NEW DELHI: The division of well being and household welfare of the Union well being ministry, which formulates and implements central well being schemes, is reeling underneath workers scarcity.
In accordance with a current parliamentary standing committee report, the division has 1,486 sanctioned positions throughout teams A, B and C. Of them, 428 (29%) positions are mendacity vacant.
Whereas Group A, which incorporates gazetted officers who’re accountable for coverage making, administration and planning, has a 16% emptiness, Group B and C that embrace mid-level positions and operational workers have 27% and 39% vacancies respectively, in response to the report.
“…there was negligible enchancment in filling up the vacant posts from 2023-24 when a complete of 454 posts had been reported to be vacant,” the parliamentary standing committee on well being and household welfare, chaired by Samajwadi Social gathering MP Ram Gopal Yadav, said in its report and advisable well being ministry to take up the matter of vacancies with the cadre controlling authorities and recruiting companies.
The ministry has two departments – division of well being and household welfare, and division of well being analysis. A supply within the ministry stated filling up vacancies is a steady course of, and efforts are made to fill all of the vacancies in time by means of recruiting companies like UPSC and SSC.
“The ministry usually takes up the matter with respective cadre controlling authorities (DoPT, and so on) and recruiting companies (UPSC & SSC) to fill vacant posts. Govt has additionally began mission recruitment to refill the vacancies in a time-bound method,” stated the supply.
There’s an rising integration of know-how in well being sector. On this context, the parliamentary committee has advisable, it’s essential for the workforce overseeing nationwide well being initiatives to actively have interaction with technological developments. “…the committee recommends that ministry of well being and household welfare broaden the usage of know-how and implement measures to strengthen the digital proficiency of its officers and workers,” the report states.
It has additionally raised the problem of workers scarcity at AIIMS, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, JIPMER Puducherry and CGHS dispensaries and reiterated the necessity to rent extra workers for environment friendly functioning of well being techniques.
