Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-05
Subject: Availability of Donated Blood
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Behanan Benny

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 291 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

## AVAILABILITY OF DONATED BLOOD

## *291. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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

- (a) the total number of blood banks operating in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the data on average inflow and outflow of donated blood during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the data on wastage of blood during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the effect of Covid pandemic on the availability of donated blood in the country; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to tackle shortage of donated blood?

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## ANSWER (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 291* FOR 5 TH  AUGUST, 2022

(a) to (e)  There are 3932 licensed blood banks (blood centers) in the country as on 31 st July 2022. The details of Government and Private licensed blood banks in the country, State/UT wise is given at Annexure-1.

The  inflow  and  outflow  of  collected  blood,  State/UT  wise  in  respect  of  the blood banks reporting their data on the e-Raktkosh Portal is at Annexure -2.

The  details  of  discarded  blood,  State/UT  wise  in  respect  of  the  blood  banks reporting their data on the e-Raktkosh Portal is at Annexure -3.

The National Guidance to Blood Transfusion Services in light of COVID19  Pandemic  were  issued  on  25-3-2020  and  25-6-2020.  Government  of  India, through National Health Mission, supports States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems including strengthening existing blood banks /supporting new blood banks and blood storage units, and through Blood Transfusion Services also supports 1131 Blood  banks in the Public and Charitable sector in respect  of  manpower, procurement of Blood Bags and testing kits, conducting Voluntary Blood Donation (VBD) camps and Information  Education  Communication  (IEC)  activities  etc.  In addition,  Mobile  vans  for  blood  collection  and  blood  transportation  vans  are provided to the States/UTs.

Steps  have  been  taken  to  engage  with  different  Government  departments, voluntary  organizations  like  Indian  Red  Cross  Society,  blood  donor  associations, professional associations and other stakeholders for creating opportunities to donate and raise public awareness on the need for safe blood donation and transfusion in the  country.  The  Government  supports  various  activities  like  organising  blood donation camps, observance of events of World Blood Donor Day and Voluntary Blood Donation Day, pledging campaign through MyGov and motivating various youth groups etc. On world Blood Donor Day on 14-6-2022, blood group testing facility was made available to public through blood banks and in the blood donation camps. The Government has also made a provision of four special casual leaves per year that can be availed by Central Government employees for donating blood.

The  e-RaktKosh  web  portal  provides  the  interface  for  registration  of Voluntary Blood Donors, Blood Banks data management and integration. For this, all  blood  banks have been advised to register  on e-RaktKosh web-portal. Further, the  facility  for  registration  of  voluntary  blood  donors  has  also  been  enabled  on Aarogya Setu App.

## Number of licensed Blood Centres in India State / UT wise up to 31 st July -2022

|   S.No | Name of State / UT                 |   Govt. Blood Centres | Other than Govt. Blood Centres   |   Total |
|--------|------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------------|---------|
|      1 | Andaman &Nicobar                   |                     2 | 1                                |       3 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |                    41 | 180                              |     221 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                    12 | 1                                |      13 |
|      4 | Assam                              |                    46 | 41                               |      87 |
|      5 | Bihar                              |                    46 | 63                               |     109 |
|      6 | Chandigarh                         |                     3 | 1                                |       4 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh                       |                    37 | 81                               |     118 |
|      8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                     2 | 1                                |       3 |
|     09 | NCT of Delhi                       |                    25 | 55                               |      80 |
|     10 | Goa                                |                     3 | 2                                |       5 |
|     11 | Gujarat                            |                    30 | 153                              |     183 |
|     12 | Haryana                            |                    27 | 115                              |     142 |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh                   |                    21 | 6                                |      27 |
|     14 | Jammu &Kashmir                     |                    30 | 7                                |      37 |
|     15 | Ladakh                             |                     3 | -                                |       3 |
|     16 | Jharkhand                          |                    33 | 35                               |      68 |
|     17 | Karnataka                          |                    42 | 233                              |     275 |
|     18 | Kerala                             |                    51 | 151                              |     202 |
|     19 | Lakshadweep                        |                     1 | 0                                |       1 |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh                     |                    71 | 109                              |     180 |
|     21 | Maharashtra                        |                    77 | 297                              |     374 |
|     22 | Manipur                            |                     4 | 2                                |       6 |
|     23 | Meghalaya                          |                     9 | 2                                |      11 |
|     24 | Mizoram                            |                     9 | 2                                |      11 |
|     25 | Nagaland                           |                     5 | 1                                |       6 |
|     26 | Odisha                             |                    63 | 24                               |      87 |
|     27 | Pondicherry                        |                     4 | 12                               |      16 |
|     28 | Punjab                             |                    52 | 109                              |     161 |
|     29 | Rajasthan                          |                    66 | 147                              |     213 |
|     30 | Sikkim                             |                     4 | 2                                |       6 |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu                         |                   106 | 233                              |     339 |
|     32 | Telangana                          |                    66 | 194                              |     260 |
|     33 | Tripura                            |                    12 | 2                                |      14 |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh                      |                   114 | 346                              |     460 |
|     35 | Uttarakhand                        |                    25 | 28                               |      53 |
|     36 | West Bengal                        |                   109 | 45                               |     154 |

| Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)              | Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)   | Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)   | Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)   | Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)   | Number of Blood Units collected (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         | Year 2022                                                    | Year 2021                                                    | Year 2020                                                    | Year 2019                                                    | Year 2018                                                    |
| State/UT Name                                                           | Jan-Jun                                                      | Jan-Dec                                                      | Jan-Dec                                                      | Jan-Dec                                                      | Jan-Dec                                                      |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                | 2199                                                         | 3269                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 41979                                                        | 79679                                                        | 11634                                                        | 8743                                                         | 8767                                                         |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 1264                                                         | 1862                                                         | 88                                                           | 116                                                          | 141                                                          |
| Assam                                                                   | 15174                                                        | 13520                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Bihar                                                                   | 119549                                                       | 137938                                                       | 2253                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Chandigarh                                                              | 13828                                                        | 26702                                                        | 9689                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                                            | 76341                                                        | 115210                                                       | .                                                            | 2628                                                         | .                                                            |
| Daman &Diu                                                              | 505                                                          | 1379                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Delhi                                                                   | 168869                                                       | 271971                                                       | 36193                                                        | 38697                                                        | 22409                                                        |
| Goa                                                                     | 10790                                                        | 21195                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Gujarat                                                                 | 306829                                                       | 476746                                                       | 4093                                                         | 4328                                                         | 6483                                                         |
| Haryana                                                                 | 92562                                                        | 147734                                                       | 308                                                          | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 12926                                                        | 13042                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                       | 22520                                                        | 40023                                                        | 36949                                                        | 24743                                                        | .                                                            |
| Jharkhand                                                               | 35637                                                        | 64255                                                        | 511                                                          | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Karnataka                                                               | 164372                                                       | 241499                                                       | 16447                                                        | 23925                                                        | 19607                                                        |
| Kerala                                                                  | 126345                                                       | 257095                                                       | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Ladakh                                                                  | 451                                                          | 732                                                          | 507                                                          | 755                                                          | .                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 207811                                                       | 176550                                                       | 46783                                                        | 30641                                                        | 31887                                                        |
| Maharashtra                                                             | 569505                                                       | 864879                                                       | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Manipur                                                                 | 2859                                                         | 7842                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Meghalaya                                                               | 7527                                                         | 12456                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Mizoram                                                                 | 2390                                                         | 2980                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Nagaland                                                                | 326                                                          | 928                                                          | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Odisha                                                                  | 47530                                                        | 86519                                                        | 5783                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Puducherry                                                              | 5677                                                         | 15090                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Punjab                                                                  | 75695                                                        | 121222                                                       | 90853                                                        | 112324                                                       | 84486                                                        |
| Rajasthan                                                               | 74386                                                        | 58496                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | 51627                                                        |
| Sikkim                                                                  | 2216                                                         | 1788                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Tamil Nadu                                                              | 162990                                                       | 220284                                                       | 3266                                                         | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Telangana                                                               | 101898                                                       | 154123                                                       | 29086                                                        | 41736                                                        | 20013                                                        |
| Tripura                                                                 | 15972                                                        | 28289                                                        | .                                                            | .                                                            | .                                                            |
| Uttarakhand                                                             | 39401                                                        | 66246                                                        | 30614                                                        | 44011                                                        | 34456                                                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 294919                                                       | 458037                                                       | 53914                                                        | 55859                                                        | 53281                                                        |
| West Bengal                                                             | 209894                                                       | 327601                                                       | 27035                                                        | 43106                                                        | 23686                                                        |
| Min No. Of Blood Banks Reported Blood Collection Data during the period | 1234                                                         | 1080                                                         | 145                                                          | 119                                                          | 102                                                          |
| Max No. Of Blood Banks Reported Blood Collection Data during the period | 1595                                                         | 1199                                                         | 161                                                          | 141                                                          | 129                                                          |
| No of States/UTs                                                        | 35                                                           | 35                                                           | 19                                                           | 14                                                           | 12                                                           |

|                                                                     | Annexure -2 cont...                                    | Annexure -2 cont...                                    | Annexure -2 cont...                                    | Annexure -2 cont...                                    |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Number of Blood Bags Issued (Source e-RaktKosh Portal)              | Number of Blood Bags Issued (Source e-RaktKosh Portal) | Number of Blood Bags Issued (Source e-RaktKosh Portal) | Number of Blood Bags Issued (Source e-RaktKosh Portal) | Number of Blood Bags Issued (Source e-RaktKosh Portal) |
|                                                                     | Year 2022                                              | Year 2021                                              | Year 2020                                              | Year 2019                                              |
| State/UT                                                            | Jan-Jul                                                | Jan-Dec                                                | Jan-Dec                                                | Jan-Dec                                                |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                            | 3237                                                   | 5163                                                   | .                                                      | .                                                      |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                      | 64670                                                  | 123693                                                 | 6105                                                   | 2353                                                   |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                   | 1325                                                   | 1737                                                   | 29                                                     | 56                                                     |
| Assam                                                               | 26829                                                  | 19990                                                  | .                                                      | .                                                      |
| Bihar                                                               | 82725                                                  | 109399                                                 | 1736                                                   | .                                                      |
| Chandigarh                                                          | 91153                                                  | 166910                                                 | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                                                        | 90354                                                  | 157831                                                 | 7374                                                   | 427                                                    |
| Daman &Diu                                                          | 607                                                    | 1579                                                   | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Delhi                                                               | 241351                                                 | 450401                                                 | 47575                                                  | 44953                                                  |
| Goa                                                                 | 17577                                                  | 20517                                                  |                                                        | .                                                      |
| Gujarat                                                             | 392517                                                 | 620450                                                 | 3862                                                   | 4494                                                   |
| Haryana                                                             | 162150                                                 | 262869                                                 | .                                                      | .                                                      |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                    | 13702                                                  | 10909                                                  | 10929                                                  |                                                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                   | 11331                                                  | 23768                                                  | .                                                      | 8934                                                   |
| Jharkhand                                                           | 48474                                                  | 98404                                                  | 3165                                                   |                                                        |
| Karnataka                                                           | 284073                                                 | 437701                                                 | 14083                                                  | 26865                                                  |
| Kerala                                                              | 209962                                                 | 405793                                                 |                                                        | .                                                      |
| Ladakh                                                              | 387                                                    | 725                                                    | 3677                                                   | 520                                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                      | 220397                                                 | 210183                                                 | 22774                                                  | 23309                                                  |
| Maharashtra                                                         | 1000907                                                | 1609066                                                | .                                                      | .                                                      |
| Manipur                                                             | 4764                                                   | 12814                                                  | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Meghalaya                                                           | 11231                                                  | 17592                                                  | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Mizoram                                                             | 1282                                                   | 2655                                                   | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Nagaland                                                            | 362                                                    | 895                                                    | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Odisha                                                              | 50303                                                  | 71698                                                  | 12094                                                  |                                                        |
| Puducherry                                                          | 3819                                                   | 10116                                                  | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Punjab                                                              | 67060                                                  | 119797                                                 | 50516                                                  | 62603                                                  |
| Rajasthan                                                           | 82812                                                  | 82115                                                  | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Sikkim                                                              | 564                                                    | 1008                                                   | .                                                      |                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                          | 287241                                                 | 416463                                                 | 4612                                                   |                                                        |
| Telangana                                                           | 143847                                                 | 235882                                                 | 19354                                                  | 26168                                                  |
| Tripura                                                             | 19991                                                  | 35252                                                  |                                                        | .                                                      |
| Uttarakhand                                                         | 45706                                                  | 86664                                                  | 21128                                                  | 25629                                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                       | 401208                                                 | 725440                                                 | 48358                                                  | 59551                                                  |
| West Bengal                                                         | 246516                                                 | 389901                                                 | 35396                                                  | 52745                                                  |
| Min No. Of Blood Banks Reported Blood Issued Data during the period | 1070                                                   | 963                                                    | 117                                                    | 90                                                     |
| Max No. Of Blood Banks Reported Blood Issued Data during the period | 1393                                                   | 1055                                                   | 133                                                    | 113                                                    |
| No of States/UTs                                                    | 35                                                     | 35                                                     | 18                                                     | 14                                                     |

|                                                                      | Annexure 3                                                 | Annexure 3                                                 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Number of Blood Bags Discarded ( Source e-RaktKosh Portal)           | Number of Blood Bags Discarded ( Source e-RaktKosh Portal) | Number of Blood Bags Discarded ( Source e-RaktKosh Portal) |
|                                                                      | Year 2022 Year 2021                                        | Year 2022 Year 2021                                        |
| State/UT Name                                                        | Jan-Jun                                                    | Jan-Dec                                                    |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                             | 126                                                        | 304                                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 1565                                                       | 4045                                                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                    | 209                                                        | 119                                                        |
| Assam                                                                | 1105                                                       | 736                                                        |
| Bihar                                                                | 3158                                                       | 4360                                                       |
| Chandigarh                                                           | 329                                                        | 335                                                        |
| Chhattisgarh                                                         | 8355                                                       | 13806                                                      |
| Daman &Diu                                                           | 15                                                         | 112                                                        |
| Delhi                                                                | 12857                                                      | 27021                                                      |
| Goa                                                                  | 732                                                        | 2222                                                       |
| Gujarat                                                              | 20704                                                      | 36005                                                      |
| Haryana                                                              | 6285                                                       | 9037                                                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                     | 306                                                        | 122                                                        |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                    | 68                                                         |                                                            |
| Jharkhand                                                            | 1844                                                       | 3584                                                       |
| Karnataka                                                            | 7182                                                       | 11631                                                      |
| Kerala                                                               | 17904                                                      | 30291                                                      |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 9926                                                       | 9892                                                       |
| Maharashtra                                                          | 33790                                                      | 52910                                                      |
| Manipur                                                              | 202                                                        | 646                                                        |
| Meghalaya                                                            | 373                                                        | 400                                                        |
| Mizoram                                                              | 230                                                        | 679                                                        |
| Nagaland                                                             | 8                                                          | 5                                                          |
| Odisha                                                               | 346                                                        | 609                                                        |
| Puducherry                                                           | 532                                                        | 713                                                        |
| Punjab                                                               | 1525                                                       | 1698                                                       |
| Rajasthan                                                            | 2092                                                       | 1254                                                       |
| Sikkim                                                               | 101                                                        | 165                                                        |
| Tamil Nadu                                                           | 14142                                                      | 15230                                                      |
| Telangana                                                            | 3787                                                       | 7121                                                       |
| Tripura                                                              | 1200                                                       | 1264                                                       |
| Uttarakhand                                                          | 1804                                                       | 2583                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 9000                                                       | 14947                                                      |
| West Bengal                                                          | 18112                                                      | 22090                                                      |
| Min No. Of Blood Banks reported Blood Discard data during the period | 1053                                                       | 949                                                        |
| Max No. Of Blood Banks reported Blood Discard data during the period | 1405                                                       | 1031                                                       |
| No of States/UTs                                                     | 34                                                         | 33                                                         |