Lok Sabha Question No. 3716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-25
Subject: Type-1 Diabetes
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait, Geeta Kora, Riti Pathak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  March, 2022

## TYPE-1 DIABETES

## 3716. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK: SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

- (a) the number of patients suffering from Type-1 diabetes in the country;
- (b) whether the Government maintains any data in this regard, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken measures to provide treatment for children with Type-1 diabetes since birth, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide any financial assistance in this regard to cover the expenditure incurred on costly treatment like insulin therapy; and
- (e) if so, the time by which the Government is likely to provide such assistance?

## ANSWER

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

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) & (b): There is a registry maintained by the Indian Council of Medical Research called as the Young Diabetes Registry (YDR) since year 2006. The YDR registry recruits patients with young onset diabetes, diagnosed on or before 25 years of age. The registry operates at 205 centres from 10 cities across India. According to the YDR registry data out of 20351 young diabetes patients recruited,  13368 (65.6%)  were  type  1  diabetes.  According  to  the  10th International  Diabetes Federation Atlas 2021, the number of children with type 1 diabetes in India is 22,94,000 in the age group of 0 - 19 years.

A sub study from the ICMR-YDR registry also estimated the annual incidence of type 1 diabetes from  the  cities  of  Delhi  and  Chennai.  According  to  this  study,  the  average  annual  incidence of type 1 diabetes (below 20 years) is 4.9 cases/1,00,000 populations.

(c):  Health is a state subject. The Department of Health & Family Welfare, however, provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs under the National Programme for Prevention and  Control  of  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascular  Diseases  and  Stroke  (NPCDCS),  as  part  of National Health Mission (NHM), based on the proposals received from the States/UTs. Diabetes is  an integral part of the NPCDCS. Under the program, all age-groups, including children, are covered.

Under Free Drugs Service  Initiative  of  NHM,  financial  support  is  provided  to  States/UTs  for provision  of  free  essential  medicines  including  insulin  for  poor  and  needy  people  including children.  Furthermore,  quality  generic  medicines  including  insulin  are  made  available  at affordable prices to all,  under  'Jan  Aushadhi  Scheme',  in  collaboration  with  the  State Governments.

(d)  & (e): There is no direct financial assistance provided for the expenditure incurred on the costly  treatment  like  insulin  therapy.  However,  Government  Hospitals  provide  free  of  cost treatment. The treatment for in-patient care is also available under Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) for 10.74 crore families eligible under AB-PMJAY as per Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) database 2011.

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