Lok Sabha Question No. 2187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-23
Subject: National Family Health Survey
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mahendrabhai Kalubhai Munjpara

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 2187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD SEPTEMBER, 2020

## NATIONAL FAMILY HEAL TH SURVEY

## 2187. DR. MUNJPARA MAHENDR ABHAI

## KALUBHAI:

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

- (a) whether it is true that between NFHS - 3  andNFHS - 4  the  unmet  need  for  family  planning among currently  married  women  in  the  age  group  of  15 - 49  years declined  marginally  from 13.9% to 12 .9%, translating to about 30 million women;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether this unmet need/demand is due to shortage in supply on account of supply side gap, if so, the details thereof and the action taken to adress the shortcomings?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Yes, the prevalence of the unmet need of family planning has declined from 13.9 % to 12.9 % between  NFHS- 3  (2005 - 06) and NFHS - 4  (2015 - 16).Details  of  the  findings  can  be accessed from the url https://nrhm - mis.nic.in/SitePages/NFHS.aspx .Further, t he State/UT wise data on percentage  of  currently  married  women of age  15 - 49  with  unmet  need  for  family planning inNFHS - 3 (2005 - 06) and NFHS - 4 (2015 - 16)may be found in Annexure.
- (c) The unmet need for family planning is not due to any supply side gap.

| Percentage of Currently Married Women of Age -15 49 with Unmet Need for family planning by state/union territory, India, NFHS - 3 (2005 - 06) an d NFHS -4 (2015 - 16)   | Percentage of Currently Married Women of Age -15 49 with Unmet Need for family planning by state/union territory, India, NFHS - 3 (2005 - 06) an d NFHS -4 (2015 - 16)   | Percentage of Currently Married Women of Age -15 49 with Unmet Need for family planning by state/union territory, India, NFHS - 3 (2005 - 06) an d NFHS -4 (2015 - 16)   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                                                          | NFHS - 3 (2005 - 06)                                                                                                                                                     | NFHS - 4 (2015 - 16)                                                                                                                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                           | *                                                                                                                                                                        | 4.6                                                                                                                                                                      |
| A&N Islands                                                                                                                                                              | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 15.5                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                        | 21.2                                                                                                                                                                     | 21.6                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                                    | 12.2                                                                                                                                                                     | 14.2                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                                    | 23.9                                                                                                                                                                     | 21.2                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                               | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 6.3                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                             | 11.0                                                                                                                                                                     | 11.1                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                                     | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 19.3                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Daman & Diu                                                                                                                                                              | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 19.7                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                                    | 10.0                                                                                                                                                                     | 15.0                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                                      | 15.2                                                                                                                                                                     | 17.5                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                                  | 8.3                                                                                                                                                                      | 17.0                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                                  | 9.5                                                                                                                                                                      | 9.3                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                                         | 7.7                                                                                                                                                                      | 15.7                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                                          | 15.9                                                                                                                                                                     | 12.3                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                                | 24.6                                                                                                                                                                     | 18.4                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                                | 10.1                                                                                                                                                                     | 10.4                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                                   | 9.8                                                                                                                                                                      | 13.7                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                              | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 16.9                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                           | 12.1                                                                                                                                                                     | 12.1                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                              | 10.0                                                                                                                                                                     | 9.7                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Manipur                                                                                                                                                                  | 15.6                                                                                                                                                                     | 30.1                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                                | 35.7                                                                                                                                                                     | 21.2                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Mizoram                                                                                                                                                                  | 18.1                                                                                                                                                                     | 19.9                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Nagaland                                                                                                                                                                 | 28.4                                                                                                                                                                     | 22.2                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Odisha                                                                                                                                                                   | 16.0                                                                                                                                                                     | 13.6                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Puducherry                                                                                                                                                               | #                                                                                                                                                                        | 8.0                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Punjab                                                                                                                                                                   | 9.0                                                                                                                                                                      | 6.2                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                                | 15.7                                                                                                                                                                     | 12.3                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Sikkim                                                                                                                                                                   | 20.4                                                                                                                                                                     | 21.7                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                               | 10.2                                                                                                                                                                     | 10.1                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Telangana                                                                                                                                                                | **                                                                                                                                                                       | 7.3                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Tripura                                                                                                                                                                  | 12.4                                                                                                                                                                     | 10.7                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                                            | 23.1                                                                                                                                                                     | 18.0                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                                              | 12.6                                                                                                                                                                     | 15.5                                                                                                                                                                     |
| West Bengal                                                                                                                                                              | 9.5                                                                                                                                                                      | 7.5                                                                                                                                                                      |
| India                                                                                                                                                                    | 13.9                                                                                                                                                                     | 12.9                                                                                                                                                                     |

Source: NFHS- 4 (2015 - 16) India/State Reports and State/UTs Factsheets

# UTs (except NCT of Delhi) were not covered in NFHS - 3

*State bifurcated

** State was not formed at the time of NFHS - 3 Survey