Lok Sabha Question No. 2196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Oxygen Generation Capacity
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mala Roy, Dhal Singh Bisen

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2196

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  DECEMBER, 2021

## OXYGEN GENERATION CAPACITY

## 2196.   SHRIMATI MALA ROY: DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Pressure  Swing  Adsorption  (PSA)  oxygen  plants  that  are  currently functioning along with the total target for setting up PSA plants, State/UT wise and District wise;
- (b) the current daily oxygen generation capacity of these plants;
- (c)  whether  his  Ministry  has  calculated/estimated  the  number  of  COVID  patients  that  this capacity can cater to and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the State-wise and district-wise details of the amount incurred to install these PSA plants;
- (e) whether the States have also contributed in installation of these plants; and
- (f) if so, the details of the contribution thereof?

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

## (DR BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (f)  The  Government  has  sanctioned  1563  Pressure  Swing  Adsorption  (PSA)  oxygen generation plants of which 1463 have been commissioned. These include 1225 PSA plants which have been installed and commissioned under PMCARES Fund in every district of the country. Additionally 338 PSA Plants are set up by PSUs of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways etc till date. The States have also been asked to install PSA plants in public health facilities and facilitate installation of PSA plants in private health facilities. The details are as per Annexure.

The Empowered Group constituted by the Government on Emergency Management Plan and Strategy recommended that for calculation of oxygen demand, the required rates of oxygen flow in non-ICU and ICU setting is 10 and 24 litres per minute per day per case, respectively. Based on the above, these plants can support more than 1,00,000 beds/day.

The  PSA  Plants  under  PMCARES  have  been  supplied  and  commissioned  by  the Central Government.  States provided for space, 3-phase power  supply, DG  set for uninterrupted  power  supply  and  availability  of  Medical  Gas  Pipeline  system  (MGPS)  for interconnection with PSA plant.

Annexure

|                             | PM CARES     | GoI PSUs etc   |
|-----------------------------|--------------|----------------|
| State/ UT                   | Commissioned | Commissioned   |
| A&N Island                  | 3            | 0              |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 28           | 4              |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 27           | 1              |
| Assam                       | 40           | 10             |
| Bihar                       | 62           | 12             |
| Chandigarh                  | 4            |                |
| Chhattisgarh                | 49           | 7              |
| D&D D&D                     | 4            |                |
| Delhi                       | 25           | 18             |
| Goa                         | 7            |                |
| Gujarat                     | 59           | 12             |
| Haryana                     | 40           | 5              |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 28           | 1              |
| J&K                         | 32           |                |
| Jharkhand                   | 38           | 7              |
| Karnataka                   | 50           | 36             |
| Kerala                      | 26           | 6              |
| Ladakh                      | 7            | 2              |
| Lakshadweep                 | 2            |                |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 88           | 20             |
| Maharashtra                 | 68           | 13             |
| Manipur                     | 16           | 1              |
| Meghalaya                   | 14           | 0              |
| Mizoram                     | 14           | 0              |
| Nagaland                    | 15           | 0              |
| Odisha                      | 39           | 9              |
| Puducherry                  | 8            |                |
| Punjab                      | 41           | 4              |
| Rajasthan                   | 51           | 20             |
| Sikkim                      | 4            | 1              |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 70           | 7              |
| Telangana                   | 50           | 2              |
| Tripura                     | 14           |                |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 128          | 34             |
| Uttarakhand                 | 25           | 2              |
| West Bengal                 | 49           | 2              |
| Other Agencies (DRDO, IRCS) |              | 2              |
| Total                       | 1225         | 238            |

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