Lok Sabha Question No. 6614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: Vasectomy Operation
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH APRIL, 2018

## VASECTOMY OPERATION

## 6614. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

## SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) whether men are getting apathetic to vasectomy, a measure to control population;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (c)the number of men who opted for vasectomy during the last three years, State/UT - wise?

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

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): No  such  information  is  captured  in  any  survey.  However,  the  Family Planning program in India is voluntary in nature and the Government promotes all family plan choices  including  male  sterilization  (Non - Scalpel  Vasectomy).  It  is  the  prerogative  of  the clients  to  choose  a  family  planning  method  as  per  their  reproductive rights  and  the Government  provides  the  services  free  of  cost  in  all  public  health  and  accre private/NGO facilities, as per the demand.
- (b): Does not arise .
- (c): Details in Annexure.

## Male sterilization in last 3 years

| S. No.   | State                | 2014- 15   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   |
|----------|----------------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands        | 4          | 5          | 330        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       | 2,231      | 1,476      | 1,670      |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 2          | 4          | 33         |
| 4        | Assam                | 4,276      | 4,122      | 4,401      |
| 5        | Bihar                | 3,498      | 2,804      | 3,348      |
| 6        | Chandigarh           | 73         | 40         | 61         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         | 1,888      | 4,901      | 5,215      |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 3          | 0          | 7          |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          | 0          | 8          | 2          |
| 10       | Delhi                | 811        | 911        | 1,323      |
| 11       | Goa                  | 15         | 29         | 10         |
| 12       | Gujarat              | 2,272      | 1,815      | 2,133      |
| 13       | Haryana              | 4,214      | 3,452      | 2,422      |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh     | 1,362      | 1,490      | 1,133      |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 442        | 452        | 460        |
| 16       | Jharkhand            | 3,815      | 3,622      | 2,987      |
| 17       | Karnataka            | 1,006      | 1,285      | 928        |
| 18       | Kerala               | 1,281      | 1,075      | 906        |
| 19       | Lakshadweep          | 1          | 0          | 0          |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh       | 5,980      | 9,950      | 7,300      |
| 21       | Maharashtra          | 13,912     | 15,055     | 13,895     |
| 22       | Manipur              | 91         | 136        | 80         |
| 23       | Meghalaya            | 22         | 11         | 15         |
| 24       | Mizoram              | 0          | 0          | 0          |
| 25       | Nagaland             | 9          | 10         | 11         |
| 26       | Orissa               | 2,065      | 2,373      | 2,635      |
| 27       | Puducherry           | 23         | 11         | 17         |
| 28       | Punjab               | 3,302      | 1,986      | 1,223      |
| 29       | Rajasthan            | 4,302      | 4,626      | 3,532      |
| 30       | Sikkim               | 28         | 8          | 21         |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu           | 1,187      | 1,023      | 745        |
| 32       | Telangana            | 5,292      | 5,674      | 3,470      |
| 33       | Tripura              | 18         | 27         | 43         |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh        | 9,798      | 6,003      | 7,876      |
| 35       | Uttarakhand          | 979        | 1,185      | 690        |
| 36       | West Bengal          | 3,772      | 4,268      | 5,113      |
|          | TOTAL                | 77,974     | 79,837     | 74,035     |

## Annexure: