Lok Sabha Question No. 696 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Free COVID-19 Vaccination
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Jayanta Kumar Roy

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 696 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## FREE COVID - 19 VACCINATION

## 696. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  made  COVID - 19 vaccination  free  for  all  in  the  country  by including the p rsons falling in the age category of 18 - 44;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the vaccination status so far;
- (c) whether the Government is also planning to introduce the COVID - 19 vaccination for children in the age bracket of 10 -18, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  allowed  COVID - 19 vaccination  to  illiterate  and  destitute persons without registration on CoWIN portal, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) th e other major steps being taken by the Government with regard to fully vaccinating the peopleof India?

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

- (a) & (b): COVID - 19  vaccination  is  free  for  all  beneficiaries  aged  18  years  and  abov government COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs). The vaccination status of persons in the a group of 18 - 44 years is placed at Annexure -1.
- (c): Till date, COVID - 19  vaccines  in  th e country have been approved for restricted use in emergency situation only for persons aged 18 years and above.

(d): All  beneficiaries  who  have  received  vaccines  are  captured  on  CoWIN  portal  and  a issued digital vaccination certificate. Registration and vaccination of people without access to digital technology can be done through:

- Walk - in  registration  of  either  single  individual  or  groups  of  individuals  at  COV - 19 Vaccination Centre (CVC).
- Registration at Common Service Centres
- Registration  of  up  to  4 persons  using  a  single  mobile  number  to  facilitate  registration people without mobile phones
- Use of  assisted  registrations  through  National  Covid - 19  Helpline  (1075)/State  integrated Helplines.

In addition, Persons Without Identity (PWI) can be vaccina ted under special sessions , the detail ed SOPs of which arealsoavailable on MoHFW websit e.

(e): Government of India has ensured improved accessibility of safe COVID - 19 vaccination services  through  increase  in  vaccination  centres,  citizen  friendly  upgrada t o of  Co - WIN, establishment of 24x7 national call center to address queries from general public on COVID - 19 and the vaccination process . All COVID - 19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) are advised to publish the  vaccine  slots  (mentioning  details  such  as  vaccine type,  cost,  number  of  slots,  number  of walk- in/online  slots  etc),  in  advance,  for  convenient  booking  of  slots  by  the  benefi Further, a communication strategy is in place which is being implemented across all Stat with a focus to sustain vacc ine confidence .Accessibility of vaccination is also being improved through involving Private COVID -19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs), Workplace CVCs & 'Near to Home'  CVCs. Continued  efforts  are lsobeing  made  to  ramp  up  domestic  production  of vaccines .

## Annexure

## Vaccination status of persons in the age group of 18 - 44 years , State/UT -wise

(as of 20 th July 2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT             | Number of persons in 18 -44 years Received 1 st dose   | age group Received 2 nd dose   |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | A & N Islands        | 71,188                                                 | 83                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh       | 27,66,368                                              | 70,086                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh    | 3,32,593                                               | 506                            |
| 4        | Assam                | 34,93,347                                              | 1,55,180                       |
| 5        | Bihar                | 84,07,949                                              | 1,91,866                       |
| 6        | Chandigarh           | 2,69,361                                               | 1,549                          |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh         | 33,44,747                                              | 93,101                         |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 2,21,753                                               | 175                            |
| 9        | Daman & Diu          | 1,60,955                                               | 743                            |
| 10       | Delhi                | 34,74,060                                              | 2,17,596                       |
| 11       | Goa                  | 4,68,169                                               | 11,216                         |
| 12       | Gujarat              | 93,17,072                                              | 3,02,402                       |
| 13       | Haryana              | 40,22,514                                              | 2,02,953                       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,32,936                                              | 2,943                          |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir      | 12,97,148                                              | 48,880                         |
| 16       | Jharkhand            | 29,88,233                                              | 1,14,189                       |
| 17       | Karnataka            | 89,21,964                                              | 2,87,656                       |
| 18       | Kerala               | 26,19,588                                              | 2,11,976                       |
| 19       | Ladakh               | 87,072                                                 | 13                             |
| 20       | Lakshadweep          | 24,134                                                 | 103                            |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh       | 1,12,78,966                                            | 4,87,889                       |
| 22       | Maharashtra          | 97,89,376                                              | 4,15,075                       |
| 23       | Manipur              | 4,41,696                                               | 1,073                          |
| 24       | Meghalaya            | 3,80,608                                               | 352                            |
| 25       | Mizoram              | 3,37,639                                               | 888                            |
| 26       | Nagaland             | 3,11,125                                               | 529                            |
| 27       | Odisha               | 40,55,411                                              | 2,53,071                       |
| 28       | Puducherry           | 2,33,433                                               | 1,642                          |
| 29       | Punjab               | 21,97,514                                              | 67,017                         |
| 30       | Rajasthan            | 93,20,178                                              | 2,45,702                       |
| 31       | Sikkim               | 2,81,640                                               | 159                            |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu           | 73,57,990                                              | 3,44,409                       |
| 33       | Telangana            | 50,04,483                                              | 3,77,487                       |
| 34       | Tripura              | 9,83,814                                               | 15,230                         |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh        | 1,48,15,337                                            | 5,30,687                       |
| 36       | Uttarakhand          | 17,59,336                                              | 43,103                         |
| 37       | West Bengal          | 55,72,551                                              | 3,71,914                       |
| INDIA    |                      | 12,76,42,248                                           | 50,69,443                      |