Lok Sabha Question No. 911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Availability of Medical Oxygen
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Kripanath Mallah, D.K. Suresh, Vijay Kumar, Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru, Suresh Kodikunnil

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

LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUES TION NO. 911 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## AVAILABILITY OF MEDI CAL OXYGEN

## 911. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHA KARAN:

SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH RE DDY:

SHRI KRIPANATH MALLA H:

SHRI D.K.SURESH:

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (AL IAS) VIJAY VASANTH:

SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURE SH:

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

- (a)whether the Government has taken note of the shortage of medical oxygen in the country during the second wave of COVID - 19 proliferation;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  medical  grade  oxygen producing  plants  functional  in  the  country indicating their production capacity, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the number of such plants set up since March 2020 in the country, State/UT - wise along with the funds allocated and utilised for the same;
- (d) the number of oxygen tankers available in the country along with number of such tanke rs added since March 2020 till date, State/UT - wise;
- (e) whether production of medical grade oxygen is sufficient to meet the estimated demand for the third wave of the pandemic and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the number of hospitals that have their own Oxygen plants and the steps taken to equip other hospitals with oxygen plancts, State/UT - wise; and
- (g)  additional  funds  or  grants  allocated  for modernization  of  Government  hospitals  including enhancing of super specialty medical facilities?

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

- (a) & (e):  The supply of medical oxygen to hospitals is determined by contractual arrang between the concerned hospital and the medical oxygen supplier. H owever, due to unprecedented surge in demand of medical oxygen across the country during the second wave COVID - 19 -the demand in the country peaked to nearly 9000 MT as compared to the peak

requirement of 3095 MT during the first wave. It was in this c ontext that the Central Government stepped  in  and  took  all  possible  measures  to  increase  production  and  to  facilitate  e distribution to the States. The daily liquid medical oxygen (LMO) production, which was 5700 MTs per day in August 2020 wa s increased to a high of 9690 MTs as on 13 May 2021. On 28 th May, 2021 the Central Government was able to allocate 10,250 MTs to the States. As urgent measure, a total quantity of 1385 MT of LMO in several consignments was imported i the country from UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, etc. and was made available to th States/UTs. Oxygen Express Services of Indian Railways delivered 35,500 MT of LMO as on June, 30th, 2021. Indian Air Force conducted 1630 domestic sorties and 229 international ties to airlift tankers.

(b), (c) & (f) -A total of 1222 Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen generation plants wit capacity of 1771.76 MT have been sanctioned. The State/UT - w ise list is placed at Annexure . Out of these, as on 20 th July, 2021, 245 plants have been commissioned. Apart from this, 351 PSA plants are being installed by different Ministries in different public health faci National Medical Commission has amended the Regulations to make a PSA plant compulsory fo r every Medical College. The States have also been asked to install oxygen generation pl all requisite public health facilities and also facilitate their installation in private As per the data uploaded by the States on the concer ned p rtal, States are setting up 1023 PSA plants from their own funds.

(d)-As on 15.7.2021, 1244 Liquid Medical Oxygen Tankers are available in the country. Out which, 225 Liquid Medical Oxygen Tankers added after March 2020.

(g)- During  2019 - 20, Rs.  1113.21  crore  was  released  to  the  States/UTs  under  the  Nationa Health  Mission  towards  management  and  containment  of  COVID - 19  pandemic.  In  addition, COVID - 19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package of Rs. 15,000 crore was approved in April, 2020. Under this package, so far Rs. 13,719.22 crore have been spent. 8147.29 crore have been released to the States/UTs and supply of essential materials (in the tune of Rs. 3389.7 crore such as PPEs, N95 masks, ventilators, etc has be en made to the States/UTs. An additional package -India COVID- 19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package: Phase II for Rs. 23,123 crore has been approved by Government of In in July, 2021 to strengthen district and sub - district capacity for an effective and rapid response to the pandemic.

## PSA Plants Status

| SI. No.   | State/ UT         |   Allocation |   Commissioned |
|-----------|-------------------|--------------|----------------|
| 1.        | A&N Island        |            3 |              0 |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh    |           28 |              7 |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh |           27 |              1 |
| 4.        | Assam             |           40 |             10 |
| 5.        | Bihar             |           62 |              5 |
| 6.        | Chandigarh        |            4 |              5 |
| 7.        | Chhattisgarh      |           49 |              4 |
| 8.        | D&D D&D           |            4 |              2 |
| 9.        | Delhi             |           26 |             14 |
| 10.       | Goa               |            7 |              4 |
| 11.       | Gujarat           |           59 |             16 |
| 12.       | Haryana           |           40 |              8 |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh  |           28 |              6 |
| 14.       | J&K               |           32 |              6 |
| 15.       | Jharkhand         |           38 |              6 |
| 16.       | Karnataka         |           50 |              9 |
| 17.       | Kerala            |           26 |              7 |
| 18.       | Ladakh            |            5 |              3 |
| 19.       | Lakshadweep       |            2 |              0 |
| 20.       | Madhya Pradesh    |           88 |             12 |
| 21.       | Maharashtra       |           68 |             16 |
| 22.       | Manipur           |           16 |              4 |
| 23.       | Meghalaya         |           14 |              3 |
| 24.       | Mizoram           |           13 |              0 |
| 25.       | Nagaland          |           15 |              4 |
| 26.       | Odisha            |           39 |              8 |
| 27.       | Puducherry        |            8 |              6 |
| 28.       | Punjab            |           41 |              8 |
| 29.       | Rajasthan         |           51 |              6 |
| 30.       | Sikkim            |            4 |              2 |
| 31.       | Tamil Nadu        |           70 |              7 |
| 32.       | Telangana         |           50 |              9 |
| 33.       | Tripura           |           14 |              2 |
| 34.       | Uttar Pradesh     |          127 |             25 |
| 35.       | Uttarakhand       |           25 |             12 |
| 36.       | West Bengal       |           49 |              8 |
| Total     | Total             |         1222 |            245 |