Lok Sabha Question No. 5036 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Eye Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5036 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER , 2016

## EYE BANKS

## 5036. DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

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

- (a) the number of eye banks existing in he country both Government and private run, State/UT -wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the illegal trafficking of eyes to foreign countries by private eye banks; and
- (c) if so, the number of cases reported during last three years and the action taken thereon?

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

- (a): As  per  the  information  made  available  by  all  State/UTs,  a statement  indicating  the number of eye banks existing in the country, both Government and private run, State/UT - wise is annexed.
- (b) &(c): Health  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  the monitor  the  activities  of  eye  bank s.  No  report  has  been  received  from  States/UTs  about  the illegal trafficking of eyes to foreign countries by private eye banks during last three ye

## The Number of existing Eye Banks in the County

| S.No   | Name of the State/UTs   |   Govt. runEye Banks |   Private run Eye Banks |   Total |
|--------|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---------|
| 1      | Andaman& Nicobar Island |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh          |                    4 |                      13 |      17 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh       |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 4      | Assam                   |                    3 |                       2 |       5 |
| 5      | Bihar                   |                    1 |                       0 |       1 |
| 6      | Chandigarh              |                    2 |                       1 |       3 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh            |                    3 |                       2 |       5 |
| 8      | D & N Haveli            |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu             |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 10     | Delhi                   |                    4 |                       6 |      10 |
| 11     | Goa                     |                    0 |                       1 |       1 |
| 12     | Gujarat                 |                    9 |                      31 |      40 |
| 13     | Haryana                 |                    1 |                      10 |      11 |
| 14     | Himanchal Pradesh       |                    2 |                       0 |       2 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir         |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 16     | Jharkhand               |                    1 |                       3 |       4 |
| 17     | Karnataka               |                    7 |                      31 |      38 |
| 18     | Kerala                  |                    5 |                       5 |      10 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep             |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh          |                    5 |                      35 |      40 |
| 21     | Maharashtra             |                   13 |                      58 |      71 |
| 22     | Manipur                 |                    1 |                       0 |       1 |
| 23     | Meghalaya               |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 24     | Mizoram                 |                    1 |                       0 |       1 |
| 25     | Nagaland                |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 26     | Odisha                  |                    3 |                       3 |       6 |
| 27     | Puducherry              |                    0 |                       1 |       1 |
| 28     | Punjab                  |                    3 |                      14 |      17 |
| 29     | Rajasthan               |                    4 |                       5 |       9 |
| 30     | Sikkim                  |                    0 |                       0 |       0 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu              |                   19 |                      12 |      31 |
| 32     | Telangana               |                    1 |                       2 |       3 |
| 33     | Tripura                 |                    1 |                       0 |       1 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh           |                    9 |                      18 |      27 |
| 35     | Uttrarakhand            |                    0 |                       1 |       1 |
| 36     | West Bengal             |                    3 |                      11 |      14 |
|        | Total                   |                  105 |                     265 |     370 |