674.92 17212.36 1978.03 7,498.70 3,981.50 29 Sikkim 110.21 210.66 98.65 69.73 38.69 24.14 30 TamilNadu 8096.81 8153.80 4339.34 1098.50 163.70 137.89 31 Telangana 5202.87 907.86 5853.78 1510.43 3,454.81 1,265.06 32 Tripura 4421.36 1389.15 671.46 1079.68 639.65 447.88

178616.6 33 UttarPradesh 74968.69 36473.83 2 37873.82 107,535.86 20,668.89 34 Uttarakhand 7214.59 2096.87 2143.06 1986.99 4,523.07 2,048.07 35 WestBengal 20608.22 14404.86 12605.01 8487.25 16,173.90 7,502.92 36 Ladakh 1870.85 587.07 633.80 293.06 912.02 557.41

Note:

1. SPIP Approval and Expenditure is as per the available Financial Management Reports submitted by State/UTsandareprovisional.

2.Expenditure includesexpenditure againstCentral Release,State release&unspentbalancesatthebeginning oftheyear.

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