Lok Sabha Question No. 4062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: New Born Care System
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4062 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH JANUARY, 2019

## NEW BORN CARE SYSTEM

## 4062. DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is saving lives of around 840 more children under five years of age every day, as compared to four years ago;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has introduced new born care system which provides care to more than one million babies through 794 state - of - the - art special new born care units; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) & (b): Yes, As per Sample Registration System Report of Registrar General of Indi The Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) has reduced from 45 per 1,000 live births in 2013 to 39 1,000 live births in 2016 at national level.

State wise Under - 5 Mortality Rate (2013 to 2016) is placed at Annexure - 1

- (c) & (d): Yes, Under National Health Mission, 794 state - of - the - art Special Newborn Care Units (SNCUs)atdistrict hospitals and medical colleges have been setup to provide round the clock services for sick and small newborns, and nearly 1.0 million newborn were provided care in these units in 2017 - 18.

Details of State/ UT wise Special New -born Care Units (SNCUs) is placed at Annexure - 2.

| State wise Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR)   | State wise Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR)   |   State wise Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) |   State wise Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) |   State wise Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) |
|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| States                                     | 2013                                       |                                       2014 |                                       2015 |                                       2016 |
| India                                      | 49                                         |                                         45 |                                         43 |                                         39 |
| Andhra Pradesh                             | 41                                         |                                         40 |                                         39 |                                         37 |
| Assam                                      | 73                                         |                                         66 |                                         62 |                                         52 |
| Bihar                                      | 54                                         |                                         53 |                                         48 |                                         43 |
| Chhattisgarh                               | 53                                         |                                         49 |                                         48 |                                         49 |
| Delhi                                      | 26                                         |                                         21 |                                         20 |                                         22 |
| Gujarat                                    | 45                                         |                                         41 |                                         39 |                                         33 |
| Haryana                                    | 45                                         |                                         40 |                                         43 |                                         37 |
| Himachal Pradesh                           | 41                                         |                                         36 |                                         33 |                                         27 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                            | 40                                         |                                         35 |                                         28 |                                         26 |
| Jharkhand                                  | 48                                         |                                         44 |                                         39 |                                         33 |
| Karnataka                                  | 35                                         |                                         31 |                                         31 |                                         29 |
| Kerala                                     | 12                                         |                                         13 |                                         13 |                                         11 |
| Madhya Pradesh                             | 69                                         |                                         65 |                                         62 |                                         55 |
| Maharashtra                                | 22                                         |                                         23 |                                         24 |                                         21 |
| Orissa                                     | 66                                         |                                         60 |                                         56 |                                         50 |
| Punjab                                     | 31                                         |                                         27 |                                         27 |                                         24 |
| Rajasthan                                  | 57                                         |                                         51 |                                         50 |                                         45 |
| Tamil Nadu                                 | 23                                         |                                         21 |                                         20 |                                         19 |
| Telangana                                  |                                            |                                         37 |                                         34 |                                         34 |
| Uttar Pradesh                              | 64                                         |                                         57 |                                         51 |                                         47 |
| Uttarakhand                                |                                            |                                         36 |                                         38 |                                         41 |
| West Bengal                                | 35                                         |                                         30 |                                         30 |                                         27 |

## Annexure - 1

## Annexure - 2

| State/ UT wise Special New Born Care Units   | State/ UT wise Special New Born Care Units   | State/ UT wise Special New Born Care Units   |
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No                                       | State/UTs                                    | No. of SNCUs                                 |
| 1                                            | Bihar                                        | 40                                           |
| 2                                            | Chhattisgarh                                 | 17                                           |
| 3                                            | Himachal Pradesh                             | 13                                           |
| 4                                            | Jammu & Kashmir                              | 27                                           |
| 5                                            | Jharkhand                                    | 19                                           |
| 6                                            | Madhya Pradesh                               | 54                                           |
| 7                                            | Odisha                                       | 33                                           |
| 8                                            | Rajasthan                                    | 57                                           |
| 9                                            | Uttar Pradesh                                | 78                                           |
| 10                                           | Uttarakhand                                  | 5                                            |
| 11                                           | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 5                                            |
| 12                                           | Assam                                        | 26                                           |
| 13                                           | Manipur                                      | 2                                            |
| 14                                           | Meghalaya                                    | 3                                            |
| 15                                           | Mizoram                                      | 4                                            |
| 16                                           | Nagaland                                     | 2                                            |
| 17                                           | Sikkim                                       | 2                                            |
| 18                                           | Tripura                                      | 6                                            |
| 19                                           | Andhra Pradesh                               | 27                                           |
| 20                                           | Goa                                          | 3                                            |
| 21                                           | Gujarat                                      | 41                                           |
| 22                                           | Haryana                                      | 27                                           |
| 23                                           | Karnataka                                    | 40                                           |
| 24                                           | Kerala                                       | 17                                           |
| 25                                           | Maharashtra                                  | 40                                           |
| 26                                           | Punjab                                       | 24                                           |
| 27                                           | Telangana                                    | 23                                           |
| 28                                           | Tamil Nadu                                   | 64                                           |
| 29                                           | West Bengal                                  | 68                                           |
| 30                                           | A & N Islands                                | 1                                            |
| 31                                           | Chandigarh                                   | 3                                            |
| 32                                           | Dadra & Nagar Haveli                         | 1                                            |
| 33                                           | Daman & Diu                                  | 1                                            |
| 34                                           | Delhi                                        | 16                                           |
| 35                                           | Lakshadweep                                  | 1                                            |
| 36                                           | Puducherry                                   | 4                                            |
| India Total                                  | India Total                                  | 794                                          |