Historical Background/Periodical Development
The Minimum needs Program (MNP) was introduced in the country in the first year of the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974–78). The objective of the programme is to provide certain basic minimum needs and thereby improve the living standards of the people. It is the expression of the commitment of the government for the social and economic development of the community particularly the underprivileged and undeserved population.

The programme includes the following components

1. Rural Health.
2. Rural Water Supply.
3. Rural Electrification.
4. Adult Education.
5. Nutrition.
6. Environmental improvement of Urban Slums.
7. Houses for landless labourers.

There are two basic principals which are to be observed in the implementation of MNP

1. The facilities under MNP are to be first provided to those areas which are at present undeserved so as to remove disparities between different areas.
2. The facilities under MNP should be provided as a package to an area through intersectoral area projects, to have a greater impact.

In the field of rural health, the objective is to establish: One PHC for 30000 population in plains and 20000 population in tribal and hilly area, one subcentre for a population 5000 people in the plains and for 3000 in tribal and hilly areas, and one community health centre (Rural Hospital) for a population of one lakh or 1 per 5 Primary health Centres. The establishment of PHCs, subcentres, upgradation of PHCs, and construction of buildings thereof are all included in the State Sector of the Minimum Need Programme.
Others

Service Centers Available in each District
District wise locations of Primary Health Centres
District wise location of rural Hospitals

Primary Health Centres

District	No. of Primary Health Centres
	Tribal	Non Tribal	Total
Thane	55	24	79
Raigad	3	52	55
Ratnagiri	0	67	67
Nasik	54	52	106
Dhule	14	27	41
Nandurbar	56	2	58
Jalgaon	2	77	79
Ahmednagar	10	87	97
Pune	8	88	96
Solapur	0	77	77
Satara	0	71	71
Kolhapur	0	73	73
Sangli	0	59	59
Sindhudurg	0	38	38
Aurangabad	0	50	50
Jalna	0	38	38
Parbhani	0	31	31
Hingoli	0	24	24
Latur	0	46	46
Osmanabad	0	42	42
Beed	0	50	50
Nanded	15	49	64
Akola	0	30	30
Washim	0	25	25
Amravati	11	45	56
Yeotmal	15	48	63
Buldhana	0	52	52
Nagpur	5	44	49
Wardha	0	27	27
Bhandara	0	33	33
Gondiya	18	21	39
Chandrapur	8	50	58
Gadchiroli	45	0	45
TOTAL	319	1499	1818

Subcentres

District	No. of Primary Health Centres
	Tribal	Non Tribal	Total
Thane	343	144	487
Raigad	19	267	286
Ratnagiri	0	374	374
Nasik	299	272	571
Dhule	95	135	230
Nandurbar	259	16	275
Jalgaon	16	422	438
Ahmednagar	66	489	555
Pune	62	473	535
Solapur	0	428	428
Satara	0	397	397
Kolhapur	0	419	419
Sangli	0	317	317
Sindhudurg	0	246	246
Aurangabad	0	275	275
Jalna	0	211	211
Parbhani	0	214	214
Hingoli	0	131	131
Latur	0	250	250
Osmanabad	0	204	204
Beed	0	278	278
Nanded	81	293	374
Akola	0	177	177
Washim	0	153	153
Amravati	95	235	330
Yeotmal	118	314	432
Buldhana	0	278	278
Nagpur	23	278	301
Wardha	0	180	180
Bhandara	0	192	192
Gondiya	104	131	235
Chandrapur	51	285	336
Gadchiroli	374	0	374
TOTAL	2005	8478	10483

Subdistrict hospitals (30, 50, 100 BEDS)

District	SDH 30			SDH 50			SDH 100
	T	NT	TOT	T	NT	TOT	T	NT	TOT
Thane	5	4	9	1	0	1	3	0	3
Raigad	1	9	10	0	2	2	0	1	1
Ratnagiri	0	9	9	0	2	2	0	0	0
Nasik	12	12	24	0	3	3	1	0	1
Dhule	1	4	5	1	1	2	1	0	1
Nandurbar	7	2	9	1	0	1	0	1	1
Jalgaon	1	16	17	0	2	2	0	1	1
Ahmednagar	3	20	23	0	2	2	0	0	0
Pune	2	18	20	0	3	3	0	0	0
Solapur	0	10	10	0	2	2	0	1	1
Satara	0	15	15	0	1	1	0	1	1
Kolhapur	0	16	16	0	1	1	0	1	1
Sangli	0	11	11	0	2	2	0	0	0
Sindhudurg	0	7	7	0	2	2	0	1	1
Aurangabad	0	10	10	0	2	2	0	1	1
Jalna	0	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0
Parbhani	0	6	6	0	2	2	0	0	0
Hingoli	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	1
Latur	0	9	9	0	1	1	0	1	1
Osmanabad	0	7	7	0	1	1	0	1	1
Beed	0	11	11	0	1	1	0	1	1
Nanded	2	10	12	1	2	3	0	1	1
Akola	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1
Washim	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	1	1
Amravati	2	7	9	1	2	3	0	1	1
Yeotmal	4	10	14	1	2	3	0	0	0
Buldhana	0	12	12	0	1	1	0	1	1
Nagpur	1	8	9	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wardha	0	6	6	0	1	1	0	1	1
Bhandara	0	5	5	0	2	2	0	1	1
Gondiya	6	2	8	0	1	1	0	0	0
Chandrapur	3	8	11	0	2	2	0	0	0
Gadchiroli	9	0	9	3	0	3	0	0	0
TOTAL	59	287	346	10	46	56	5	19	24