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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 534] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1976/AGRAHAYANA 24, 1898

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY PLANNING

(Department of Health)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 15th December 1976

S.O. 796(E).—The Committee on Multi-purpose Workers under Health and Family Planning Programme set up on 28th October 1972 in their report submitted on 15th September 1973 recommended reorientation. of existing Uni-purpose Workers in the field of Health, and Family Planning into Multi-purpose Workers Based on these recommendations the reorientation of the Multi-purpose workers has started. Their scope of functions is also being enlarged so that they not only provide preventive and promotive health services out also a modicum of curative services to the people in the rural areas.

2. The Group on Medical Education and Support Manpower set up on 1st November 1974 in their report submitted in April 1975 inter-alia suggested the creation of a cadre of Health Assistants to supervise the Multi-purpose Workers and act as a link between them and the doctors at the Primary Health Centres. The Group also suggested that people drawn from the community itself should be given some training so as to involve them in rendering basic health services to the rural

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areas. Pursuant to the recommendations of the Group the Ministry hag taken steps to initiate training of primary school teachers, £ram sevaks, village post- masters and traditional Dais to enable them to provide primary health care in the community.

T?' I n, v i ew of t he Pa u c i ty ot preventive and curative services in the rural areas it has been suggested that there is need to consider the desirability of having a part-time semi-professional worker in India who Is not interested in seeking emi- nence in medical profession which is available through high specialisation and work in medical institutions located in urban centres. The Chinese experiment In having barefoot doctors is cited nsf an exemple.

4. The Government of Indlu, therefore, hereby appoint a Committee with the following composition;

Chairman

1. Shrl B. Sivaraman

Members

2. Shri Gian Prakash, Health Secretary

3. Shri 3. C. Mathur, Addl. Secretary. Department of Personnel and Ad-

ministrative Reforms

4. Shri P. Murari, Health Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu

5. Dr. G- S. Mutalik, Director of Medical Education and Research, Govern- ment of Maharashtra

6. Dr. B. N. Tandon, Professor of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

7. Shrl Prem Nath, Joint Secretary (Finance) Ministry of Health and Family Planning

Member-Secretary

8. Shri C. R. Krishnamurthi, Joint Secretary. Ministry of Health and Family Planning

5. The terms of reference at the Committee will be, keeping in view the recom- mendations made by the Committee on Multipurpose Workers and the Group on Medical Education and Support Manpower, to examine further the concept of the "barefoot doctor"' as part of pragmatically trained paramedical cadres aimed at providing effective health, nutrition and family planning services to the rural com- munity, and to make suggestions in this regard as ore capable of early implementa- tion.

fl. The committee may consult such other persons and institutions as it consider necessary, and will submit, its report to the Government within three months from the date of this Notification.

[No, Z, 16018/5/76-PPH]

SHRAVAN KUMAR, Jt. Secy.

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PMNTEO BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OP INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1 9 76