Parliament Question: Performance Reviews on Health Sector

GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH & FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO. 2262 TOBE ANSWERED ON 12THDECEMBER 2025 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS ONHEALTH SECTOR

2262. SHRIBIPLAB KUMAR DEB:

Will the Ministerof HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleasedtostate:

(a) whether third-party audits or performance reviews have been conducted by independent institutions such as NITI Aayog, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), etc., on urban missions focused onimprovinghealthsector during the last tenyears; and

(b) if so, the detailsthereof? ANSWER THE MINISTEROFSTATE IN THE MINISTRYOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRIPRATAPRAOJADHAV)

(a) and (b) : Yes, several third-party evaluations of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) have been carried out over the past ten years by independent institutions, including NITI Aayog (Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office), the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and through annual Common Review Missions. These reviews have evaluated various dimensions of NUHM, including infrastructure development, human resource deployment, fund utilisation,community processes, qualityof care,andservice deliveryoutcomes.

The following third-party audits, performance reviews or evaluations have been undertaken for

the urbanmissions inIndia:

1. EvaluationbyNITI Aayog:

The NITI Aayog, through its Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office

(DMEO), conducted independent third-party evaluation of all Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) in India, which includes schemes related to the health sector. The evaluation was conducted in a time-bound manner in 2019-2021 and then 2025-26 to make the findings available to appropriate authorities for determining therationalisation of the schemes. The reports have been shared with the Department of Expenditure and respective line Ministries/Departments for consideration.The Evaluation Report including the Scheme Level Analysis of National Health Mission (NHM/ NUHM) are available on the DMEO website at

https://dmeo.gov.in/evaluation.

2. Audits bythe ComptrollerandAuditor General (CAG) of India:

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India have undertaken Performance Audits on Public Health Infrastructure and Management of Health Services in many States / Union Territories (UTs). In these audits, the performance and implementation aspects of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in those States/UTs have been covered within the scope of these broader Public Health Performance Audits.

These State/UT-specific reportsare availableonthe respective CAG report websites.

3. Besides, performance reviews have also been conducted on periodic basis by the Ministry through mechanisms like Common Review Mission (CRM), Monitoring visits etc. *****