Lok Sabha Question No. 4954 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Cold Chain Storage of Vaccines
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NITYANAND RAI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4954 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER , 2016

## COLD CHAIN STORAGE O F VACCINES

## 4954. SHRI NITYANAND RAI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  granted financial  assistance  to  various  States  for cold  chain storage of vaccines in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the assistance provided during the last two years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has developed  any  mechanism  for  inspecting proper  upkeep  of vaccines in such cold chain storages; 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): Yes. The Government has granted financial assistance to various States/Union Territ (UTs)  for  cold  chain  maintenance.  In  addition,  Government  is  also  providing  cold  c equipment to States/UTs.
- (b): The details of financial assistance provided to State/UTs for the last two years and current year is given in Annexure.
- (c)& (d): Yes. The Government has rolled out an Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Networ (eVIN) system that digitizes the entire vaccine stock and temperature recoding at vaccine age points.

The system is running in 11 states. These state sare Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Gujarat.

## Annexure

| Allocation of Cold   |   Chain Maintenance |   Fund 2015-16 |   ( Rs. in Lakhs) |
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
| A&N Islands          |                0.65 |           0.65 |              0.65 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |               11.42 |          12.22 |             13.8  |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                4.95 |           4.68 |              4.68 |
| Assam                |                9.99 |           9.99 |             10.17 |
| Bihar                |               12.96 |          12.96 |             12.96 |
| Chandigarh           |                0.6  |           0.6  |              1.6  |
| Chattisgarh          |               11.1  |          11.1  |             22.2  |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli  |                0.15 |           0.15 |              0.15 |
| Daman &Diu           |                0.3  |           0.3  |              0.45 |
| Delhi                |                6.15 |           6.15 |              6.15 |
| Goa                  |                0.56 |           0.66 |              0.57 |
| Gujarat              |               18.09 |          22.33 |             23.39 |
| Haryana              |                7.89 |           7.06 |              8.33 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                8.12 |           8.12 |              8.12 |
| Jammu &Kashmir       |                8.68 |           8.68 |              8.68 |
| Jharkhand            |                5.05 |           5.06 |              5.06 |
| Karnataka            |               20.9  |          24.77 |             24.45 |
| Kerala               |                6.12 |          10.22 |             10.22 |
| Lakshadweep          |                0.2  |           0.2  |              0.2  |
| Madhya Pradesh       |               19.69 |          19.69 |             19.69 |
| Maharashtra          |               29.19 |          29.19 |             31.78 |
| Manipur              |                2.11 |           2.11 |              2.11 |
| Meghalaya            |                2.16 |           2.24 |              3.03 |
| Mizoram              |                1.85 |           1.85 |              1.7  |
| Nagaland             |                2.75 |           2.75 |              2.75 |
| Orissa               |               17.39 |          15.16 |             16.52 |
| Puducherry           |                0.6  |           0.8  |              0.8  |
| Punjab               |               20.89 |          20.89 |             20.89 |
| Rajasthan            |               25.28 |          27.15 |             26.92 |
| Sikkim               |                0.8  |           0.8  |              0    |
| Tamil Nadu           |               20.49 |          20.49 |             17.93 |
| Telangna             |                7.39 |           7.39 |              7.74 |
| Tripura              |                2.24 |           2.24 |              2.27 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |               19.76 |          19.43 |             19.94 |
| Uttarakhand          |                4.34 |           4.72 |              4.27 |
| Total                |              596.81 |         594.9  |            612.27 |