Parliament Question: Regular Posts of Doctors in Chandigarh

GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE LOK SABHA UNSTARREDQUESTION NO.3521 TO BE ANSWERED ON13THMARCH, 2026 REGULAR POSTSOFDOCTORSIN CHANDIGARH 3521.SHRIMANISH TEWARI: Will the MINISTER OFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFAREbe pleased tostate: a) the total number of sanctioned regular posts of doctors in the Health Department of the Union Territory of Chandigarh,cadre-wise andpost-wise; (b) the date on which new posts of doctors were last created in Chandigarh and the number and categoriesof such posts, alongwith details of the relevantorders issued; (c) the total number of vacancies against sanctioned posts at present, including specialty-wise detailssuch asMedicine,Surgery, Anaesthesia, RadiologyandPaediatrics; (d) the date when regular recruitment to doctors’ posts was last conducted, along with the number of posts filledandthe specialties covered; (e)the numberof doctorscurrently working on deputationinChandigarh,State/UT-wise; and (f) whether deputation of doctorsisundertakenbased onspecialty-wise requirementsalongwith the detailsof the policyor criteria governingsuch deputation? ANSWER THEMINISTEROFSTATEINTHEMINISTRYOFHEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE (SHRIPRATAPRAOJADHAV) (a)to(f) Public Health and Hospitals are state subjects. The primary responsibility to strengthen healthcare facilities, including creation of regular posts of doctors and specialists and fillingof up of sanctionedposts inthe State/UTs,lieswith the respective State/UTs. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the Government of India provides need based technical and financial support to the States/UTs, including the U.T. of Chandigarh, based on the proposals made by the States/UTs in their Programme Implementation Plans within their overall resource envelopdulyappraised bythe National ProgrammeImplementation Committee (NPCC).The States/ UTs are to ensure availability of Human Resources (HR) by creating adequate numberofregularposts ofDoctors andSpecialistsaspertheIndianPublicHealthStandards(IPHS) in the long run and using NHM posts in the short to medium term to fill critical gaps. The NHM supplements the regular human resources by filling up the gaps in human resources in secondary and primary care facilities (District Hospital and below) as per IPHS. Data regarding details of sanctioned posts of doctors and specialists under the State Governments/UTs are not maintained centrally. *****