Lok Sabha Question No. 4993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Pre-term Birth
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4993 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## PRE - TERM BIRTH

## 4993. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

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

- (a) the details of the pre - termd liveries of babies in the country during the last three years, State -wise and district wiseincluding Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of the fact that India account s f r one fifth of the pre - term births in the world; and
- (c) the details of the amount allocated under the National Health Mission towards solving this problem during the said period and the details of district - wise allocation and utilization of funds inthe State of Bengal under the National Health Mission?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a)& (b) : As per WHO Publication in the  year 2012, titled,  'Born  too  Soon:  The  Global Action Report on Preterm Birth' 13 % of all the births in India are estimated to be pre - term. As per  the  available  estimates  33.4  lakh  pre - term  babies  were  born  in  India  in  2015  and  this contributes to 22% of the world's preterm births.

The sate - wise estimates fo r the same are not available.

- (c): Various interventions are being implemented under the Reproductive and Child Heal (RCH) programme of the National Health Mission of the Government of India to tackle amon other things, preterm births.

The state wise allocation and expenditure of funds under the RCH programme, including the State of West Bengal for the period 2015 - 16 are placed at Annexure.

District wise details are not maintained at the National level.

## Annexure

| S.No.                    | State                | 2015-16   | 2015-16   |
|--------------------------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|
|                          |                      | Approved  | Exp       |
| A. High Focus States     |                      |           |           |
| 1                        | Bihar                | 98206.11  | 74567     |
| 2                        | Chhattisgarh         | 33693.26  | 22655.33  |
| 3                        | Himachal Pradesh     | 8266.63   | 5946.47   |
| 4                        | Jammu & Kashmir      | 25873.85  | 20150.55  |
| 5                        | Jharkhand            | 43130.69  | 24514.18  |
| 6                        | Madhya Pradesh       | 92524.01  | 76025.88  |
| 7                        | Orissa               | 41393.14  | 35027.43  |
| 8                        | Rajasthan            | 70887.54  | 49154.08  |
| 9                        | Uttar Pradesh        | 151734.33 | 101974.58 |
| 10                       | Uttarakhand          | 12414.31  | 11616.46  |
| B. NE States             |                      |           |           |
| 11                       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 5295.48   | 3811.64   |
| 12                       | Assam                | 61626.52  | 51374.93  |
| 13                       | Manipur              | 4671.8    | 3024.75   |
| 14                       | Meghalaya            | 5811.21   | 4479.64   |
| 15                       | Mizoram              | 4758.27   | 3400.05   |
| 16                       | Nagaland             | 4396.44   | 3211.68   |
| 17                       | Sikkim               | 1680.04   | 1201.68   |
| 18                       | Tripura              | 4141.76   | 2697.71   |
| C. Non-High Focus States |                      |           |           |
| 19                       | Andhra               | 32133.43  | 29786.21  |
| 20                       | Goa                  | 1425.25   | 606.63    |
| 21                       | Gujarat              | 37067.58  | 28808.14  |
| 22                       | Haryana              | 20667.03  | 16385.03  |
| 23                       | Karnataka            | 41345     | 27773.67  |
| 24                       | Kerala               | 16181.48  | 13881.16  |
| 25                       | Maharashtra          | 63169.16  | 44521.79  |
| 26                       | Punjab               | 17876.56  | 15018.92  |
| 27                       | TamilN adu           | 48208.17  | 41189.82  |
| 28                       | Telangana            | 24750.97  | 17536.98  |
| 29                       | West Bengal          | 66054.84  | 55012.51  |
| D. Small States/UTs      |                      |           |           |
| 30                       | Andaman & Nicobar    | 1234.69   | 666.01    |
| 31                       | Chandigarh           | 1143.97   | 813.58    |
| 32                       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1092.06   | 712.45    |
| 33                       | Daman                | 705.18    | 516.34    |
| 34                       | Delhi                | 6060.82   | 3531.2    |
| 35                       | Lakshadweep          | 429.98    | 51.54     |
| 36                       | Puducherry           | 951.14    | 627.37    |
|                          | Grand Total          | 1051002.7 | 792273.39 |