Lok Sabha Question No. 2964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-02
Subject: Cord Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2964 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND DECEMBER, 2016

## CORD BLOOD BANKS

## 2964. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines with regard to stem cell banking in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of cord blood banks in the country along with number of people availing the facility, State/UT - wise and location - wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has received  a  number  of  complaints  regarding any  cord  blood banks; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINIS TER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): As  informed  by  Central  Drugs  Standard  Control  Organization,  Directorate  General Health  Services, no  guidelines  with  regard  to  stem  cell  banking  are  issued.  However requirements for collection, processing, testing, storage, banking and release of Umbili blood derived Stem Cells is prescribed in Schedule F Part XII - D of Drugs and Cosmetics Rule s, 1945.
- (b): A total of 19 cord blood banks are licensed in the country. State - wise list is placed at Annexure-A.
- (c) & (d): Indicative statement of complaints regarding any cord blood banks as informat provided by the State Drug Contr ol is at Annexure - B.

Source: CDSCO

Source: CDSCO

## Number of Licensed Umbilical Cord Blood Banks in India and people availing the facility:

| S. No.   | State          |   Number of Cord Blood Banks | Number of peoples availing the facility   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh |                           01 | Data awaited                              |
| 2        | M Gujarat      |                           02 | Data awaited                              |
| 3        | Haryana        |                           04 | Data awaited                              |
| 4        | Karnataka      |                           03 | Data awaited                              |
| 5        | Maharashtra    |                           05 | Data awaited                              |
| 6        | Tamil Nadu     |                           02 | 51                                        |
| 7        | West Bengal    |                           02 | Data awaited                              |
| Total    | Total          |                           19 | 19                                        |

## Information regarding  number  of  complaints  regarding  Cord  Blood  Banks  as received from State Licensing Authorities:

|   S. No. | Name of the State/ UT   | Reply submitted   |
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh          | Data Awaited      |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh       | Data Awaited      |
|        3 | Assam                   | NA                |
|        4 | Bihar                   | Data Awaited      |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh            | NIL               |
|        6 | NCT of Delhi            | Data Awaited      |
|        7 | Goa                     | NIL               |
|        8 | Gujarat                 | Data Awaited      |
|        9 | Haryana                 | NIL               |
|       10 | Himachal Pradesh        | Data Awaited      |
|       11 | Jammu & Kashmir         | Data Awaited      |
|       12 | Jharkhand               | Nil               |
|       13 | Karnataka               | Data Awaited      |
|       14 | Kerala                  | NA                |
|       15 | Lakshadweep             | Data Awaited      |
|       16 | Madhya Pradesh          | NA                |
|       17 | Maharashtra             | Data Awaited      |
|       18 | Manipur                 | Data Awaited      |
|       19 | Meghalaya               | Data Awaited      |
|       20 | Mizoram                 | NIL               |
|       21 | Nagaland                | NIL               |
|       22 | Odisha                  | NIL               |
|       23 | Punjab                  | NIL               |
|       24 | Rajasthan               | Data Awaited      |
|       25 | Sikkim                  | NA                |
|       26 | Tamil Nadu              | NiIL              |
|       27 | Telangana               | Data Awaited      |
|       28 | Tripura                 | NA                |
|       29 | Uttar Pradesh           | Data Awaited      |
|       30 | Uttarakhand             | NIL               |
|       31 | West Bengal             | Data Awaited      |
|       32 | UT of And. & Nicobar    | Data Awaited      |
|       33 | UT of Chandigarh        | Data Awaited      |
|       34 | UT of Dadra & N Haveli  | Data Awaited      |
|       35 | UT of Daman & Diu       | Data Awaited      |
|       36 | Puducherry              | NIL               |