Lok Sabha Question No. 126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-15
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 126 TO BE ANSWERED ON   15 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## BLOOD BANKS

## 126. DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE: SHRI HARI MANJHI:

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

- (a) the details of blood banks functioning at present in the country, State/ UT - wise  including Maharashtra;
- (b) whether the Union Government has conducted any study to map these blood banks, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are disparities across States and within States viz - a- viz thenumber of blood banks, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of WHO standard for number of blood banks per million population and India's performance in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has any plan to start blood banks in community health centres in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government also proposes to start blood banks u nder Public Private Partnership in near future and ifso, the details thereof?

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

- (a): The details of licensed blood banks in India, State/UT - wise upto June 2017 is annexed.
- (b) & (c): Yes. A nationwide baseline assessment was carried out in 2016 which indicat 2672 functional blood banks in the country, inequitably distributed across all States.

The blood banks are clustered in urban and semi- urban locations in all districts barring 74 in accordance with availability of secondary and tertiary health infrastructure in both go and private sectors especially to manage conditions such as genetic blood disorders, can complex surgeries where there is greater need for blood.

(d):  As  per  WHO  norms,  if  1 - 3  %  of  population  donates,  the  basic  blood  requirement  of  a country can be met. There is no norm for number of blood banks per million population.

(e)  &(f):  Health  is  a  State  subject.  Under  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  financial technical support is provided to States including for strengthening blood services and s blood  banks  in  district  hospitals  as  per  proposals  received  from  State  Gov ernments  in  their Programme Implementation plans.

## Number of licensed blood bank in India State / UT wise up to June. 2017

| S.NO   | NAME OF STATE           | Publicincluding Govt. Blood Banks   | Private including charitable trust Blood Bank   |   TOTAL |
|--------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1.     | Andaman & Nicobar       | 02                                  | 01                                              |      03 |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh          | 32                                  | 118                                             |     150 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh       | 09                                  | 01                                              |      10 |
| 4      | Assam                   | 38                                  | 30                                              |      68 |
| 5      | Bihar                   | 35                                  | 41                                              |      76 |
| 6      | Chandigarh              | 03                                  | 01                                              |      04 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh            | 27                                  | 40                                              |      67 |
| 8      | Dadra & Nagar Haveli    | -                                   | 01                                              |      01 |
| 9      | Daman & Diu             | 01                                  | 01                                              |      02 |
| 10     | NCT of Delhi            | 23                                  | 46                                              |      69 |
| 11.    | Goa                     | 03                                  | 04                                              |      07 |
| 12     | Gujarat                 | 28                                  | 117                                             |     145 |
| 13     | Haryana                 | 26                                  | 64                                              |      90 |
| 14     | Himachal                | 19                                  | 03                                              |      22 |
| 15     | Pradesh Jammu & Kashmir | 25                                  | 04                                              |      29 |
| 16     | Jharkhand               | 27                                  | 22                                              |      49 |
| 17     | Karnataka               | 40                                  | 160                                             |     200 |
| 18     | Kerala                  | 41                                  | 127                                             |     168 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep             | 01                                  | 00                                              |      01 |
| 20*    | Madhya Pradesh          | 54                                  | 90                                              |     144 |
| 21     | Maharashtra             | 74                                  | 254                                             |     328 |
| 22     | Manipur                 | 04                                  | 01                                              |      05 |
| 23     | Meghalaya               | 05                                  | 02                                              |      07 |
| 24     | Mizoram                 | 08                                  | 02                                              |      10 |
| 25     | Nagaland                | 05                                  | -                                               |      05 |
| 26     | Odisha                  | 63                                  | 20                                              |      83 |
| 27     | Pondicherry             | 05                                  | 12                                              |      17 |
| 28     | Punjab                  | 49                                  | 57                                              |     106 |
| 29     | Rajasthan               | 52                                  | 63                                              |     115 |
| 30     | Sikkim                  | 02                                  | 01                                              |      03 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu              | 98                                  | 193                                             |     291 |
| 32     | Telangana               | 27                                  | 134                                             |     161 |
| 33     | Tripura                 | 10                                  | 02                                              |      12 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh           | 104                                 | 190                                             |     294 |
| 35     | Uttarkhand              | 21                                  | 12                                              |      33 |
| 36     | West Bengal             | 82                                  | 46                                              |     128 |
|        | Total                   | 1043                                | 1860                                            |    2903 |