Lok Sabha Question No. 3727 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Dattatray Tatkare, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Ratansinh Magansinh Rathod, DNV Senthilkumar. S.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3727 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  MARCH 2022

## INTENSIFIED MISSION INDRADHANUSH 4.0

3727 :  SHRI SUNIL DATTATRAY TATKARE DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE SHRI RATANSINH MAGANSINH RATHOD DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched the Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 and if so, the details thereof along with its aims and objectives;
- (b) the number of States/UTs proposed to be covered in the first round of the mission and the number of districts covered under various phases of Mission Indradhanush so far;
- (c) the number of children and pregnant women vaccinated under the Mission during each of the last five years?
- (d) the  challenges  faced  by  the  Government  while  implementing  Mission  Indradhanush since its inception;
- (e) whether the Mission has achieved its objective, if so, the details thereof and if not, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the government to vaccinate all children and pregnant women to protect them from life-threatening diseases?

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

- (a) Government has launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 4.0 with the objective to cover partially vaccinated and unvaccinated children and pregnant women identified through a head count survey across 416 districts of 33 states/UTs, over three rounds.
- (b) During various phases of Mission Indradhanush & Intensified Mission Indradhanush, till date 701 districts have been covered across the country.
- (c) The details of number of children and pregnant women vaccinated under the Mission during past years are as below:
- (d)  While  implementing  Mission  Indradhanush,  Government  has  faced  certain  challenges  in demand  generation  and  service  delivery  which  have  been  addressed  by  taking  appropriate measures.
- (e)  Mission  Indradhanush  and  Intensified  Mission  Indradhanush  have  been  instrumental  in reaching the partially vaccinated and unvaccinated children and pregnant women and improving vaccination coverage.
- (f) Routine immunization is conducted across the country wherein all vaccines under Universal Immunization  Program  (UIP)  are  provided  free  of  cost,  to  all  eligible  children  and  pregnant women  as  per  the  National  Immunization  Schedule.  The  basket  of  vaccines  under  Universal Immunization  Program  has  been  recently  expanded  to  provide  protection  to  children  and pregnant women, against life-threatening diseases.

| Year           | Phase                             | No. of children vaccinated (lakhs)   | No. of pregnant women vaccinated (lakhs)   |
|----------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| Apr'15-Jul'15  | Phase-1 75.75                     | 20.95                                |                                            |
| Oct'15-Jan'16  | Phase-2 70.3                      |                                      | 16.83                                      |
| Apr'16-Jul'16  | Phase-3 62.08                     |                                      | 17.83                                      |
| Feb'17-Jul'17  | Phase-4                           | 46.65                                | 13.18                                      |
| Oct'17-Jan'18  | IMI                               | 59.49                                | 11.86                                      |
| Apr'18-Jun'18  | MI-Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan           | 4.97                                 | 1.13                                       |
| July'18-Sep'18 | MI- Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan | 15.26                                | 4.29                                       |
| Oct'18-Dec'18  | Phase -6                          | 4.94                                 | 1.13                                       |
| Dec'19-Mar'20  | IMI-2.0                           | 36.92                                | 7.39                                       |
| Feb'21-Mar'21  | IMI-3.0                           | 9.54                                 | 2.24                                       |