Lok Sabha Question No. 3731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-24
Subject: BMI in Women
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3731 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH MARCH, 2017

## BMI IN WOMEN

## 3731. SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

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

- (a) the percentage of women in India whose BMI is below normal;
- (b) the steps taken to improve BMI of women; and
- (c) the funds spent on activities during the last three years?

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

- ( a) : As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS), the  percentage of  women in the ag group of 15 - 49  years whose BMI is below normal, i.e., less than 18.5 kg/m2 has come down from 35.5% in NFHS - III(2005 - 06) to  22.9% in NFHS -IV(2015- 16)
- ( b) : The  Government  has  accorded  high  priority  to  the  issue  of  malnutrition  and implementing several schemes/programmes through different  Ministries/Departments  and through State Governments /UT Administrations. These include the Integrated Chi Development  Scheme  (ICDS),  National  Health  Mission,  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  and Maternity Benefit Programme as direct target ed interventions.

Besides  this,  indirect  multi - sectoral  interventions  include  National  Food  Security  Act 2013, Swachh Bharat Mission, National Rural Drinking Water Programme, etc.

All these schemes have potential to address one or other aspect related to nutrition of women.

- ( c) : The  funds  spent  during  the  last  three  years  on  schemes  such  as  ICDS,  Scheme  f Adolescent Girls, and Maternity Benefit Programme are at Annexure - 1, 2 & 3.

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## Annexure - I

|      |                   | 2013-14        | 2014-15        | 2015-16        |
|------|-------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| S.No | State/UTs         | Funds released | Funds released | Funds released |
| 1    | Andhra Pradesh    | 40877.32       | 31693.85       | 36298.39       |
| 2    | Bihar             | 51022.67       | 53875.44       | 69357.73       |
| 3    | Chhattisgarh      | 15794.18       | 11302.16       | 32879.98       |
| 4    | Goa               | 385.92         | 515.46         | 593.45         |
| 5    | Gujarat           | 17414.66       | 18445.91       | 30058.92       |
| 6    | Haryana           | 6732.32        | 7424.01        | 5545.06        |
| 7    | Himachal Pradesh  | 3067.82        | 2839.15        | 3707.29        |
| 8    | Jammu & Kashmir   | 5631.95        | 5141.04        | 4169.34        |
| 9    | Jharkhand         | 18055.44       | 20478.70       | 15927.08       |
| 10   | Karnataka         | 24820.33       | 40184.12       | 59330.30       |
| 11   | Kerala            | 4511.22        | 4917.75        | 9411.98        |
| 12   | Madhya Pradesh    | 42386.37       | 48462.49       | 57366.69       |
| 13   | Maharashtra       | 43029.81       | 37860.23       | 37690.90       |
| 14   | Odisha            | 29109.00       | 38610.37       | 37421.34       |
| 15   | Punjab            | 6174.61        | 5577.39        | 3184.64        |
| 16   | Rajasthan         | 24075.05       | 23837.65       | 22694.59       |
| 17   | Tamil Nadu        | 22639.02       | 26961.81       | 27006.20       |
| 18   | Telangana         | 0.00           | 13088.78       | 18292.97       |
| 19   | Uttar Pradesh     | 126054.32      | 152371.18      | 203927.22      |
| 20   | Uttarakhand       | 1751.25        | 6014.82        | 21307.95       |
| 21   | West Bengal       | 35245.14       | 37687.47       | 42524.56       |
| 22   | A & N Islands     | 101.37         | 147.23         | 267.67         |
| 23   | Chandigarh        | 265.39         | 341.99         | 535.56         |
| 24   | Dadra & N Haveli  | 98.78          | 123.48         | 62.38          |
| 25   | Daman & Diu       | 100.41         | 67.34          | 40.24          |
| 26   | Lakshadweep       | 29.02          | 46.96          | 68.31          |
| 27   | Delhi             | 6249.29        | 4978.98        | 6740.28        |
| 28   | Puducherry        | 177.71         | 182.37         | 340.04         |
| 29   | Arunachal Pradesh | 3492.73        | 5032.15        | 4194.48        |
| 30   | Assam             | 34300.52       | 45517.33       | 33637.97       |
| 31   | Manipur           | 4449.10        | 3632.78        | 1150.60        |
| 32   | Meghalaya         | 8110.80        | 9380.22        | 7565.63        |
| 33   | Mizoram           | 2481.65        | 2437.62        | 1551.50        |
| 34   | Nagaland          | 3445.56        | 5308.79        | 1717.06        |
| 35   | Sikkim            | 587.68         | 734.59         | 434.30         |
| 36   | Tripura           | 4000.16        | 5969.31        | 7870.18        |
|      | Total             | 586668.57      | 671190.92      | 804872.78      |

| Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                                           | State/UTs                                                                                      | 2013- 14                                                                                       | 2014- 15                                                                                       | 2015- 16                                                                                       |
| (1)                                                                                            | Released (2)                                                                                   | (3)                                                                                            | Released (4)                                                                                   | Released (5)                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 1305.11                                                                                        | 805.48                                                                                         | 675.68                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                              | ArunachalPradesh                                                                               | 116.83                                                                                         | 120.94                                                                                         | 78.41                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                          | 2311.46                                                                                        | 1042.63                                                                                        | 817.44                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                          | 3289.87                                                                                        | 6458.23                                                                                        | 875.28                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 1076.83                                                                                        | 4232.15                                                                                        | 2072.23                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                            | 130.56                                                                                         | 236.44                                                                                         | 337.905                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                        | 4707.3                                                                                         | 2270.3                                                                                         | 2234.25                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                        | 269.66                                                                                         | 792.09                                                                                         | 812.47                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 574.95                                                                                         | 583.71                                                                                         | 956.78                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                | 466.8                                                                                          | 292.12                                                                                         | 156.27                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 150.99                                                                                         | 944.5                                                                                          | 193.31                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                      | 3118.78                                                                                        | 4345.49                                                                                        | 3164.54                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                         | 1511.57                                                                                        | 802.45                                                                                         | 1201.84                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 6554.02                                                                                        | 7395.74                                                                                        | 8746.45                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 2797.64                                                                                        | 386.74                                                                                         | 1531.25                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                        | 53.2                                                                                           | 21.15                                                                                          | 95.82                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                      | 383.58                                                                                         | 296.92                                                                                         | 232.04                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                        | 111.15                                                                                         | 96.37                                                                                          | 90.65                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                       | 240.73                                                                                         | 185.31                                                                                         | 188.39                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                         | 4003.62                                                                                        | 3528.36                                                                                        | 3477.67                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                         | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 814.7                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 5163.67                                                                                        | 4301.48                                                                                        | 3275.09                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                         | 30.9                                                                                           | 55.99                                                                                          | 48.2                                                                                           |
| 24                                                                                             | TamilNadu                                                                                      | 3774.02                                                                                        | 4322.41                                                                                        | 4131.91                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                      |                                                                                                | 1226.48                                                                                        | 1242.82                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                        | 599.6                                                                                          | 622.77                                                                                         | 417.25                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 13836.29                                                                                       | 14642.59                                                                                       | 8823.48                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                             | Uttarachal                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                            | 243.19                                                                                         | 14.12                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                             | A & N                                                                                          | 24.36                                                                                          | 93.11                                                                                          | 44.14                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                             | Chandigarh                                                                                     | 5.7                                                                                            | 7.78                                                                                           | 14.01                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                             | Dadra & N H                                                                                    | 22.99                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              | 16.44                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                          | 884.48                                                                                         | 655.2                                                                                          | 228.43                                                                                         |
| 35 36                                                                                          | Lakshadweep Puducherry                                                                         | 3.52 16.26                                                                                     | 0 24.02                                                                                        | 12.03 19.27                                                                                    |
|                                                                                                | Total                                                                                          | 57536.41                                                                                       | 61032.12                                                                                       | 47040.57                                                                                       |

Annexure-III State/UT- wise details of funds released under Maternity Benefits Programme during the last three years

| S. No.   | Name of the States/UTs   | 2013-14 (Rupees in   | 2014-15 (Rupees in   | 2015-16 (Rupees in   |
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh           | Lakh) 1814.47        | Lakh) 3,004.65       | Lakh) 1502.32        |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh        | 0.00                 | 41.49                | 20.74                |
| 3        | Assam                    | 149.78               | 1,744.74             | 872.38               |
| 4        | Bihar                    | 1758.10              | 4,862.81             | 2431.40              |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh             | 1456.53              | 859.86               | 429.94               |
| 6        | Goa                      | 300.95               | 164.30               | 82.16                |
| 7        | Gujarat                  | 1007.80              | 1,504.88             | 1090.90              |
| 8        | Haryana                  | 343.65               | -                    | 171.82               |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh         | 124.30               | 295.19               | 537.11               |
| 10       | Jammu & Kashmir          | 665.24               | 522.38               | 261.20               |
| 11       | Jharkhand                | 34.64                | -                    | 17.32                |
| 12       | Karnataka                | 1452.81              | -                    | 894.95               |
| 13       | Kerala                   | 1390.69              | 934.59               | 515.60               |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh           | 2128.07              | 3,627.44             | 2358.21              |
| 15       | Maharashtra              | 3160.24              | 2,838.51             | 1419.26              |
| 16       | Manipur                  | 0.00                 | -                    | 0.00                 |
| 17       | Meghalaya                | 53.93                | -                    | 26.96                |
| 18       | Mizoram                  | 0.00                 | 19.39                | 9.70                 |
| 19       | Nagaland                 | 60.64                | 56.90                | 28.46                |
| 20       | Odisha                   | 2038.85              | 1,796.57             | 1606.61              |
| 21       | Punjab                   | 66.20                | -                    | 33.10                |
| 22       | Rajasthan                | 935.01               | 3,640.40             | 1820.20              |
| 23       | Sikkim                   | 7.87                 | 24.12                | 12.06                |
| 24       | Tamil Nadu               | 3032.19              | 2,241.40             | 1837.75              |
| 25       | Telangana                |                      | 1,877.78             | 938.90               |
| 26       | Tripura                  | - 161.76             | 209.70               | 479.83               |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh            | 95.29                | -                    | 47.64                |
| 28       | Uttarakhand              | 322.64               | 570.58               | 1182.74              |
| 29       | West Bengal              | 394.82               | 3,016.90             | 1508.46              |
| 30       | Delhi                    | 58.65                | 371.42               | 929.70               |
| 31       | Andaman & Nicobar        | 122.32               | 44.35                | 72.67                |
| 32       | Islands Puducherry       | 32.75                | 24.58                | 29.50                |
| 33       | Chandigarh               | 20.23                | -                    | 162.37               |
| 34       | Daman & Diu              | 4.13                 | 18.70                | 9.34                 |
| 35       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli     | 11.29                | -                    | 5.62                 |
| 36       | Lakshadweep              | 0.00                 | -                    | 0.00                 |
|          | Total                    | 23205.84             | 34313.64             | 23346.92             |

| Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   | Annexure-II Funds released/ utilised the Scheme for Adolescent Girls during last three years   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                                           | State/UTs                                                                                      | 2013- 14                                                                                       | 2014- 15                                                                                       | 2015- 16                                                                                       |
| (1)                                                                                            | (2)                                                                                            | Released (3)                                                                                   | Released (4)                                                                                   | Released (5)                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                              | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                 | 1305.11                                                                                        | 805.48                                                                                         | 675.68                                                                                         |
| 2                                                                                              | ArunachalPradesh                                                                               | 116.83                                                                                         | 120.94                                                                                         | 78.41                                                                                          |
| 3                                                                                              | Assam                                                                                          | 2311.46                                                                                        | 1042.63                                                                                        | 817.44                                                                                         |
| 4                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                          | 3289.87                                                                                        | 6458.23                                                                                        | 875.28                                                                                         |
| 5                                                                                              | Chhattisgarh                                                                                   | 1076.83                                                                                        | 4232.15                                                                                        | 2072.23                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                              | Goa                                                                                            | 130.56                                                                                         | 236.44                                                                                         | 337.905                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                        | 4707.3                                                                                         | 2270.3                                                                                         | 2234.25                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                        | 269.66                                                                                         | 792.09                                                                                         | 812.47                                                                                         |
| 9                                                                                              | Himachal Pradesh                                                                               | 574.95                                                                                         | 583.71                                                                                         | 956.78                                                                                         |
| 10                                                                                             | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                | 466.8                                                                                          | 292.12                                                                                         | 156.27                                                                                         |
| 11                                                                                             | Jharkhand                                                                                      | 150.99                                                                                         | 944.5                                                                                          | 193.31                                                                                         |
| 12                                                                                             | Karnataka                                                                                      | 3118.78                                                                                        | 4345.49                                                                                        | 3164.54                                                                                        |
| 13                                                                                             | Kerala                                                                                         | 1511.57                                                                                        | 802.45                                                                                         | 1201.84                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                             | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                 | 6554.02                                                                                        | 7395.74                                                                                        | 8746.45                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                             | Maharashtra                                                                                    | 2797.64                                                                                        | 386.74                                                                                         | 1531.25                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                             | Manipur                                                                                        | 53.2                                                                                           | 21.15                                                                                          | 95.82                                                                                          |
| 17                                                                                             | Meghalaya                                                                                      | 383.58                                                                                         | 296.92                                                                                         | 232.04                                                                                         |
| 18                                                                                             | Mizoram                                                                                        | 111.15                                                                                         | 96.37                                                                                          | 90.65                                                                                          |
| 19                                                                                             | Nagaland                                                                                       | 240.73                                                                                         | 185.31                                                                                         | 188.39                                                                                         |
| 20                                                                                             | Odisha                                                                                         | 4003.62                                                                                        | 3528.36                                                                                        | 3477.67                                                                                        |
| 21                                                                                             | Punjab                                                                                         | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 814.7                                                                                          |
| 22                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                      | 5163.67                                                                                        | 4301.48                                                                                        | 3275.09                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                             | Sikkim                                                                                         | 30.9                                                                                           | 55.99                                                                                          | 48.2                                                                                           |
| 24                                                                                             | TamilNadu                                                                                      | 3774.02                                                                                        | 4322.41                                                                                        | 4131.91                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                             | Telangana                                                                                      |                                                                                                | 1226.48                                                                                        | 1242.82                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                             | Tripura                                                                                        | 599.6                                                                                          | 622.77                                                                                         | 417.25                                                                                         |
| 27                                                                                             | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                  | 13836.29                                                                                       | 14642.59                                                                                       | 8823.48                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                             | Uttarachal                                                                                     | 0.0                                                                                            | 243.19                                                                                         | 14.12                                                                                          |
| 29                                                                                             | West Bengal                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 30                                                                                             | A &                                                                                            | 24.36                                                                                          | 93.11                                                                                          | 44.14                                                                                          |
| 31                                                                                             | N Chandigarh                                                                                   | 5.7                                                                                            | 7.78                                                                                           | 14.01                                                                                          |
| 32                                                                                             | Daman & Diu                                                                                    | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              | 0                                                                                              |
| 33                                                                                             | Dadra & N H                                                                                    | 22.99                                                                                          | 0                                                                                              | 16.44                                                                                          |
| 34                                                                                             | Delhi                                                                                          | 884.48                                                                                         | 655.2                                                                                          | 228.43                                                                                         |
| 35                                                                                             | Lakshadweep                                                                                    | 3.52                                                                                           | 0                                                                                              | 12.03                                                                                          |
| 36                                                                                             | Puducherry                                                                                     | 16.26                                                                                          | 24.02                                                                                          | 19.27                                                                                          |
|                                                                                                | Total                                                                                          | 57536.41                                                                                       | 61032.12                                                                                       | 47040.57                                                                                       |