Lok Sabha Question No. 2936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-17
Subject: Elimination Programme for TB and Cataract
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Santosh Kumar, Dinesh Chandra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2936 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  MARCH, 2023

## ELIMINATION PROGRAMME FOR TB AND CATARACT

## 2936.   SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR: SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing programmes for prevention of TB and Cataract at National level;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  of  different  programmes  being  run  by  the  Government  in  this  regard, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the success achieved so far through the said programmes including the State-wise number of beneficiaries thereunder; and
- (d)  the timeline set for achievement of targets under the said programmes?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) The Government implements the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis and National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCBVI) for Blindness control in all States/UTs under the aegis of the National Health Mission (NHM).

(c) and (d) The Government implements the National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) with the goal of achieving Sustainable Development Goals related to TB by 2025, five years ahead of  the  global  targets.  As  per  the  Global  TB  Report,  2022,  the  incidence  of  TB  in  India  has reduced  by  18%  from  256/lakh  population  in  2015  to  210/lakh  population,  which  is  7 percentage  points  better  than  the  global  average  of  11%.  The  State/UT  wise  TB  case notification for the year 2021 and 2022 is placed at Annexure-I.

Similarly,  under  the  National  Programme  for  Control  of  Blindness  &  Visual  Impairment (NPCBVI), in the year 2022-23 (till January) 63,33,798 cataract operations were conducted, 4,82,805  free  spectacles  to  school  children  were  distributed  and  48,777  eye  donations  have been collected. The State/UT wise details are placed at Annexure-II.

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Annexure-I State/UT-wise Notification* of TB cases in Years 2021 and 2022 under NTEP

|   Sr. No | State/UTs                                |   TB Case Notifications- 2021 |   TB Case Notifications- 2022 |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman& Nicobar Islands                 |                           512 |                           534 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh                           |                         86890 |                         92187 |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                          2766 |                          2863 |
|        4 | Assam                                    |                         38181 |                         47822 |
|        5 | Bihar                                    |                        132639 |                        161165 |
|        6 | Chandigarh                               |                          4751 |                          6066 |
|        7 | Chhattisgarh                             |                         32578 |                         38521 |
|        8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                          1012 |                          1399 |
|        9 | Delhi                                    |                        103667 |                        106731 |
|       10 | Goa                                      |                          2011 |                          2091 |
|       11 | Gujarat                                  |                        144715 |                        151912 |
|       12 | Haryana                                  |                         69377 |                         75838 |
|       13 | Himachal Pradesh                         |                         14568 |                         16089 |
|       14 | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                         10885 |                         11804 |
|       15 | Jharkhand                                |                         52624 |                         57320 |
|       16 | Karnataka                                |                         72705 |                         80416 |
|       17 | Kerala                                   |                         22074 |                         23388 |
|       18 | Ladakh                                   |                           292 |                           320 |
|       19 | Lakshadweep                              |                            12 |                            11 |
|       20 | Madhya Pradesh                           |                        167017 |                        186293 |
|       21 | Maharashtra                              |                        200483 |                        234105 |
|       22 | Manipur                                  |                          1811 |                          2554 |
|       23 | Meghalaya                                |                          4184 |                          4989 |
|       24 | Mizoram                                  |                          1759 |                          2085 |
|       25 | Nagaland                                 |                          3712 |                          4125 |
|       26 | Odisha                                   |                         52539 |                         60372 |
|       27 | Puducherry                               |                          3457 |                          3835 |
|       28 | Punjab                                   |                         51233 |                         55150 |
|       29 | Rajasthan                                |                        149488 |                        169522 |
|       30 | Sikkim                                   |                          1409 |                          1395 |
|       31 | Tamil Nadu                               |                         83156 |                         93879 |
|       32 | Telangana                                |                         60827 |                         72941 |
|       33 | Tripura                                  |                          2558 |                          3024 |
|       34 | Uttar Pradesh                            |                        456388 |                        522850 |
|       35 | Uttarakhand                              |                         22968 |                         27553 |
|       36 | West Bengal                              |                         91146 |                        100972 |

## Annexure-II

| National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment State wise Achievement for various eye diseases during 2022-23 (up to January)   | National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment State wise Achievement for various eye diseases during 2022-23 (up to January)   | National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment State wise Achievement for various eye diseases during 2022-23 (up to January)   | National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment State wise Achievement for various eye diseases during 2022-23 (up to January)   | National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment State wise Achievement for various eye diseases during 2022-23 (up to January)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No                                                                                                                                             | States                                                                                                                                             | Cataract Operations- Achievements                                                                                                                  | Free Spectacles to school children- Achievements                                                                                                   | Collection of donated eyes- Achievements                                                                                                           |
| 1                                                                                                                                                  | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                           | 833                                                                                                                                                | 436                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 2                                                                                                                                                  | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 321151                                                                                                                                             | 23709                                                                                                                                              | 4914                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                  | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                  | 2359                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 4                                                                                                                                                  | Assam                                                                                                                                              | 92721                                                                                                                                              | 2997                                                                                                                                               | 221                                                                                                                                                |
| 5                                                                                                                                                  | Bihar                                                                                                                                              | 237229                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 144                                                                                                                                                |
| 6                                                                                                                                                  | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                         | 9955                                                                                                                                               | 300                                                                                                                                                | 535                                                                                                                                                |
| 7                                                                                                                                                  | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                       | 101149                                                                                                                                             | 30071                                                                                                                                              | 198                                                                                                                                                |
| 8                                                                                                                                                  | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu                                                                                                           | 1917                                                                                                                                               | 106                                                                                                                                                | 4                                                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                                                  | Delhi                                                                                                                                              | 75436                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 1480                                                                                                                                               |
| 10                                                                                                                                                 | Goa                                                                                                                                                | 14007                                                                                                                                              | 571                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                                 | Gujarat                                                                                                                                            | 510171                                                                                                                                             | 13333                                                                                                                                              | 2549                                                                                                                                               |
| 12                                                                                                                                                 | Haryana                                                                                                                                            | 160507                                                                                                                                             | 4708                                                                                                                                               | 1801                                                                                                                                               |
| 13                                                                                                                                                 | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                   | 32583                                                                                                                                              | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 14                                                                                                                                                 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                                     | 23699                                                                                                                                              | 7428                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 15                                                                                                                                                 | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                          | 169615                                                                                                                                             | 2203                                                                                                                                               | 74                                                                                                                                                 |
| 16                                                                                                                                                 | Karnataka                                                                                                                                          | 429451                                                                                                                                             | 24007                                                                                                                                              | 6989                                                                                                                                               |
| 17                                                                                                                                                 | Kerala                                                                                                                                             | 201304                                                                                                                                             | 5731                                                                                                                                               | 1856                                                                                                                                               |
| 18                                                                                                                                                 | Ladakh                                                                                                                                             | 704                                                                                                                                                | 265                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 19                                                                                                                                                 | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                        | 108                                                                                                                                                | 112                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                                                 | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 570640                                                                                                                                             | 47393                                                                                                                                              | 1834                                                                                                                                               |
| 21                                                                                                                                                 | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                        | 721954                                                                                                                                             | 16772                                                                                                                                              | 4085                                                                                                                                               |
| 22                                                                                                                                                 | Manipur                                                                                                                                            | 3517                                                                                                                                               | 171                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 23                                                                                                                                                 | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                          | 2612                                                                                                                                               | 2357                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 24                                                                                                                                                 | Mizoram                                                                                                                                            | 2756                                                                                                                                               | 1560                                                                                                                                               | 46                                                                                                                                                 |
| 25                                                                                                                                                 | Nagaland                                                                                                                                           | 1586                                                                                                                                               | 965                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 26                                                                                                                                                 | Odisha                                                                                                                                             | 235515                                                                                                                                             | 3133                                                                                                                                               | 1425                                                                                                                                               |
| 27                                                                                                                                                 | Puducherry                                                                                                                                         | 15048                                                                                                                                              | 2130                                                                                                                                               | 990                                                                                                                                                |
| 28                                                                                                                                                 | Punjab                                                                                                                                             | 192247                                                                                                                                             | 6825                                                                                                                                               | 1004                                                                                                                                               |
| 29                                                                                                                                                 | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                          | 246190                                                                                                                                             | 25132                                                                                                                                              | 2461                                                                                                                                               |
| 30                                                                                                                                                 | Sikkim                                                                                                                                             | 802                                                                                                                                                | 385                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 31                                                                                                                                                 | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                         | 481346                                                                                                                                             | 161922                                                                                                                                             | 7602                                                                                                                                               |
| 32                                                                                                                                                 | Telangana                                                                                                                                          | 210712                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                  | 4908                                                                                                                                               |
| 33                                                                                                                                                 | Tripura                                                                                                                                            | 8142                                                                                                                                               | 220                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                                                                                 | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 758483                                                                                                                                             | 47126                                                                                                                                              | 762                                                                                                                                                |
| 35                                                                                                                                                 | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                        | 48063                                                                                                                                              | 2897                                                                                                                                               | 264                                                                                                                                                |
| 36                                                                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                                                        | 449286                                                                                                                                             | 47840                                                                                                                                              | 2631                                                                                                                                               |