Lok Sabha Question No. 1279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Effects of Pollution on Health
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1279 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## EFFECTS OF POLLUTION ON HEALTH

## 1279. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that every fourth new baby in the country is born weak;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether pollution is the reason behind increasing rush in hospital OPDs across the country, if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) & (b): As per National Family Heal th survey IV (2015 -16), 18.2 % Newborns were low birth  weight,  having  less  than  2.5  kg  birth  weight.  The  state  wise  low  birth  weight annexed.

Causes for low birth weight are extremes of maternal age (especially younger tha years  of  age  or  ol der  than  40  years),  repeated pregnancies,  obstetric  complications,  chronic maternal conditions (eg. hypertensive disorders of pregnancy), infections (eg. malaria), and poor nutritional status. Other contributors include exposure to environmental factors, such as indoor air pollution, tobacco and drug use.

- (c ): There is no adequate evidence to indicate increasing rush in hospitals due to pollut

## Annexure

| S. No.   | Name of State        |   Less than 2.5 Kg (Percentage) |
|----------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|          | INDIA                |                            18.2 |
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar    |                            16.2 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       |                            17.6 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    |                            10.7 |
| 4        | Assam                |                            15.8 |
| 5        | Bihar                |                            14.4 |
| 6        | Chandigarh           |                            22.2 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         |                            12.6 |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                            23.1 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          |                            17.8 |
| 10       | Delhi                |                            26.6 |
| 11       | Goa                  |                            22.3 |
| 12       | Gujarat              |                            19   |
| 13       | Haryana              |                            20.4 |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh     |                            19.6 |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir      |                            14   |
| 16       | Jharkhand            |                            14.5 |
| 17       | Karnataka            |                            17.2 |
| 18       | Kerala               |                            15.5 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep          |                            18.4 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh       |                            21.9 |
| 21       | Maharashtra          |                            19.5 |
| 22       | Manipur              |                             9.1 |
| 23       | Meghalaya            |                            12.2 |
| 24       | Mizoram              |                             6   |
| 25       | Nagaland             |                             7.8 |
| 26       | Odisha               |                            20.8 |
| 27       | Puducherry           |                            15.9 |
| 28       | Punjab               |                            17.2 |
| 29       | Rajasthan            |                            21.4 |
| 30       | Sikkim               |                             8.4 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu           |                            16.4 |
| 32       | Telangana            |                            15.9 |
| 33       | Tripura              |                            17.5 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh        |                            20.7 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand          |                            24.7 |
| 36       | West Bengal          |                            16.7 |