Lok Sabha Question No. 1676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-11
Subject: Kishori Health Card
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1676

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.02.2022

## KISHORI HEALTH CARD

1676.  SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated Kishori Health Card scheme and if so, the salient features thereof;
- (b) the number of cards made in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh and Bhavnagar and Botad district of Gujarat since its inception so far;
- (c) the number of cards targeted to be made in next one year; and
- (d) whether the Government has formulated a separate scheme for the health of adolescent girls and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)  Government has not formulated Kishori Health Card scheme. However, under the Scheme for  Adolescent  Girls  (SAG),  Kishori  Health  Cards  for  Adolescent  Girls  are maintained  at  the  Anganwadi  Centre  (AWC)  to  record  the  information  about  the weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI), along with the services under the scheme i.e. nutrition  provision,  Iron  and  Folic  Acid  (IFA)  supplementation,  deworming,  referral services and immunization etc. The details of achievements/success made under the scheme are marked on Kishori Card and the card also carries important milestones of Adolescent Girls life including mainstreaming to school etc.
- (b) As reported by the State of Gujarat, 1333 Kishori Health Cards were maintained in AWCs in Bhavnagar district and 197 Kishori Health Cards were maintained in AWCs in  Botad  district  in  the  State  of  Gujarat.  As  per  the  information  received  from  the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Kishori Health card scheme is not being implemented in the State.
- (c)  Recently  the  Scheme  for  Adolescent  Girls  has  been  subsumed  under  Saksham Anganwadi & Mission Poshan 2.0. As adolescent girls in the age group 11-14 years are  covered  under  RTE  Act,  2009,  the  targeted  beneficiaries  under  the  revised scheme  are  adolescent  girls  in  the  age  group  of  14+  to  18  years  in  Aspirational Districts and NE States.

(d) The  Government  has  formulated  the  following  schemes  for  the  health  of adolescent girls:

(i) The Scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene among adolescent girls in the age group of 10-19 years is being implemented by the Government since 2011. The major objectives of the scheme are:

- a. To increase awareness among adolescent girls on Menstrual Hygiene
- b. To increase access to and use of high quality sanitary napkins by adolescent girls.
- c. To  ensure  safe  disposal  of  sanitary  napkins  in  an  environmentally  friendly manner.

(ii) Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) is being provided which entails provision of weekly supervised IFA tablets to the in-school adolescent boys and girls and  out-of-school adolescent  girls along with biannual albendazole  tablets for helminthic control for prevention of iron and folic acid deficiency anaemia.

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