Lok Sabha Question No. 1693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: NABL
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1693. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 TH  JULY, 2022.

## NABL

## 1693.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the details and the number of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) approved laboratories that are operating in the country, State-wise, district-wise particularly in Maharashtra State?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): The  number  of  NABL  accredited laboratories  (updated  upto  30.06.2022) operating in the country, State wise is placed at Annexure 1.

The  number  of  NABL  accredited  laboratories  (updated  upto  30.06.2022) operating in Maharashtra, district-wise, are placed at Annexure 2.

Details  of  NABL  accredited  laboratories  are  available  at  URL  https://nablindia.org/accredited-cab-directory/

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## ANNEXURE -1

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1693 FOR ANSWER ON 27.07.2022.

## Number of NABL accredited laboratories operating in India (State & UT Wise) as on 30.06.2022

| Fields                        |   Total No. of Labs |
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
| Testing                       |                4353 |
| Calibration                   |                1031 |
| Medical                       |                2524 |
| Proficiency Testing Providers |                  51 |
| Reference Material Producers  |                  17 |
| Grand Total                   |                7976 |

|   S.No. | State & UT Name   |   Total No. of NABL Accredited Laboratories |
|---------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh    |                                         243 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                           1 |
|       3 | Assam             |                                         111 |
|       4 | Bihar             |                                          90 |
|       5 | Chhattisgarh      |                                          91 |
|       6 | Goa               |                                          33 |
|       7 | Gujarat           |                                         838 |
|       8 | Haryana           |                                         402 |
|       9 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                          59 |
|      10 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                          36 |
|      11 | Jharkhand         |                                         103 |
|      12 | Karnataka         |                                         617 |
|      13 | Kerala            |                                         326 |
|      14 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                         278 |
|      15 | Maharashtra       |                                        1300 |
|      16 | Manipur           |                                          23 |
|      17 | Meghalaya         |                                           8 |
|      18 | Mizoram           |                                           1 |
|      19 | Nagaland          |                                           4 |
|      20 | Odisha            |                                         162 |
|      21 | Punjab            |                                         162 |
|      22 | Rajasthan         |                                         292 |
|      23 | Sikkim            |                                           3 |
|      24 | Tamil Nadu        |                                         792 |
|      25 | Telangana         |                                         398 |
|      26 | Tripura           |                                           7 |
|      27 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                         585 |

| 28   | Uttarakhand               |   125 |
|------|---------------------------|-------|
| 29   | West Bengal               |   404 |
| 30   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |     1 |
| 31   | Chandigarh                |    20 |
| 32   | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      |    24 |
| 33   | Daman & Diu               |     6 |
| 34   | Delhi                     |   379 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep               |     0 |
| 36   | Puducherry                |    19 |
|      | Overseas                  |    33 |
|      | Grand Total               |  7976 |

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## ANNEXURE -2 ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1693 FOR ANSWER ON 27.07.2022.

## Number of Accredited Laboratories in Maharashtra State (as on 30.06.22)

| S.No.   | Districts       | No. of NABL Accredited Laboratories   |
|---------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1       | Ahmednagar      | 18                                    |
| 2       | Akola           | 6                                     |
| 3       | Amravati        | 10                                    |
| 4       | Aurangabad      | 48                                    |
| 5       | Beed            | 2                                     |
| 6       | Bhandara        | 6                                     |
| 7       | Buldhana        | 3                                     |
| 8       | Chandrapur      | 15                                    |
| 9       | Dhule           | 3                                     |
| 10      | Gadchiroli      | 2                                     |
| 11      | Gondia          | 2                                     |
| 12      | Hingoli         | 1                                     |
| 13      | Jalgaon         | 13                                    |
| 14      | Jalna           | 3                                     |
| 15      | Kolhapur        | 29                                    |
| 16      | Latur           | 6                                     |
| 17      | Mumbai-City     | 148                                   |
| 18      | Mumbai Suburban | 104                                   |
| 19      | Nagpur          | 93                                    |
| 20      | Nanded          |                                       |
| 22      | Nashik          | 75                                    |
| 23      | Osmanabad       | 1                                     |
| 24      | Palghar         | 25                                    |
| 25      | Parbhani        | 4                                     |
| 26      | Pune            | 349                                   |
| 28      | Ratnagiri       | 5                                     |
| 30      | Satara          | 12                                    |
| 31      | Sindhudurg      | 4                                     |
| 32      | Solapur         | 11                                    |
| 33      | Thane           | 230                                   |
| 34      | Wardha          | 6                                     |
| 35      | Washim          | 1                                     |
| 36      | Yavatmal        | 5                                     |
|         | Grand Total     | 1300                                  |

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