Lok Sabha Question No. 3436 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: Tests conducted for TB
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3436 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2021

## TESTS CONDUCTED FOR TB

3436:  DR. SANJAY JAISWAL

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

- a) the total number of tests conducted by the Government for TB in the past five years, State/ UT - wise, including Bihar;
- b) whether the Government has any data on the total number of TB tests conducted and cases reported by private hospitals and testing centres;
- c) if so, the details of such tests conducted in the past five years; State / UT - wise, including Bihar ;
- d) whether the Government has specified the mechanism and details for collaborations between State Governments and NGOs/ private organisation for TB testing and reporting; and
- e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- a) The  total  number  of  tests  conducted  by  the  Government  for  TB  in  the  past  five  years, State/ UT - wise, including Bihar is enclosed as Annex-I.
- b) & (c) The total number of TB cases reported by private hospitals and testing centres is enclosed as Annex-II.
- d) & (e) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has developed a 'Guidance Document on Partnerships - 2019' which specifies the mechanism and details for collaboration of NGOs /  private organization under the programme. The document is available in the following link - https://tbcindia.gov.in/showfile.php?lid=3456.

Annex-I

State/UT-wise details of tests conducted in public sector for TB diagnosis:

|   S.NO. | STATE / UT          |    2017 |    2018 |    2019 |    2020 |   2021 (Jan to Sep) |
|---------|---------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------|
|       1 | Andaman &Nicobar    |    6375 |    8163 |    6277 |    4898 |                2304 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh      |  419527 |  485050 |  430839 |  896045 |              626862 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh   |   14919 |   17269 |   11301 |   12794 |               13446 |
|       4 | Assam               |  174993 |  186758 |  102971 |  188892 |              104881 |
|       5 | Bihar               |  505136 |  693691 |  618723 |  406292 |              260735 |
|       6 | Chandigarh          |   26221 |   31135 |   24634 |   22598 |               13817 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh        |  278924 |  253825 |  324624 |  258584 |              152168 |
|       8 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli |    6441 |    9688 |    9440 |    8762 |                5388 |
|       9 | Daman &Diu          |    2794 |    4936 |    8215 |    6908 |                3922 |
|      10 | Delhi               |  218571 |  430361 |  264499 |  193974 |              110603 |
|      11 | Goa                 |   19800 |   21470 |   22457 |   21460 |               10011 |
|      12 | Gujarat             |  826510 |  970610 | 1088014 | 1477886 |              685510 |
|      13 | Haryana             |  241737 |  409920 |  341278 |  326116 |              191217 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh    |  119380 |  143998 |  241451 |  173986 |              115099 |
|      15 | Jammu &Kashmir      |  107936 |  162324 |  132742 |  231958 |              116154 |
|      16 | Jharkhand           |  297339 |  258969 |  302514 |  333842 |              177797 |
|      17 | Karnataka           |  721371 |  812834 | 1042647 |  638244 |              364060 |
|      18 | Kerala              |  458088 |  627981 |  517586 |  397552 |              167685 |
|      19 | Lakshadweep         |    1439 |     947 |     934 |    3572 |                1049 |
|      20 | Ladakh              |       0 |       0 |       0 |    1556 |                1415 |
|      21 | Madhya Pradesh      | 1471234 |  599705 |  766035 |  893076 |              474986 |
|      22 | Maharashtra         |  802197 | 1296555 | 1317141 | 1456230 |              697579 |
|      23 | Manipur             |   15701 |   15250 |    9573 |    7052 |               11056 |
|      24 | Meghalaya           |   29495 |   33404 |   17785 |   29434 |               17928 |

|   S.NO. | STATE / UT    |    2017 |    2018 |    2019 |    2020 |   2021 (Jan to Sep) |
|---------|---------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------|
|      25 | Mizoram       |   10767 |   11474 |   11202 |   10296 |                5924 |
|      26 | Nagaland      |   13521 |   15571 |   11312 |   13116 |               13082 |
|      27 | Odhisa        |  309462 |  334301 |  186135 | 1040104 |              632144 |
|      28 | Pondicherry   |   32989 |   34420 |   35250 |   18740 |               13108 |
|      29 | Punjab        |  230912 |  271744 |  266160 |  221666 |              133498 |
|      30 | Rajasthan     |  628790 |  629250 |  756523 |  738698 |              352975 |
|      31 | Sikkim        |   10476 |   11734 |   10055 |   10162 |               10214 |
|      32 | Tamil Nadu    |  735355 | 1048514 | 1230369 | 1064736 |              605025 |
|      33 | Telangana     |  242687 |  333617 |  462817 |  433906 |              219162 |
|      34 | Tripura       |   26839 |   42009 |   19300 |   35982 |               18428 |
|      35 | Uttar Pradesh | 1633963 | 2231536 | 2229112 | 1960988 |             1038397 |
|      36 | Uttarakhand   |   84710 |  101367 |  115802 |  105394 |               66618 |
|      37 | West Bengal   |  744993 | 1015268 | 1435534 | 1631590 |              732984 |

Annex-II State/UT-wise total TB Cases reported (Notified) by private hospitals and testing centres:

|   Sr. No. | State/UTs                                | 2017   | 2018   | 2019   |   2020 |   2021 (Jan-Sep) |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------------|
|         1 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                 | 22     | 19     | 7      |      0 |                0 |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh                           | 16044  | 25932  | 22383  |  17164 |            17314 |
|         3 | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 15     | 2      | 37     |      1 |                0 |
|         4 | Assam                                    | 3454   | 4960   | 8023   |   6126 |             5951 |
|         5 | Bihar                                    | 41494  | 41288  | 44716  |  47388 |            53813 |
|         6 | CHANDIGARH                               | 266    | 335    | 543    |    528 |              398 |
|         7 | Chhattisgarh                             | 10679  | 12912  | 11972  |   8387 |             5851 |
|         8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 146    | 92     | 130    |     82 |               44 |
|         9 | Delhi                                    | 5121   | 16405  | 28123  |  27289 |            27654 |
|        10 | Goa                                      | 372    | 548    | 473    |    323 |              268 |
|        11 | Gujarat                                  | 39639  | 48100  | 54462  |  43308 |            38795 |
|        12 | Haryana                                  | 6647   | 15437  | 22526  |  21440 |            18463 |
|        13 | Himachal Pradesh                         | 736    | 1356   | 1612   |   1268 |             1121 |
|        14 | Jammu &Kashmir                           | 1056   | 1187   | 946    |    872 |             1066 |
|        15 | Jharkhand                                | 7267   | 10724  | 13006  |  15315 |            13467 |
|        16 | Karnataka                                | 11988  | 14437  | 19591  |  17106 |            14419 |
|        17 | Kerala                                   | 8232   | 3567   | 4886   |   5781 |             4896 |
|        18 | Ladakh                                   | NA     | NA     | NA     |      7 |               10 |
|        19 | Lakshadweep                              | 0      | 0      | 0      |      0 |                0 |
|        20 | Madhya Pradesh                           | 16750  | 39373  | 48296  |  33258 |            43154 |
|        21 | Maharashtra                              | 67917  | 69574  | 83228  |  64021 |            63152 |
|        22 | Manipur                                  | 1114   | 776    | 560    |    426 |              401 |
|        23 | Meghalaya                                | 608    | 485    | 725    |    683 |              614 |
|        24 | Mizoram                                  | 44     | 57     | 39     |    131 |              189 |

|   Sr. No. | State/UTs     |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 |   2020 |   2021 (Jan-Sep) |
|-----------|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|------------------|
|        25 | Nagaland      |    729 |    727 |    694 |    681 |              548 |
|        26 | Odisha        |   3969 |   3674 |   4603 |   5268 |             4872 |
|        27 | Puducherry    |      3 |     23 |     72 |     88 |               25 |
|        28 | Punjab        |   6336 |  10426 |  14196 |  11672 |            10863 |
|        29 | Rajasthan     |  21179 |  46196 |  52366 |  41429 |            36445 |
|        30 | Sikkim        |     39 |     20 |     23 |    180 |               76 |
|        31 | Tamil Nadu    |  19071 |  29502 |  28177 |  16291 |            13509 |
|        32 | Telangana     |   7395 |  10246 |  20596 |  22683 |            14804 |
|        33 | Tripura       |      8 |      4 |     45 |     72 |               81 |
|        34 | Uttar Pradesh |  66967 | 114808 | 160080 | 124318 |           110955 |
|        35 | Uttarakhand   |   3748 |   4556 |   6277 |   5753 |             4230 |
|        36 | West Bengal   |  15088 |  14642 |  25482 |  17243 |            16122 |