**Executive Summary**
This document responds to questions raised by MS. S Jothimani regarding the operational status, vacancies, monitoring mechanisms, and reporting practices of health facilities, specifically Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), SubHealth Centres (SHCs) and Ayushman Arogya Mandir centres in India. The response highlights the availability of relevant data online and the launch of a new dashboard to enhance monitoring and compliance with public health standards. The response was prepared by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and was to be answered on 12.12.2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Data Availability:**
* Details of health facilities, resources, doctors, specialists, nurses, healthcare staff, and vacancies are available for all States/UTs, including Tamil Nadu, on the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare website.
* This information can be accessed through the Health Dynamics of India (HDI) 2022-23 report link.
* **Monitoring and Compliance:**
* The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched an open-source toolkit and dashboard under Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS).
* The IPHS Dashboard is designed to monitor public health facilities' compliance with the IPHS 2022 standards.
* The dashboard helps states identify gaps and receive targeted support to meet the standards.
* The HMIS portal enables real-time report generation at State, District and below levels.
* **HMIS Reporting**
* The HMIS portal enables real-time report generation at State, District and below levels.
**Impact Analysis**
**States/UTs**
* **Impact:** States/UTs gain access to a dashboard and toolkit that allow them to monitor public health facilities' compliance with IPHS 2022 standards. This supports their ability to identify gaps in resources and receive targeted support. The HMIS portal enables real-time report generation at State, District and below levels.
* **Action Required:** States/UTs are encouraged to utilize the IPHS Dashboard and HMIS portal to monitor compliance, identify resource gaps, and generate district-level reports from HMIS to analyse key performance indicators of CHCs and PHCs.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare: The central government ministry responsible for health policies and programs in India. The answer refers to data available on its website.
Health Information Management System (HMIS): A system used to collect and analyze health data from various health facilities in India.
Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS): Standards for public health facilities in India. An IPHS dashboard is launched to monitor compliance.
Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), SubHealth Centres (SHCs), and Ayushman Arogya Mandir: Types of health facilities in India.
Tamil Nadu: A state in India used as an example when asking for data on health facilities.
GOVERNMENTOFINDIA
MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2138
TO BE ANSWERED ON12.12.2025
OPERATIONALPHCs, CHCs, SHCsAND AAMs
2138. MS.SJOTHIMANI:
Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:
(a) the number of Primary Health Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs),
SubHealth Centres (SHCs) and Ayushman Arogya Mandir centres operational in the country
till date,State-wise, includingKarur district of Tamil Nadu;
(b) the numberof vacancies in healthcare professional posts across the centres in the country,
State-wise;
(c) whether the Government has any monitoring mechanism to determine the shortage of
medical equipment in Ayushman Arogya Mandir centres in the country, if so, the details
thereof; and
(d) whether it is a fact that the Health Information Management System (HMIS) has not
published anyreports analysing key performance indicators of CHCs andPHCs at the district
levelsince 2019-20, if so, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND
FAMILYWELFARE
(SHRIPRATAPRAO JADHAV)
(a)to(d): The details of health facilities functioning in rural and urban areas across all
States/UTs, including Tamil Nadu, along with information on available resources, as well as
details of doctors, specialists, nurses, and other healthcare staff and their vacancies in
Government hospitals across the country, are available on the website of the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare and can be accessed at the following link of Health Dynamics of
India (HDI) 2022–23:
https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Health%20Dynamics%20of%20India%20%28Infrastr
ucture%20%26%20Human%20Resources%29%202022-23_RE%20%281%29.pdf
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched an open-source toolkit and a
dashboard under Indian Public Health Standards. The IPHS Dashboard is a cutting-edgedigital platform designed to monitor public health facilities' compliance with the IPHS 2022
standards. These tools help states identify gaps and receive targeted support to achieve the
requiredstandards.
The HMIS portal enables real-time report generation at State, District and below levels. The
concerned stakeholders of the States/UTs can generate district level reports from HMIS and
analyse keyperformance indicators of CHCs andPHCs.
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