Lok Sabha Question No. 3645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: Unavailability of Blood
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH MARCH, 2018

## UNAVAILABILITY OF BL OOD

## 3645. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken cognizance  of  the  deaths  caused  due  to  the shortage/unavailability of blood in the cou try;
- (b) if so, the details of the annual requirement viz - a- viz  availability  of  blood in t he country, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether reports of black marketing of blood have been received from different parts of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT - wise along with the action taken or proposed to be taken by the Government inthis regard; and
- (e) whether the Government has taken notes from poor people sell their blood to earn money in metro cities and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): No such instances have been reported to the Government.
- (b): The annual requirement vis - a- viz avail ability is detailed at Annexure .
- (c): There are no such reports as per information obtained from States.
- (d) Does not arise.
- (e): As per Supreme Court of India directives professional blood donation is banned country since 1996 .

## State wise details of annual requirement of blood vis-à-vis blood collection in India (2016-17)

| S.No                | Name of State                          | Blood Requirement (asperWHO1%norm*)   | Total Blood Collection In India ( 2016 - 2017 SIMS data) 459852   |
|---------------------|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                     | Andhra Pradesh Telangana               |                                       | 395723                                                            |
| 1 2 3               |                                        | 846655 351940 13826                   |                                                                   |
|                     | Arunachal Pradesh Assam                |                                       | 5355                                                              |
| 4 5                 |                                        |                                       |                                                                   |
| 6                   |                                        | 311693 1167257                        | 220000 182242                                                     |
| 7                   | Bihar                                  |                                       |                                                                   |
|                     | Chandigarh                             | 10547 255402 3429                     | 84955 163756 8286                                                 |
|                     | Chhattisgarh Dadra &Nagar Haveli Delhi |                                       |                                                                   |
| 8                   |                                        | 186869 2429                           | 546990 1735                                                       |
| 9                   | Daman &Diu Gujarat                     |                                       |                                                                   |
| 10 11               |                                        | 603836 253531                         | 798997 270860                                                     |
| 12                  | Haryana Himachal Pradesh J&K           |                                       |                                                                   |
| 13                  |                                        | 71232                                 | 38540 63011                                                       |
| 14 15               |                                        | 125489 329662 611307                  |                                                                   |
|                     | Jharkhand Karnataka                    |                                       | 164625 960049 386686                                              |
| 16                  |                                        |                                       |                                                                   |
| 17                  | Kerala Pradesh                         | 333877                                | 454310                                                            |
| 18 19               | Madhya Maharashtra Manipur             | 725976 1213621 27218                  | 1460050                                                           |
|                     |                                        | 29640                                 | 22602                                                             |
| 20                  | Meghalaya                              |                                       |                                                                   |
| 21 22 23            |                                        |                                       | 14262 23593 10713                                                 |
|                     | Mizoram Nagaland                       | 10910 19806                           |                                                                   |
| 24 25               |                                        | 419474                                | 401958                                                            |
|                     | Odisha Puducherry                      |                                       |                                                                   |
|                     |                                        | 12445                                 | 21591 383198 582255                                               |
| 26 27 28            | Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim                | 277041 747916                         | 5618                                                              |
| 29 30               | Tamil Nadu                             | 6077 778815 36710                     | 885820                                                            |
| 31                  |                                        |                                       |                                                                   |
|                     | Tripura Pradesh                        | 2238974                               | 28708                                                             |
|                     | Uttar                                  |                                       | 862059                                                            |
| 32 33 34            | Uttarakhand West Bengal Goa            | 101168 913477 14577                   | 115520 1049619 18403                                              |
| 35                  | A&N                                    | 3799                                  | 2204                                                              |
| 36                  | Lakshadweep                            | 644                                   |                                                                   |
| 0 13057269 11094145 | 0 13057269 11094145                    | 0 13057269 11094145                   | 0 13057269 11094145                                               |