Lok Sabha Question No. 244 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Life Expectancy of Tribals
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## 244. SHRI OM BIRLA

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has carried out any survey or published any report regarding the  life  expectancy  of  the  Tribal  population  across  various  States  in  India  and  if  so,  the summary and the key findings thereof, State/ UT-wise; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  initiative  for  the  betterment  of  health conditions, especially of Tribal women and children and to increase the life expectancy of the tribals and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

- (a): Government has not carried out any survey or published any report regarding the life expectancy of the Tribal population in India. However, Office of the Registrar General, India compiles Sample Registration System (SRS) based Abridged Life Tables for India and bigger States / UTs. The estimates of the expectancy of life at selected ages in 2011-15 for India and bigger States / UTs are given at Annexure.
- (b): Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility to ensure availability of healthcare services for all population including those in tribal areas lies with the State Governments.

Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  through,  National  Rural  Health  Mission (NRHM) provide  accessible,  affordable  and  quality  healthcare,  especially  to  the  poor  and vulnerable sections of the population, particularly in rural areas. Under the National Health Mission (NHM) which now subsumes the NRHM as a Sub Mission, support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including for setting up new /upgrading of existing public health facilities, health human resource on contractual basis, drugs, equipment, diagnostics, ambulances, mobile medical units, etc. based on requirements posed by the States.

Norms for Sub Health Centres (SHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) & community Health Centres (CHCs) in tribal areas are relaxed as under:

| Public Health Facility      | Public Health Facility      | Plain Area   | Hilly/ Tribal Area   |
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|----------------------|
| Sub Centre (SC)             | Sub Centre (SC)             | 5000         | 3000                 |
| Primary Health Centre (PHC) | Primary Health Centre (PHC) | 30,000       | 20,000               |
| Community                   | Health                      | 1,20,000     | 80,000               |

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 expected to receive

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 244

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## LIFE EXPECTANCY OF TRIBALS

more resources per capita under the NHM as compared to the rest of the districts in the State. These  districts also receive focused  attention  and  supportive  supervision.  Norms  for infrastructure, Human resource, ASHAs, MMUs, etc. , under NHM are relaxed for tribal and hilly areas. Hard area allowance is also provided for serving in remote and tribal areas.

Ministry of Women and Child Development is also implementing a number of schemes such as Anganwadi Services under which six services i.e. Supplementary Nutrition, Pre-school Education,  Health  &  Nutrition  Education,  Immunization,  Health  Check-up  and  Referral Services are provided at the AWCs; Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) under which  cash  incentives  are  given  to  the  pregnant  women  for  first  child  birth;  Scheme  for Adolescent Girls under which nutritional support is provided to the  11-14 years out of school Adolescent Girls, etc., for improving the health conditions of women and children including those in the tribal areas.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs supplements the efforts of Central line Ministries as well as State Governments for addressing health and nutrition needs of tribals / tribal areas by way of critical gaps filling.

**** Annexure referred to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 244 for 18.12.2017 regarding 'Life Expectancy of Tribals' Expectation of life at selected ages, India and bigger States/UTs, 2011-15

| India &bigger States/UTs   |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |   Expectation of life at age |
|----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| India &bigger States/UTs   |                          0   |                          1   |                          5   |                         10   |                         20   |                         30   |                         40   |                         50   |                         60   |                         70   |
| India*                     |                         68.3 |                         70.3 |                         66.9 |                         62.2 |                         52.7 |                         43.5 |                         34.4 |                         25.7 |                         18   |                         11.5 |
| Andhra Pradesh             |                         69   |                         70.7 |                         66.8 |                         62   |                         52.4 |                         43.2 |                         34.3 |                         25.9 |                         18.3 |                         12.1 |
| Assam                      |                         64.7 |                         67.1 |                         64.4 |                         59.7 |                         50.3 |                         41.1 |                         32.1 |                         23.6 |                         16.3 |                         10.4 |
| Bihar                      |                         68.4 |                         70.1 |                         66.9 |                         62.3 |                         52.7 |                         43.4 |                         34.2 |                         25.2 |                         17.2 |                         10.4 |
| Chhattisgarh               |                         65.2 |                         67.3 |                         63.8 |                         59.1 |                         49.7 |                         40.6 |                         31.8 |                         23.2 |                         15.5 |                          9   |
| NCT of Delhi               |                         73.8 |                         74.4 |                         70.6 |                         65.8 |                         56.2 |                         46.8 |                         37.4 |                         28.4 |                         20.3 |                         13.3 |
| Gujarat                    |                         69.1 |                         71.3 |                         67.9 |                         63.1 |                         53.6 |                         44.4 |                         35.3 |                         26.5 |                         18.9 |                         12.1 |
| Haryana                    |                         69.1 |                         71.3 |                         67.7 |                         62.9 |                         53.3 |                         44.1 |                         35.1 |                         26.5 |                         19   |                         12.8 |
| Himachal Pradesh           |                         72   |                         74   |                         70.4 |                         65.5 |                         55.8 |                         46.4 |                         37.2 |                         28.2 |                         20.1 |                         13.4 |
| Jammu &Kashmir             |                         73.2 |                         75.4 |                         71.6 |                         66.8 |                         57.2 |                         47.7 |                         38.4 |                         29.5 |                         21.6 |                         14.7 |
| Jharkhand                  |                         67.2 |                         68.8 |                         65.5 |                         60.9 |                         51.5 |                         42.2 |                         33.2 |                         24.5 |                         17   |                         10.8 |
| Karnataka                  |                         69   |                         70.2 |                         66.5 |                         61.7 |                         52.1 |                         42.9 |                         33.9 |                         25.4 |                         17.6 |                         10.9 |
| Kerala                     |                         75.2 |                         75.1 |                         71.2 |                         66.2 |                         56.5 |                         46.9 |                         37.5 |                         28.5 |                         20.2 |                         13.1 |
| Madhya Pradesh             |                         64.8 |                         67.8 |                         64.8 |                         60.3 |                         51   |                         42   |                         33   |                         24.3 |                         16.6 |                         10.4 |
| Maharashtra                |                         72   |                         72.5 |                         68.7 |                         63.9 |                         54.3 |                         45   |                         35.9 |                         27.1 |                         19   |                         12.2 |
| Odisha                     |                         66.9 |                         69.1 |                         66.1 |                         61.5 |                         52.2 |                         43.1 |                         34.1 |                         25.6 |                         18   |                         11.8 |
| Punjab                     |                         72.1 |                         73   |                         69.4 |                         64.5 |                         55   |                         45.7 |                         36.7 |                         28.2 |                         20.4 |                         13.6 |
| Rajasthan                  |                         67.9 |                         70.9 |                         67.5 |                         62.8 |                         53.3 |                         44   |                         34.9 |                         26.2 |                         18.6 |                         12.1 |
| Tamil Nadu                 |                         71   |                         71.5 |                         67.7 |                         62.8 |                         53.3 |                         44   |                         34.9 |                         26.2 |                         18.4 |                         11.6 |
| Uttar Pradesh              |                         64.5 |                         67.8 |                         64.7 |                         60   |                         50.5 |                         41.3 |                         32.3 |                         23.9 |                         16.6 |                         10.7 |
| Uttarakhand                |                         71.8 |                         72.8 |                         69.2 |                         64.3 |                         54.7 |                         45.5 |                         36.4 |                         28   |                         20.4 |                         14.3 |
| West Bengal                |                         70.5 |                         71.6 |                         67.9 |                         63.1 |                         53.5 |                         44.1 |                         34.8 |                         25.9 |                         17.9 |                         11.3 |

Source: Office of the Registrar General, India

Note :

*  : India includes all States / UTs

Andhra Pradesh includes Telangana.