Lok Sabha Question No. 1116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Medical Oxygen Production
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Behanan Benny

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1116 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2021

## MEDICAL OXYGEN PRODUCTION

## 1116.  SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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

- (a) the details of progress made towards achieving the target of boosting medical oxygen capacity by 154.19 metric tonnes;
- (b) whether the Government has set a timeline by which this capacity of 154.19 metric tonnes will be achieved and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of India's medical oxygen capacity, year wise from 2019 till date;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  follows  an  algorithm  or  formula  to  calculate  the  oxygen requirements and allocations to all States; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c) As per records of Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organization (PESO), based on the  daily  report  submitted  by  the  manufacturers,  the  daily  production  capacity  of  Liquid Oxygen is 8778 MT/Day.  The details of Medical oxygen capacity is as under:

| Year             | Total capacity of daily production liquid oxygen manufacturing plant   |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019             | No data available with PESO                                            |
| As on 01/10/2020 | 6876 MT/day                                                            |
| As on 28/11/2021 | 8778 MT/Day                                                            |

Apart from above to boost availability of Medical Oxygen in the country, as many as 1563 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) plants are established by the Government of India. These include  1225  PSA  plants  which  have  been  installed  and  commissioned  under  PMCARES Fund in every district of the country. Additionally, 281 PSA Plants are established by PSUs of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Ministry  of

Railways and 57 PSA plants received under Foreign grants. (d) &  (e): The  Empowered  Group constituted by the Government on Emergency Management  Plan  and  Strategy  recommended  that  for  calculation  of  oxygen  demand,  the required rates of oxygen flow in non-ICU and ICU setting is 10 and 24 litres per minute per day per case, respectively.

A dynamic and transparent framework for allocation of medical oxygen in consultation with States/UTs  and  all  the  stakeholders  such  as  relevant  Ministries,  manufacturers/suppliers  of liquid  oxygen  etc.  was  prepared.  Also,  online  digital  solutions  viz.  Oxygen  Demand Aggregation  system  (ODAS)  and  Oxygen  Digital  Tracking  System  (ODTS)  have  been developed to ascertain the demand for medical oxygen from all medical facilities and to track their transportation.

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