Lok Sabha Question No. 185 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-29
Subject: Position of India in Global Health Standards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 185 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 29 TH  JULY, 2022

## POSITION OF INDIA IN GLOBAL HEALTH STANDARDS

## †*185. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) the position of India in the list of 145 countries in terms of indicators like life expectancy  and  cause  of  death  published  by  the  United  Nations  World  Health Organization and the World Bank;
- (b) whether the country is lagging behind various developing countries including Nepal and Bangladesh in the major health indices;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  improve  the  quality  and standard of health in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (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. 185* FOR 29 TH  JULY, 2022

(a)  to  (e)  International  organizations  including  United  Nations  World  Health Organization have been publishing reports on health quality indices encompassing life expectancy, cause of death etc.

As  per  the  latest  United  Nations  Population  Division  Estimates,  the  life expectancy at birth (both sexes) for India is 70.42 years while it is 71.74 years and 73.57 years respectively for Nepal and Bangladesh.

India  is  a  large  country  with  different  social,  cultural,  and  geographical diversities.  The status of health care in a country is reflected through the pattern of basic  demographic  indicators.  The  success  of  the  Health  and  Family  Welfare programs  in  India  is  clearly  evident  from  the  trend  of  such  indicators  since independence and in particular since the new millennium based on the estimates from  the  Sample  Registration  System  (SRS)  of  Registrar  General  &  Census Commissioner,  India  (RGI).    The  Crude  Birth  Rate  (CBR)  of  the  country  has halved from 40.8 births per 1000 population in 1951 to 19.5 births in 2020.  The Crude  Death  Rate  (CDR)  has  experienced  a  fall  from  25.1  deaths  per  1000 population in 1951 to 8.4 in 2001 and further to 6.0 deaths per 1000 population in 2020 indicating India has prevented around 19 deaths per 1000 population since 1951. The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of India has experienced a remarkable decline from  6  children  per  woman  in  1951  to  3.1  in  2001  and  then  to  2.0  in  2019-21 indicating fast progress of the country toward the replacement level of fertility. In recent  years,  India  has  witnessed  a  notable  improvement  in  maternal  health  by bringing  down  the  Maternal  Mortality  Ratio  to  103  maternal  deaths  per  100000 live births in 2017-19, from 301 during (2001-03)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare through States / UTs is implementing  flagship  schemes  like  National  Health  Mission  (NHM),  Pradhan Mantri  Swasthya  Suraksha  Yojna  (PMSSY),  Ayushman  Bharat  Pradhan  Mantri Jan  Arogya  Yojna  (ABPMJAY),  Central  sponsored  Scheme  for  setting  up  of Medical College Hospitals, National AIDS Control programme etc. for improving health quality and standards in the country. In recognition of special health care needs  of  elderly  and  to  provide  dedicated  health  care  facilities  to  the  elderly population, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is implementing National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (NPHCE) at various level of primary, secondary and tertiary health care.