Lok Sabha Question No. 162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Intensified Mission Indradhanush
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA, SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, CH. MALLA REDDY, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 162 TO BE ANSWERED ON   15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH

## 162. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) to accelerate immunisation coverage to meet its t arget of full immunisation coverage by 2018 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the names and number of districts covered/targeted under the said Mission;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has introduced  any  mechanism  to  monitor  the said  Mission  at National as well as State levels and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the pace of immunisation coverage had slowed down and has registered just one percent increase per year between 2009 and 2013; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the achievements of first two phases of the said Mission and steps taken/being taken by the Government to expand the Mission in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) & (b) : Yes, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched Intensified Missi Indradhanush on 8th October 2017 with an aim to increase the full immunization coverag 90%  by  December  2018.  The  Intensified  Mission  Indradhanush  is  being  carried  out  in  1 3 districts and 17 urban areas across 24 states of the country. The names and number of di given at Annexure.
- (c): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has deployed its officials as national men for  each  of  the  states  identified  under  Inte nsified  Mission  Indradhanush.  In  addition  to deployment of officer from Health Ministry other national monitors from partner agencie deployed  to  these  identified  districts  for  monitoring  the  activity  of  Intensified Indradhanush.  Apart  from  the above,  representatives  of  development  partners  supporting immunization have been identified as nodal partner representative for every district i under Intensified Mission Indradhanush for providing regular monitoring of districts.
- (d) & (e): The increase in immunization coverage between 2009 and 2013 was at the rate o 1%  per  year  as  per  the  survey  conducted  during  these  period.  To  accelerate  the  incre immunization coverage, Mission Indradhanush was launched in December 2014. After the fir

two phases of Mission Indradhanush about 37.78 lakh pregnant women received tetanus toxo about 146.05 lakh children were immunized of which 37.98 lakh children were fully immuniz which has led to an increase of 6.7% full immunization coverage in the year 2015 - 16  as  per Integrated Child Health and Immunization Survey (INCH I S).

Till date Four phases of Mission Indradhanush were carried out covering 528 dist across the country covering 68 lakh pregnant women, 255 lakh children of which 66.51 children  fully  immunized.  All  the  States/UTs  have  been  requested  to  strengthen  the  r immunization coverage following Intensified Mission Indradhanush.

## Annexure

## Details of Districts and Urban areas identified for Intensified Mission Indradhanush

|   S.No. | State           |   No. of Districts | Name of Districts   | Name of Districts   |
|---------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|      01 | Andhra Pradesh  |                  2 | East Godavari       | Nellore             |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Champaran East      | Darbhanga           |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Champaran West      | Madhubani           |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Muzaffarpur         | Sheohar             |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Kishanganj          | Gaya                |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Sitamarhi           | Araria,             |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Saran               | Nawada              |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Lakhisarai          | Katihar             |
|      02 | Bihar           |                 15 | Sheikhpura          |                     |
|      03 | Delhi           |                  3 | North               | South- East         |
|      03 | Delhi           |                  3 | Shahdara            | -                   |
|      04 | Gujarat         |                  3 | Banaskantha         | Bhavnagar           |
|      04 | Gujarat         |                  3 | Kutch               | -                   |
|      05 | Haryana         |                  3 | Mewat               | Palwal              |
|      05 | Haryana         |                  3 | Faridabad           | -                   |
|      06 | Jammu & Kashmir |                  1 | Jammu               | -                   |
|      07 | Jharkhand       |                  2 | Giridih             | Pakur               |
|      08 | Karnataka       |                  3 | Yadgir              | Kalburgi            |
|      08 | Karnataka       |                  3 | Bagalkote           | -                   |
|      09 | Kerala          |                  1 | Malappuram          | -                   |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Tikamgarh           | Jhabua              |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Chhatarpur          | Vidisha             |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Sagar               | Sidhi               |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Rewa                | Panna               |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Raisen              | Shadol              |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Singrauli           | Sheopur             |
|      10 | Madhya Pradesh  |                 13 | Alirajpur           |                     |
|      11 | Maharashtra     |                  9 | Nasik               | Beed                |
|      11 | Maharashtra     |                  9 | Ahmednagar          | Solapur             |
|      11 | Maharashtra     |                  9 | Nanded              | Yavatmal            |
|      11 | Maharashtra     |                  9 | Jalgaon             | Gadchiroli          |
|      11 | Maharashtra     |                  9 | Nandurbar           | -                   |
|      12 | Odisha          |                  1 | Ganjam              | -                   |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Alwar               | Jalor               |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Barmer              | Karauli             |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Partapgarh          | Udaipur             |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Jodhpur             | SawaiMadhopur       |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Bikaner             | Dhaulpur            |
|      13 | Rajasthan       |                 11 | Pali                | -                   |

## Annexure  Contd.

| 14   | Uttar Pradesh     | 52   | Bahraich               | Unnao                   |
|------|-------------------|------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|      |                   |      | Sitapur                | Shahjahanpur            |
|      |                   |      | Moradabad              | Kaushambi               |
|      |                   |      | Badaun                 | Banda                   |
|      |                   |      | Hardoi                 | Farrukhabad             |
|      |                   |      | Gonda                  | Gorakhpur               |
|      |                   |      | Barabanki              | Mau                     |
|      |                   |      | Jaunpur                | Kannauj                 |
|      |                   |      | Azamgarh               | SantKabir Nagar         |
|      |                   |      | Muzaffarnagar          | Deoria                  |
|      |                   |      | Balrampur              | Raebareli               |
|      |                   |      | Kheri                  | Rampur                  |
|      |                   |      | Aligarh                | Mirzapur                |
|      |                   |      | Siddharthnagar         | Srawasti                |
|      |                   |      | Mathura                | Kasganj                 |
|      |                   |      | Ghazipur               | Sonbhadra               |
|      |                   |      | Kushinagar             | Ferozabad               |
|      |                   |      | Sultanpur              | Etah                    |
|      |                   |      | Ballia                 | Mainpuri                |
|      |                   |      | Pratapgarh             | Ambedkar Nagar          |
|      |                   |      | Maharajganj            | Badohi                  |
|      |                   |      | Bulandshahar           | Lalitpur                |
|      |                   |      | Bijnor                 | Auraiya                 |
|      |                   |      | Fatehpur               | Chitrakoot              |
|      |                   |      | Basti                  | Sambhal                 |
|      |                   |      | Saharanpur             | Hapur                   |
| 15   | Uttarakhand       | 1    | Hardwar                | -                       |
| 16   | West Bengal       | 1    | 24- Parganas North     | -                       |
| 17   | Arunachal Pradesh | 13   | Anjaw                  | Papum Pare              |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | Changlang              | Tirap                   |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | East Kameng            | Upper Siang             |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | East Siang             | Upper Subansiri         |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | Lohit                  | KurungKumey             |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | Namsai                 | KraDaadi                |
|      | Arunachal Pradesh |      | Longding               | -                       |
| 18   | Assam             | 7    | Nagaon                 | KarbiAnglong            |
| 18   | Assam             | 7    | Dhubri                 | Kokrajhar               |
| 18   | Assam             | 7    | Goalpara               | Chirang                 |
| 18   | Assam             | 7    | Darrang                | -                       |
| 19   | Manipur           | 4    | Chandel                | Tamenglong              |
| 19   | Manipur           | 4    | Churachandpur          | Ukhrul                  |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 7    | West Garo Hills        | West Jaintia Hills      |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 7    | South- west Garo Hills | South- west Khasi Hills |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 7    | East Khasi Hills       | North Garo Hills        |
| 20   | Meghalaya         | 7    | East Jaintia Hills     | -                       |

## Annexure  Contd.

| 21    | Mizoram   |   3 | Lawngtlai     | Mamit        |
|-------|-----------|-----|---------------|--------------|
| 21    | Mizoram   |   3 | Lunglei       | -            |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Dimapur       | Phek         |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Kohima        | Peren        |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Kiphere       | Tuensang     |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Longleng      | Wokha        |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Mokokchung    | Zunheboto    |
| 22    | Nagaland  |  11 | Mon           | -            |
| 23    | Sikkim    |   2 | East          | West         |
| 24    | Tripura   |   5 | Dhalai        | Unakoti      |
| 24    | Tripura   |   5 | North Tripura | West Tripura |
| 24    | Tripura   |   5 | South Tripura | -            |
| Total | Total     | 173 | 173           | 173          |

## List of Urban Areas identified:

| S. No.   | State          |   No. of Urban Areas | Name of Urban Areas         | Name of Urban Areas   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1        | Bihar          |                    1 | Patna                       | -                     |
| 2        | Haryana        |                    1 | Gurgaon                     | -                     |
| 3        | Karnataka      |                    2 | Belgaum                     | Bangalore (U)         |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh |                    1 | Indore                      | -                     |
| 5        | Maharashtra    |                    2 | Thane                       | Gr. Mumbai            |
| 6        | Odisha         |                    1 | Bhubaneshwar Urban (Khurda) | -                     |
| 7        | Rajasthan      |                    1 | Jaipur                      | -                     |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  |                    8 | Allahabad                   | Meerut                |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  |                    8 | Bareilly                    | Lucknow               |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  |                    8 | Ghaziabad                   | Kanpur(Nagar)         |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh  |                    8 | Agra                        | Varanasi              |
| Total    | Total          |                   17 | 17                          | 17                    |

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