Lok Sabha Question No. 3977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-19
Subject: Mission Indradhanush
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Kripanath Mallah, Vijay Kumar Dubey, T.R.V.S. Ramesh, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Kuldeep Rai Sharma

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH MARCH, 2021

## MISSION INDRADHANUSH

3977. SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SUL E:

SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATK ARE:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLA H:

SHRI VIJAY KUMAR DUB EY:

SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH :

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOL HE:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR . S.:

DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO B HAMRE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHA RMA:

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

- (a) the salient features of the Mission Indradhanush including funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under this Mission along with the percentage of children covered thereunder so far in the country;
- (b) the details of vaccines being provided, targets set and achieved so far and steps taken to reach remoteand distantly located areas under this Mission, State/ UT - wise specially in Assam;
- (c) whether the Government plans to extend the coverage of beneficiaries or the list of diseases underthe Mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is fact that the Government has rolled out the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 scheme  to  cover  children  and  pregnant  women  who missed  routine  immunization  during the COVID - 19 pandemic;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f)  whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  the  said  campaign is  being  carried  out  in  250  pre - identified districts/urban areas in 29 States and UTs and if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken to make the mission successful?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):Mission  Indradhanush (MI)  is  drive  to  intensify  the  immunization  in  pockets  of  lo immunization  coverage  and  hard  to  reach  areas  where  the  proportion  of  unvaccinated partially vaccinated children is highest.

Funds allocated under Routine Immunization are utilized for car rying out a ctivities under Mission  Indradhanush and  there  is  no  separate  fund  allocation . Under  the  various  phases  of Mission Indradhanush, 3.8 crore children have been v accinated so far in the country.

(b): A ll vaccines being provided under Universal Immu nization Programme are also administered under Mission Indradhanush. These vaccines prevent the following diseases:

(1) Tuberculosis, (2) Polio (3) Hepatitis B (4) Diphtheria (5) Pertussis (6) Tetanus (7 ) Measles (8) Rubella (9) Rota virus (10) Haemo philu s Influenzae type b (11) Japanese E ncephalitis (sub national) and (1 2) Pneumococcal Pneumonia (sub national).

Mission Indradhanush targets pockets of low immunization c overage and hard to reach areas where the proportion of unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children is highest.

Under  the  various  phases  of  Mission  Indradhanush,  3.8  crore  children  and  95.8  l preg nant women have been vaccinated so far, across the country including Assam. I n Assam, 4.8 lakh children and 1.19 lakh preg nantwomen have been vaccinated so far .

(c) :Under Mission Indradhnaush, all vaccines under Universal Immunization Program (UIP) are provided to eligible children and pregnant women who would have missed any doses .

(d)to(f) : Yes Government has rolled out I ntensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 in 250 identified districts/urban areas in 29 States and UTs to cover children and pregnant women who might missed routine immunization .Interventions like head count survey, robust microplanning, social mobilizatio n,community engagement etc. have been emphasized while ensuring adherence to COVID appropriate behaviour.  Technical assistance, capacity building and guidance is b provided  along  with  regular  review  and  concurrent  monitoring  to  improve  the  coverage nd make the mission successful.