Lok Sabha Question No. 3927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Full Immunization Coverage
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Sunil Kumar Soni, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Arun Sao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3927 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH 2023

## FULL IMMUNIZATION COVERAGE

3927:   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) whether a large number of children below five years have not been administered regular vaccines such as diphtheria, tetanus, polio, etc. in the recent years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to run any special campaign to make the vaccination process  smooth  and  complete  the  vaccination  of  the  children  whose  vaccination  cycle remain incomplete; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) & (b) Under Universal Immunization Programme, all eligible children up to the age of 2 years  and  pregnant  women  are  administered  vaccination  doses  as  per  immunization schedule. However, during COVID-19 pandemic in last two years, there were some eligible children  who  had  missed  the  regular  vaccine  doses  under  Routine  Immunization.  Total number of children who missed regular vaccine doses of diphtheria, tetanus, polio, etc. in the last two years is placed at Annexure 1.
- (c) & (d) Mission Indradhanush, a special catch up campaign is conducted at regular intervals to ensure vaccination of the left out and dropped out children and pregnant women in the areas of low immunization coverage. Two rounds of Mission Indradhanush were conducted in the year 2021 and 2022 to vaccinate children who had missed the vaccine doses during COVID-19 pandemic.

Annexure I (A) Total  number  of  children  up  to  1  year  of  age  who  missed  regular  vaccine  doses  of diphtheria, tetanus, polio, etc. in the last two years, State/UT wise:

|   Sr.No. | State/UT                                     | 2020-21 (April-March)   | 2021-22 (April-March)   |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                     | 431                     | 430                     |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                               | 44,907                  | *                       |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                            | 7,903                   | 6,625                   |
|        4 | Assam                                        | 1,06,699                | 1,03,987                |
|        5 | Bihar                                        | 5,01,795                | 6,49,345                |
|        6 | Chandigarh                                   | 1,839                   | 2,300                   |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                                 | 46,173                  | 53,144                  |
|        8 | Delhi                                        | 47,515                  | 41,209                  |
|        9 | Goa                                          | 1,097                   | 3,024                   |
|       10 | Gujarat                                      | 1,82,844                | *                       |
|       11 | Haryana                                      | 65,410                  | 26,219                  |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh                             | 13,765                  | 13,007                  |
|       13 | Jammu and Kashmir                            | *                       | *                       |
|       14 | Jharkhand                                    | 1,41,447                | *                       |
|       15 | Karnataka                                    | 51,176                  | 80,459                  |
|       16 | Kerala                                       | 42,692                  | 73,826                  |
|       17 | Ladakh                                       | 473                     | 448                     |
|       18 | Lakshadweep                                  | *                       | *                       |
|       19 | Madhya Pradesh                               | 2,59,310                | 2,27,263                |
|       20 | Maharashtra                                  | 65,889                  | 33,207                  |
|       21 | Manipur                                      | 10,892                  | 11,572                  |
|       22 | Meghalaya                                    | *                       | 4,050                   |
|       23 | Mizoram                                      | *                       | 549                     |
|       24 | Nagaland                                     | 12,527                  | 11,881                  |
|       25 | Odisha                                       | 1,21,107                | 97,689                  |
|       26 | Puducherry                                   | 7,403                   | 7,667                   |
|       27 | Punjab                                       | 46,437                  | 60,023                  |
|       28 | Rajasthan                                    | 4,90,164                | 4,62,261                |
|       29 | Sikkim                                       | 3,680                   | 4,015                   |
|       30 | Tamil Nadu                                   | 1,90,973                | 1,53,313                |
|       31 | Telangana                                    | 12,912                  | *                       |
|       32 | The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu | 10,687                  | 11,183                  |
|       33 | Tripura                                      | 4,958                   | 2,496                   |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                                | 7,04,076                | 7,55,501                |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                                  | 6,011                   | 14,097                  |
|       36 | West Bengal                                  | 79,550                  | 60,760                  |

(Data source- Health Management Information System )

* No children left out for any vaccine dose as per HMIS.