Lok Sabha Question No. 2891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Infant Mortality Rate
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH 2023

## INFANT MORTALITY RATE

## 2891: SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

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

- (a) Whether the Government is aware that around 50 percent of villages in the country have no access to healthcare and the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) is about 28 per 1000 births;
- (b) If so, the details thereof;
- (c)  Whether the Government has succeeded in providing healthcare facilities in rural areas through its schemes particularly in Odisha and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) The necessary steps being taken to improve the healthcare facilities in rural areas of the country?

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

(a) to (d):

The healthcare  system  of  the  country  involves  a  three-tier  system  with  Sub  Health  Centre (Rural), Primary Health Centre (Urban and Rural) and Community Health Centre (Urban and Rural) as the three pillars of Primary Health Care System in India.

As per established norms, in rural areas a Sub Centre (SC) for a population of 5,000 (in plain) and 3000 (in hilly and tribal area), a Primary Health Centre (PHC) for a population of 30,000 (in plains) and 20,000 (in hilly and tribal areas) and Community Health Centre (CHC) for a population  of  1,20,000  (in  plain)  and  80,000  (in  hilly  and  tribal  area)  is  suggested.  Rural Health  Statistics  (RHS)  is  an  annual  publication,  based  on  Health  care  administrative  data reported by States/ UTs. State/UT-wise number of Sub-Centres,  PHCs,  and  CHCs functioning  in  rural  areas  including  State  of  Odisha  is  placed  as  per  RHS  2021-22,  at Annexure I.

The  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  (MoHFW)  provides  technical  and  financial support to the States/UTs to strengthen the public healthcare system, based on the proposals received  in  the  form  of  Programme  Implementation  Plans  (PIPs)  under  National  Health Mission. Government of India provides approval for the proposals in the form of Record of Proceedings (RoPs) as per norms & available resources.

As  per  latest  Sample  Registration  Survey  Report  of  Registrar  General  of  India,  Infant Mortality  Rate  is  28  per  1000  Live  Births  in  2020  at  National  level.  Details  of  Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) as per the Report are placed at Annexure II.

## Annexure I

| State/UT                           | (As on 31st March 2022)   | (As on 31st March 2022)   | (As on 31st March 2022)   |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| State/UT                           | Sub centres Rural         | PHCs Rural                | CHCs Rural                |
| Andhra Pradesh                     | 11073                     | 1142                      | 139                       |
| Arunachal Pradesh                  | 355                       | 126                       | 57                        |
| Assam                              | 4667                      | 920                       | 172                       |
| Bihar                              | 9375                      | 1492                      | 269                       |
| Chhattisgarh                       | 5124                      | 770                       | 167                       |
| Goa                                | 219                       | 24                        | 6                         |
| Gujarat                            | 9132                      | 1474                      | 344                       |
| Haryana                            | 2653                      | 394                       | 129                       |
| Himachal Pradesh                   | 2114                      | 553                       | 93                        |
| Jharkhand                          | 3848                      | 291                       | 171                       |
| Karnataka                          | 8757                      | 2138                      | 182                       |
| Kerala                             | 4933                      | 780                       | 211                       |
| Madhya Pradesh                     | 10287                     | 1266                      | 332                       |
| Maharashtra                        | 10673                     | 1853                      | 256                       |
| Manipur                            | 393                       | 74                        | 8                         |
| Meghalaya                          | 459                       | 122                       | 28                        |
| Mizoram                            | 300                       | 57                        | 9                         |
| Nagaland                           | 434                       | 129                       | 23                        |
| Odisha                             | 6688                      | 1288                      | 377                       |
| Punjab                             | 2951                      | 422                       | 150                       |
| Rajasthan                          | 13523                     | 2133                      | 616                       |
| Sikkim                             | 147                       | 24                        | 2                         |
| Tamil Nadu                         | 8713                      | 1422                      | 385                       |
| Telangana                          | 4229                      | 578                       | 28                        |
| Tripura                            | 956                       | 108                       | 21                        |
| Uttarakhand                        | 1785                      | 531                       | 52                        |
| Uttar Pradesh                      | 20781                     | 2919                      | 829                       |
| West Bengal                        | 10357                     | 915                       | 348                       |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands           | 124                       | 22                        | 4                         |
| Chandigarh                         | 0                         | 0                         | 0                         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 94                        | 12                        | 3                         |
| Delhi                              | 12                        | 5                         | 0                         |
| Jammu &Kashmir                     | 2429                      | 891                       | 56                        |
| Ladakh                             | 288                       | 32                        | 7                         |
| Lakshadweep                        | 9                         | 4                         | 3                         |
| Puducherry                         | 53                        | 24                        | 3                         |

| Details of Infant Mortality Rate (2020)               | Details of Infant Mortality Rate (2020)               |
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| INDIA                                                 | 28                                                    |
| Andhra Pradesh                                        | 24                                                    |
| A&N Islands                                           | 7                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                     | 21                                                    |
| Assam                                                 | 36                                                    |
| Bihar                                                 | 27                                                    |
| Chandigarh                                            | 8                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh                                          | 38                                                    |
| D&N Haveli                                            |                                                       |
| Daman &Diu                                            | 16                                                    |
| Delhi                                                 | 12                                                    |
| Goa                                                   | 5                                                     |
| Gujarat                                               | 23                                                    |
| Haryana                                               | 28                                                    |
| Himachal Pradesh                                      | 17                                                    |
| Jammu &Kashmir                                        | 17                                                    |
| Jharkhand                                             | 25                                                    |
| Karnataka                                             | 19                                                    |
| Kerala                                                | 6                                                     |
| Ladakh                                                | 16                                                    |
| Lakshadweep                                           | 9                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh                                        | 43                                                    |
| Maharashtra                                           | 16                                                    |
| Manipur                                               | 6                                                     |
| Meghalaya                                             | 29                                                    |
| Mizoram                                               | 3                                                     |
| Nagaland                                              | 4                                                     |
| Odisha                                                | 36                                                    |
| Puducherry                                            | 6                                                     |
| Punjab                                                | 18                                                    |
| Rajasthan                                             | 32                                                    |
| Sikkim                                                | 5                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu                                            | 13                                                    |
| Telangana                                             | 21                                                    |
| Tripura                                               | 18                                                    |
| Uttar Pradesh                                         | 38                                                    |
| Uttarakhand                                           | 24                                                    |
| West Bengal                                           | 19                                                    |
| Source: Sample Registration System (SRS) of Registrar | Source: Sample Registration System (SRS) of Registrar |