Lok Sabha Question No. 2254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-28
Subject: Human Development Index
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JULY, 2017

## HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN DEX

## 2254. SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

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

(a) whether society for social and economic study has conducted a study in Andhra Pradesh and reported that living standards have fallen very drastically and Andhra Pradesh has fallen dow n in Human Development Index (HDI);

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the HDI and also post bifurcation impact on HDI; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

## (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a) &(b) : According to the report 'Human Development in Andhra Pradesh' prepared for Government of Andhra Pradesh by Center for Economic and Social Studies in 2 016, the rank of Andhra Pradesh in Human Development Index(HDI) among 21 major States of India was 12 in 2004- 05 and 9 in 2011 - 12. Moreover, as per the said report, the districts of Andhra Pradesh a lower HDI in 2004 - 05 have improved their HDI status faster compared to the other districts by 2011- 12. This reflects declining inequalities in HDI across the districts. The same is e case of the three components of HDI, viz., standard of living, health and education.

- (c)& (d): The initiatives tak en by the Government to further increase the HDI in the country include:
- Promoting  institutional  deliveries,    strengthening  of  health  infrastructure,  tra service  providers  in  management  of  emergency  obstetric  care  and  skilled  bir attendance,  providing  ante - natal  and  post - natal  care,  organising  village  health  and nutri tion  days,  engagement  of  an  accredited  social  health  activist  (ASHA)  in community, establishing referral systems including emergency referral transport, tra of service providers in integrated management of neo - natal & childhood illness, training of ASHAs in Home based new born care, training of health care providers in essent new - born  care  and  resuscitation,  providing  new - born  care  at  all  levels,  promoting exclusive  breastfeeding  and  complementary  feeding,  establishment  of  nutrition rehabilita tion  centres,    strengthening  routine  immunisation  programme,  focussing  o reduction  in  morbidity  and  mortality  due  to  acute  respiratory  infections  (ARI) diarrhoeal  diseases,  introduction  of  name  based  web  enabled  tracking  of  pregn

women & children ( Mother and Child Tracking System) to ensure antenatal, intra - n tal and  postnatal  care  to  pregnant  women  and  care  to  new - borns,  infants  and  children. universal population based screening programme for early detection, management an control  of  common  non - communicable  diseases  such  as  hypertension,  diabetes,  and cancers (breast, cervix and oral).

- Enactment  and  operationalisation  of  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsor Education (RTE) Act, 2009, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Mid - Day - Meal  Scheme, National Programm e for Education of Girls at Elementary level, setting up of Kasturba Gan Balika Vidyalaya, Mahila Samakhya programme, scheme for providing quality education in Madarasas.
- Improving  the  purchasing  power  of  the  people  through  various  income  generatin schemes including Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
- The National Food Security Act, 2013 aims to provide for food and nutritional secur human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity of quality fo af fordable prices to people to live a life with dignity.