Lok Sabha Question No. 410 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Budget Allocation for Health Sector
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 410 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 RD MARCH, 2018 BUDGET ALLOCATION FO R HEALTH SECTOR

## †*410. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK':

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

- (a) the details of budget allocation made by the Government for the health during the last four years along with the utilisation made out of the same;
- (b) the present status and details of infant mortality rate, State - wise; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in view of the poor perfor of the health sector in the country as against the global scenario?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)to ( c) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 410* FOR 23 RD MARCH, 2018

- (a) : The details of Budget Allocation and utilization during the last four ye as under:

(Rs. in crores)

| Year     | Department of Health & Family Welfare   | Department of Health & Family Welfare   | Department of Health & Family Welfare   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|          | BE                                      | RE                                      | Actual Expenditure                      |
| 2013- 14 | 35063.00                                | 29047.09                                | 28618.47                                |
| 2014- 15 | 36948.00                                | 30342.00                                | 31914.00                                |
| 2015- 16 | 31050.00                                | 32819.00                                | 33121.41                                |
| 2016- 17 | 37061.55                                | 38343.33                                | 36493.50                                |

- (b) The present status and details of infant mortality rate, state - wise is Annexed. Further,  as  per  the  Sample  Registration  System,  2016  (SRS,  2016)  report Registrar  General  of  India,  the  Infant  Mortality  Rate  at  national  level  i 1000 live births.
- (c) In order to address child mortality, various interventions are implem under  NHM.  These  interventions  includes  Promotion  of  Institutional  delive through  cash  incentive  under  Janani  Suraksha  Yojana  (JSY),  entitlements  un Janani ShishuSuraksha Karyakaram (JSSK), LaQshaya initiative for all government facilities with high case load to bring about reorganization of room to ensure respectful maternity care and enable adherence to quality sta clinical protocols in labour room, ensuring essential newborn care at all delivery points, establishment of Special Newborn Care Units (SNCU), Newborn Stabilization Units (NBSU) and Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) units for care o sick and small babies, Home Based Newborn Care (HBNC) provided b y ASHAs to improve child rearing practices, Mothers' Absolute Affection programme (MAA)

to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding for first six mont and  folic  acid  (IFA)  supplementation  for  the  prevention  of  anaemia  among vulnerab le  age  groups,  and  promote  use  of  ORS  and  Zinc  for  management  of diarrhoea in children.

Universal  Immunization  Programme  (UIP)  is  being  supported  to  provide vaccination to children against many life threatening diseases such as Tuberc Diphtheria, Pertussis, Polio, Tetanus, Hepatitis B and Measles. Pentavalent vac has been introduced all across the country and 'Mission Indradhanush' has been launched  to  fully  immunize  children  who  are  either  unvaccinated  or  part vaccinated;  those  that  have not  been  covered  during  the  rounds  of  routine immunization for various reasons. Measles Rubella Campaign is being undertak in select States for children from 9  months to 15 years of age with the eliminating Measles by 2020.

Besides  this,  Governmen t  of  India  is  also  implementing  Rashtriya  Bal Swasthya Karyakram  (RBSK)  which  provides  child  health  screening  and  early interventions services including free surgery for defects, diseases, deficie delays  so  as  to  improve  the  quality  of  survival  an d  to  reduce  out  of  pocket expenditure of families.

Annexure

| Status of Infant Mortality Rate   | Status of Infant Mortality Rate   |   Status of Infant Mortality Rate |   Status of Infant Mortality Rate |   Status of Infant Mortality Rate |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| State/UTs                         | 2013                              |                              2014 |                              2015 |                              2016 |
| India                             | 40                                |                                39 |                                37 |                                34 |
| Bihar                             | 42                                |                                42 |                                42 |                                38 |
| Chhattisgarh                      | 46                                |                                43 |                                41 |                                39 |
| Himachal Pradesh                  | 35                                |                                32 |                                28 |                                25 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                   | 37                                |                                34 |                                26 |                                24 |
| Jharkhand                         | 37                                |                                34 |                                32 |                                29 |
| Madhya Pradesh                    | 54                                |                                52 |                                50 |                                47 |
| Odisha                            | 51                                |                                49 |                                46 |                                44 |
| Rajasthan                         | 47                                |                                46 |                                43 |                                41 |
| Uttar Pradesh                     | 50                                |                                48 |                                46 |                                43 |
| Uttarakhand                       | 32                                |                                33 |                                34 |                                38 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                 | 32                                |                                30 |                                30 |                                36 |
| Assam                             | 54                                |                                49 |                                47 |                                44 |
| Manipur                           | 10                                |                                11 |                                 9 |                                11 |
| Meghalaya                         | 47                                |                                46 |                                42 |                                39 |
| Mizoram                           | 35                                |                                32 |                                32 |                                27 |
| Nagaland                          | 18                                |                                14 |                                12 |                                12 |
| Sikkim                            | 22                                |                                19 |                                18 |                                16 |
| Tripura                           | 26                                |                                21 |                                20 |                                24 |
| Andhra Pradesh                    | 39                                |                                39 |                                37 |                                34 |
| Goa                               | 9                                 |                                10 |                                 9 |                                 8 |
| Gujarat                           | 36                                |                                35 |                                33 |                                30 |
| Haryana                           | 41                                |                                36 |                                36 |                                33 |
| Karnataka                         | 31                                |                                29 |                                28 |                                24 |
| Kerala                            | 12                                |                                12 |                                12 |                                10 |
| Maharashtra                       | 24                                |                                22 |                                21 |                                19 |
| Punjab                            | 26                                |                                24 |                                23 |                                21 |
| Tamil Nadu                        | 21                                |                                20 |                                19 |                                17 |
| Telangana                         |                                   |                                35 |                                34 |                                31 |
| West Bengal                       | 31                                |                                28 |                                26 |                                25 |
| A & N Islands                     | 24                                |                                22 |                                20 |                                16 |
| Chandigarh                        | 21                                |                                23 |                                21 |                                14 |
| D & N Haveli                      | 31                                |                                26 |                                21 |                                17 |
| Daman & Diu                       | 20                                |                                18 |                                18 |                                19 |
| Delhi                             | 24                                |                                20 |                                18 |                                18 |
| Lakshadweep                       | 24                                |                                20 |                                20 |                                19 |
| Puducherry                        | 17                                |                                14 |                                11 |                                10 |