Lok Sabha Question No. 1833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Blood Banks
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Maddila  Gurumoorthy, Vijay Baghel, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Arun Sao, Adala Prabhakara Reddy, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sunil Kumar Soni, Mohan Mandavi, Sunil Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1833 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2022

## BLOOD BANKS

## 1833.   SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI ARUN SAO: SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI MOHAN MANDAVI:

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

- (a) Whether the Government provides/proposes to provide any assistance to the States under the National Health Mission (NHM) to strengthen their Blood Banks;
- (b) If so, the details of number of licensed blood banks present in the country;
- (c) Whether any instance has been reported about the inadequate infrastructure leading to the problem in storing blood and if so, the steps taken to ensure  adequate  storage of the require blood in such  Blood Banks:
- (d) The  details  of  Blood  banks  strengthened/upgraded  under  NHM  during  the  last  three years  and  the  current  year  in  the  country,  year-wise  and  State/UT-wise  including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan;
- (e) The number of Mobile Vans provided for blood collection and transportation to various States/UTs  including  Chhattisgarh,  Jharkhand,  Maharashtra  and  Rajasthan  during  the said period; and
- (f) The efforts being made to raise public awareness about the need for blood donation and transfusion across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  provides  technical  and  financial support to the States/UTs to strengthen the public healthcare system including blood services, based on the proposals received in the form of Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) under National Health Mission. Government of India provides approval for the proposals in the form of

Record of Proceedings (RoPs) as per norms & available resources. The support for blood banks in  government  sector  is  also  provided  as  per  the  state  proposals.  The  details  of  number  of licensed blood banks in States/UTs is annexed at Annexure 'A' .

(d) & (e): 1208 Blood Banks, 1514 Blood Storage units & 229 Blood Collection Transportation Van (BCTV)  have been supported under NHM in various States/UTs as per Annexure 'B'. The year-wise support to various States including the Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan may be seen at the following link:

https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=1&sublinkid=1377&lid=744

(f): In  addition  to  support  to  the  States/UTs  for  blood  collection  and  transportation  vans, support is also provided for 'IEC activities for awareness'. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has  also  initiated  an  e-Rakt  Kosh  portal  which  is  an  integrated  blood  bank  Management Information System that facilitates the donor registration, camp registration by any NGO, camp approval by blood bank, blood donation updates and donor certificate generation.  The portal can be accessed by any registered blood bank for uploading the details of blood donated and blood units issued.

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## Annexure A

## Number of licensed Blood Centers in India State / UT wise up to 30 Nov. 2022

|   S. No | Name of State                      |   TOTAL |
|---------|------------------------------------|---------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar                   |      03 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |     213 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |      12 |
|       4 | Assam                              |      82 |
|       5 | Bihar                              |     108 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                         |      04 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                       |     121 |
|       8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |      03 |
|      09 | NCT of Delhi                       |      79 |
|      10 | Goa                                |      05 |
|      11 | Gujarat                            |     178 |
|      12 | Haryana                            |     141 |
|      13 | Himachal Pradesh                   |      24 |
|      14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |      42 |
|      15 | Ladakh                             |      03 |
|      16 | Jharkhand                          |      64 |
|      17 | Karnataka                          |     260 |
|      18 | Kerala                             |     196 |
|      19 | Lakshadweep                        |      01 |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh                     |     159 |
|      21 | Maharashtra                        |     364 |
|      22 | Manipur                            |       6 |
|      23 | Meghalaya                          |      10 |
|      24 | Mizoram                            |      11 |
|      25 | Nagaland                           |      06 |
|      26 | Odisha                             |      82 |
|      27 | Pondicherry                        |      17 |
|      28 | Punjab                             |     167 |
|      29 | Rajasthan                          |     218 |
|      30 | Sikkim                             |      06 |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu                         |     335 |
|      32 | Telangana                          |     262 |
|      33 | Tripura                            |      14 |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh                      |     464 |
|      35 | Uttarakhand                        |      56 |
|      36 | West Bengal                        |     150 |

Annexure B

## State-wise number of Blood Banks/ Govt. Blood Storage Unit/ Blood Vans Supported

|   SN | State                          |   Govt. Blood Bank | Govt. Blood Storage Unit   | Blood Vans   |
|------|--------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|--------------|
|    1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands       |                  1 | -                          | -            |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh                 |                 41 | 98                         | 13           |
|    3 | Arunachal Pradesh              |                 10 | 1                          | 2            |
|    4 | Assam                          |                 33 | -                          | 5            |
|    5 | Bihar                          |                 48 | 56                         | -            |
|    6 | Chandigarh                     |                  3 | 2                          | -            |
|    7 | Chhattisgarh                   |                 37 | 32                         | 7            |
|    8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli Daman &Diu |                  2 | -                          | -            |
|    9 | Delhi                          |                 22 | -                          | -            |
|   10 | Goa                            |                  3 | -                          | 2            |
|   11 | Gujarat                        |                 30 | 140                        | 15           |
|   12 | Haryana                        |                 31 | -                          | -            |
|   13 | Himachal Pradesh               |                 20 | -                          | -            |
|   14 | Jammu and Kashmir              |                 37 | 24                         | 2            |
|   15 | Jharkhand                      |                 32 | 36                         | 4            |
|   16 | Karnataka                      |                 54 | 159                        | 15           |
|   17 | Kerala                         |                 44 | 56                         | -            |
|   18 | Ladakh                         |                  3 | -                          | -            |
|   19 | Lakshadweep                    |                  1 | -                          | -            |
|   20 | Madhya Pradesh                 |                 63 | 97                         | 52           |
|   21 | Maharashtra                    |                 76 | 147                        | 6            |
|   22 | Manipur                        |                  5 | 5                          | 1            |
|   23 | Meghalaya                      |                  9 | 9                          | 3            |
|   24 | Mizoram                        |                  9 | 3                          | 1            |
|   25 | Nagaland                       |                 10 | 2                          | -            |
|   26 | Odisha                         |                 59 | 44                         | 11           |
|   27 | Puducherry                     |                  5 | 1                          | -            |
|   28 | Punjab                         |                 48 | 50                         | 4            |
|   29 | Rajasthan                      |                 62 | 127                        | 15           |
|   30 | Sikkim                         |                  5 | -                          | -            |
|   31 | Tamil Nadu                     |                108 | 282                        | 20           |
|   32 | Telangana                      |                 58 | 25                         | 20           |
|   33 | Tripura                        |                 12 | 7                          | 3            |
|   34 | Uttarakhand                    |                 26 | 15                         | -            |
|   35 | Uttar Pradesh                  |                110 | 41                         | 18           |
|   36 | West Bengal                    |                 91 | 55                         | -            |

under NHM: