Lok Sabha Question No. 232 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-18
Subject: Tobacco Control Programme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 232 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2017

## Tobacco Control Programme

## 232. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  as  per  the  guidelines  of  National  Tobacco  Control  programme  the  number  of  schools which have conducted activities in past two years;
- (b)  the  number  of  students,  teachers  ,  parents  and  guardians  who  have  attended  these activities, school-wise for all the States; and
- (c) if not, the reasons for the same and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a) to (c) The National Tobacco Control Pragramme is implemented by the Ministry of Health  &  Family  Welfare.  The  Ministry  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare  has  furnished  the following  information  with  regard  to  the  number  of  school  programme  held  and  children covered in various States during 2015-16 and 2016-17:

| S.No.   | States            | 2015-16                          | 2015-16                    | 2016-17                          | 2016-17                    |
|---------|-------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|         |                   | Number of School Programmes Held | Number of Children Covered | Number of School Programmes Held | Number of Children Covered |
| 1       | Rajasthan         | 15                               | 1993                       | 1155                             | 199139                     |
| 2       | Uttarakhand       | 232                              | 51888                      | 364                              | 63830                      |
| 3       | West Bengal       | 0                                | 0                          | 54                               | 7632                       |
| 4       | Tamil Nadu        | 0                                | 0                          | 68                               | 15937                      |
| 5       | Uttar Pradesh     | 203                              | 56683                      | 637                              | 89051                      |
| 6       | Nagaland          | 3                                | 1500                       | 3                                | 1500                       |
| 7       | Tripura           | 83                               | 11045                      | 196                              | 30589                      |
| 8       | Mizoram           | 46                               | 6314                       | 535                              | 19984                      |
| 9       | Arunachal Pradesh | 28                               | 6331                       | 13                               | 1357                       |

| 10    | Sikkim      |   45 |   2,000 |    7 |     972 |
|-------|-------------|------|---------|------|---------|
| 11    | Jharkhand   |    0 |       0 |  342 |   76067 |
| 12    | Maharashtra | 2552 |  530000 | 2048 |  796600 |
| 13    | Goa         |   25 |    2225 |   22 |    2290 |
| 14    | Odisha      |  319 |   33640 |  350 |   39825 |
| 15    | Puducherry  |   17 |    3025 |   14 |    2795 |
| 16    | Karnataka   |    0 |       0 |  766 |  171146 |
| 17    | Manipur     |    0 |       0 |   80 |   23380 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL       | 3568 |  706644 | 6654 | 1542094 |

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