Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (STARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, MANSHANKAR NINAMA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 490 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH APRIL, 2017 BLOOD BANKS

## †*490. SHRI BHARAT SINGH: SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  Government  and  private  blood  banks  functioning  in  t country at present, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any scheme for setting up blo banks on priority basis in remote, flood affected, rural and border area country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether coordination is being established with the public sector vol organisations and the private sector for promoting volunt ary blood donation and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to stop illegal sale o and related illegal activities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA )

(a) to (d) :  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 490* FOR 7 TH APRIL, 2017

(a) There are 2854 licensed Blood Banks in the country as reported by Drugs Controller General of India. (Annexure ).

- (b) As per Government of India norms, every district should have atleast Blood Bank. So, support is being provided under the NHM to establish Blo Banks in those districts that have no Blood Banks based on proposal submi by the State in their Programme Implementation P lans.
- (c)Yes.Several activities to promote public awareness of the need for volu blood donation have been undertaken in collaboration with Indian Red Cr Society,  Nehru  Yuvak  Kendra  Samiti,  National  Service  Scheme,  Schools  & Colleges, workplaces and various Blood Donor Organizations.

Special days such as World Blood Donor Day and National Voluntary Blood Donation  Day  are  observed  at  national  and  state  level  recognizing contribution of voluntary blood donors.

State Blood Transfusion  Councils are also  supported through  Grant -in - aid  to conduct activities for promotion of voluntary blood donation and for conducting Blood Donation Camps through NACO.

Recently, Drugs  and  Cosmetics  Rules  1945 have  been  suitably  amended  to permit private blood banks to conduct voluntary blood donation camps.

To  promote  voluntary  blood  donation , 132  Mobile  collection  vans  and  250 Blood transportation vans with dedicated manpower have been provided unde NACO and NHM.

Further,  States  are  being  s upported  for  IEC  activities  to  promote  voluntary blood donation.

(d) Requirements of license to operate a Blood Ba nk for collection, storage and processing  of  Whole  Human  Blood  and/or  its  com ponents for  Sale  or Distribution are mentioned in Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules 1945. T operation of Blood Banks is regulated through periodic inspection by Sta Central Regulatory Authorities .

Annexure Number of licensed blood bank in India State / UT wise up to Oct. 2016

| S.NO   | NAME OF STATE        | Public including Govt. Blood Banks   | Private including charitable trust Blood Bank   |   TOTAL |
|--------|----------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar    | 02                                   | 01                                              |      03 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh       | 33                                   | 114                                             |     147 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh    | 09                                   | 01                                              |      10 |
| 4      | Assam                | 38                                   | 30                                              |      68 |
| 5      | Bihar                | 32                                   | 39                                              |      71 |
| 6      | Chandigarh           | 03                                   | 01                                              |      04 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 34                                   | 23                                              |      57 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | -                                    | 01                                              |      01 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu          | 01                                   | 01                                              |      02 |
| 10     | NCT of Delhi         | 23                                   | 46                                              |      69 |
| 11.    | Goa                  | 03                                   | 03                                              |      06 |
| 12     | Gujarat              | 27                                   | 114                                             |     141 |
| 13     | Haryana              | 26                                   | 63                                              |      89 |
| 14     | Himachal Pradesh     | 19                                   | 03                                              |      22 |
| 15     | Jammu & Kashmir      | 29                                   | 04                                              |      33 |
| 16     | Jharkhand            | 27                                   | 23                                              |      50 |
| 17     | Karnataka            | 40                                   | 160                                             |     200 |
| 18     | Kerala               | 41                                   | 129                                             |     170 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep          | 01                                   | 00                                              |      01 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh       | 58                                   | 84                                              |     142 |
| 21     | Maharashtra          | 74                                   | 252                                             |     326 |
| 22     | Manipur              | 04                                   | 01                                              |      05 |
| 23     | Meghalaya            | 05                                   | 02                                              |      07 |
| 24     | Mizoram              | 08                                   | 02                                              |      10 |
| 25     | Nagaland             | 05                                   | -                                               |      05 |
| 26     | Odisha               | 63                                   | 20                                              |      83 |
| 27     | Pondicherry          | 03                                   | 10                                              |      13 |
| 28     | Punjab               | 48                                   | 55                                              |     103 |
| 29     | Rajasthan            | 51                                   | 58                                              |     109 |
| 30     | Sikkim               | 02                                   | 01                                              |      03 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu           | 97                                   | 195                                             |     292 |
| 32     | Telangana            | 26                                   | 130                                             |     156 |
| 33     | Tripura              | 10                                   | 02                                              |      12 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh        | 103                                  | 186                                             |     289 |
| 35     | Uttarkhand           | 17                                   | 13                                              |      30 |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 81                                   | 44                                              |     125 |
|        | Total                | 1043                                 | 1811                                            |    2854 |