Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-26
Subject: Mission Indradhanush
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer, Arjunlal Meena

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 490 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH JULY , 2019 MISSION INDRADHANUSH

## *490. SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER: SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a) the details of Indradhanush programme;
- (b) the number of people benefited so far along with the targets set and a under Mission Indradhanush in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the number of districts covered under the Mission, State/UT - wise along with the  number  of  people  likely  to  be benefited  under  the  mission  in  Rajasthan including Udaipur district;
- (d) whether the Government has examined the level of achievements implementation status of the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enhan ce  the  immunization  coverage, especially  to  more  and  more  farmer  families  in  the  country,  if  so,  the thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) to ( e):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 490* FOR 26 TH JULY , 2019

(a) to (c) Mission Indradhanush programme has been carried out in 6 phases also as part of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (GSA) and extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (eGSA).  680  districts  across  36  State/UTs  have  been  covered  till  date  in rounds of Mission Indradhanush. During each phase of Mission Indradhanush ,7 days  of  intensified  immunization  activity  has  been  carried  out  for  3 conse cutive  months  in  areas  of  low  immunization  coverage,  areas  reporti vaccine preventable diseases, high risk areas etc. The  target  of Mi Indradhanush was to reach missed and the left out children and pregnant mot The  programme  covered  3.39  crore children  and  87.18  lakh  pregnant  women across 554 districts as on 28 th March 2019. The State/UTs wise details of number districts  covered  along  with  number  of  children  &  pregnant  women  vaccinat during  Mission  Indradhanush are  given  at  Annexure .  In  Rajast han, 17.07  lakh children and 4.37 lakh pregnant women were immunized and in Udaipur distri 0.76 lakh children and 0.23 lakh pregnant women were immunized under Missio Indradhanush.

(d)The Government has examined the level of achievement/implementation statu of the scheme through regular monitoring of the programme by national monit as well as supervisory officers of the states. The programme has been reg reviewed  at  the  highes t  level  through  video  conference  and  regular  feedback provided to states/UTs for programmatic corrections. The fifth phase of mi Indradhanush  carried  out  in  190  lowest  performing  districts,  were  surveye coverage  and  the  survey  result  showed  an  av erage  increase  of  18.5%  in  full immunization coverage with respect to National Family Health Survey 4 coverag

(e) The Routine Immunization programme is implemented across the country to cover all eligible children and pregnant mothers including farmer f amilies. Under the  programme , immunization  is  provided  free  of  cost  to  beneficiaries  thro fixed centres like hospitals, Block Primary Health Center, Primary Health C and sub - centers. In addition, outreach session is also carried out in villag ross all  States  /UTs  to  provide  immunization  services  to  all  eligible  childr pregnant  mothers  including  those  belonging  to  farmer  families.  Under  Miss Indradhanush also the left out and dropped out children and pregnant women covered in identi fied areas including those from farmer families.

## Annexure

## State/UTs wise details of number districts covered along with number of children & pregn women vaccinated during Mission Indradhanush

| S. no.   | States           | Number of districts covered   |   Total No. Of Children Vaccinated |   Total No. of Pregnant Women Immunized |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.       | A&N Islands      | 3                             |                               1243 |                                      90 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh   | 13                            |                             207780 |                                   43938 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pr.    | 20                            |                              63223 |                                    8068 |
| 4.       | Assam            | 33                            |                             433059 |                                  110389 |
| 5.       | Bihar            | 37                            |                            1665640 |                                  383139 |
| 6.       | Chandigarh       | 1                             |                               5461 |                                     744 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh     | 26                            |                             512449 |                                  119993 |
| 8.       | D&N Haveli       | 1                             |                                658 |                                      99 |
| 9.       | Daman & Diu      | 2                             |                                889 |                                     177 |
| 10.      | Delhi            | 11                            |                            1341040 |                                  204717 |
| 11.      | Goa              | 1                             |                                826 |                                      54 |
| 12.      | Gujarat          | 33                            |                             589248 |                                  143269 |
| 13.      | Haryana          | 21                            |                            1154093 |                                  317704 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh | 10                            |                              19921 |                                    4769 |
| 15.      | Jammu & Kashmir  | 15                            |                             108927 |                                   11177 |
| 17.      | Karnataka        | 29                            |                            1242584 |                                  253788 |
| 18.      | Kerala           | 13                            |                             150183 |                                   13328 |
| 19.      | Lakshadweep      | 1                             |                                 11 |                                       0 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh   | 49                            |                            2568076 |                                  751825 |
| 21.      | Maharashtra      | 33                            |                             779584 |                                  109422 |
| 22.      | Manipur          | 15                            |                              56853 |                                   11533 |
| 23.      | Meghalaya        | 11                            |                             135712 |                                   22228 |
| 24.      | Mizoram          | 9                             |                              18344 |                                    4487 |
| 25.      | Nagaland         | 11                            |                              66667 |                                   10404 |
| 26.      | Odisha           | 27                            |                             502982 |                                  140509 |
| 27.      | Puducherry       | 3                             |                                598 |                                      75 |
| 28.      | Punjab           | 22                            |                             191579 |                                   41656 |
| 29.      | Rajasthan        | 32                            |                            1707119 |                                  437678 |
| 30.      | Sikkim           | 4                             |                                655 |                                      88 |
| 31.      | Tamil Nadu       | 32                            |                             674786 |                                  164946 |
| 32.      | Telangana        | 27                            |                             269377 |                                   45021 |
| 33.      | Tripura          | 8                             |                              28465 |                                    5613 |
| 34.      | Uttar Pradesh    | 75                            |                           17589547 |                                 4904665 |
| 35.      | Uttarakhand      | 13                            |                             360906 |                                   98268 |
| 36.      | West Bengal      | 15                            |                             540598 |                                  114151 |
|          | India Total      | 680*                          |                           33943609 |                                 8718232 |