Lok Sabha Question No. 922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-21
Subject: Child Mortality Rate
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 922 TO BE ANSWERED ON  21 ST JULY, 2017

## CHILD MORTALITY RATE

## 922. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a) the details of the child mortality rate prevailing among the Scheduled Tribes, State/U - wise;
- (b)  whether  there  is  scarcity  of  Subcentres,  Primary  Health  Centres  and  Community  Hea Centres in the tr ibal areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to provide health facilities to the tribals?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): As per the Sample Registration report of the year, 2015 released by Registrar Gene India; Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) at National level is 43 per 1,000 Live Births Registrar  General  of India,  Sample  Registration  System  (RGI - SRS),  does  not  provide disaggregated  data for  scheduled  tribes.  However,  a s  per  National  Family  Health  Survey  III (2005- 06), U5MR was 95.7per1,000 Live Births in Scheduled Tribes population. The State wisedetail is placed at Annexure.
- (b) to (d):Public Health and Hospitals being a state subject, the primary responsibili provide  accessible,  affordable  and  quality  health  care  services  to  the  people  includi population lies with State/UT Governments.

However, under the National Health M ission (NHM), support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their health systems including for setting up / upgrading public health augmenting health human resources  on contractual basis for provision of equitable, aff health care to all its citizens particularly  the poor and vulnerable population includin population based on requirements posed by the States in their Programme Implementation Pla

Under NHM, all tribal majority districts whose composite health index is below the State average have been identified as High Priority Districts (HPDs) and these districts are t more resources per capita under the NHM as compared to the rest of the districts in th These districts also receive focused attention and su pportive technical supervision.

Norms for infrastructure, Human resources, ASHAs, Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) etc. under NHM are also relaxed for tribal and hilly areas.

## Annexure

| Under - 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) for ST as per NFHS- 3 (2005 - 06)   | Under - 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) for ST as per NFHS- 3 (2005 - 06)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                     | Under FiveMortality rate ST                                         |
| India                                                               | 95.7                                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 112                                                                 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                   | 100.9                                                               |
| Assam                                                               | 83.2                                                                |
| Bihar                                                               | -                                                                   |
| Chhattisgarh                                                        | 128.5                                                               |
| Delhi                                                               | -                                                                   |
| Goa                                                                 | -                                                                   |
| Gujarat                                                             | 115.8                                                               |
| Haryana                                                             | -                                                                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                    | -                                                                   |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                   | -                                                                   |
| Jharkhand                                                           | 138.5                                                               |
| Karnataka                                                           | 77.9                                                                |
| Kerala                                                              | -                                                                   |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                      | 140.7                                                               |
| Maharashtra                                                         | 69.8                                                                |
| Manipur                                                             | 71.4                                                                |
| Meghalaya                                                           | 74                                                                  |
| Mizoram                                                             | -                                                                   |
| Nagaland                                                            | 65.8                                                                |
| Orissa                                                              | 136.3                                                               |
| Punjab                                                              | -                                                                   |
| Rajasthan                                                           | 113.8                                                               |
| Sikkim                                                              | 35.9                                                                |
| Tamilnadu                                                           | -                                                                   |
| Tripura                                                             | -                                                                   |
| Uttarakhand                                                         | -                                                                   |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                       | -                                                                   |
| West Bengal                                                         | -                                                                   |