Lok Sabha Question No. 2007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-02
Subject: Menstrual Hygiene Scheme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2007 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2NDAUGUST2024

## 'MENSTRUALHYGIENE SCHEME''

## 2007. SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is implementing 'Menstrual Hygiene Scheme'(MHS) for promotion of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in the age group of 10-19 years in rural areas, if so, the details alongwith the major objectives thereof;
- (b) the total number of beneficiaries under the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme during the last five years, State/UTs-wise;
- (c) the total amount of funds provided under the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme during the last five years, State/UTs-wise; and
- (d) the role of Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) under the scheme?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The government is implementing the 'Menstrual Hygiene Scheme' (MHS) under the National Health Mission (NHM) to promote menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in the age group of 10-19 years.

The major objectives of the scheme are as follows:

1. To increase awareness among adolescent girls on menstrual hygiene.
2. To improve access to and use of high-quality sanitary napkins by adolescent girls
3. To create awareness on safe disposal of sanitary napkins in an environmentally friendly manner.

Details of the total number of beneficiaries under the Menstrual Hygiene during the last five years, State/UTs-wise are placed at Annexure 1

- (c) The total amount of funds provided under the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme during the last five years, State/UTs-wise are placed at Annexure 2

(d) The ASHA workers are involved in the promotion of the scheme. They are responsible for distributing the sanitary napkin packs at a subsidized rate and arranging monthly meetings with the adolescent girls in their area to deliberate on various health issues including menstrual hygiene management.

Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2007 for answer on 02.08.2024 Annexure 1

| State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   | State wise and year wise number of total number of adolescent girls (10-19years) provided with Sanitary Napkins under the Menstrual Hygiene Schemes   |
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| SNo                                                                                                                                                   | State/UT                                                                                                                                              | 2019-20                                                                                                                                               | 2020-21                                                                                                                                               | 2021-22                                                                                                                                               | 2022-23                                                                                                                                               | 2023-24                                                                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                                     | A&N Islands                                                                                                                                           | 21                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 78                                                                                                                                                    | 10                                                                                                                                                    |
| 2                                                                                                                                                     | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                        | 132535                                                                                                                                                | 878475                                                                                                                                                | 11680448                                                                                                                                              | 1232653                                                                                                                                               | 1154783                                                                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                                                                     | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                     | 14                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 25                                                                                                                                                    | 785                                                                                                                                                   |
| 4                                                                                                                                                     | Assam                                                                                                                                                 | 232755                                                                                                                                                | 20465                                                                                                                                                 | 29867                                                                                                                                                 | 249                                                                                                                                                   | 85091                                                                                                                                                 |
| 5                                                                                                                                                     | Bihar                                                                                                                                                 | 10242                                                                                                                                                 | 152                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 1202                                                                                                                                                  |
| 6                                                                                                                                                     | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 8333                                                                                                                                                  |
| 7                                                                                                                                                     | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                          | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 148                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                                                                     | 3988                                                                                                                                                  |
| 8                                                                                                                                                     | DNH-DD                                                                                                                                                | 184719                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 4920                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 4110                                                                                                                                                  |
| 9                                                                                                                                                     | Delhi                                                                                                                                                 | 260526                                                                                                                                                | 1067                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 2901                                                                                                                                                  | 3521                                                                                                                                                  |
| 10                                                                                                                                                    | Goa                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 1348                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11                                                                                                                                                    | Gujarat                                                                                                                                               | 37946                                                                                                                                                 | 23048                                                                                                                                                 | 96685                                                                                                                                                 | 259553                                                                                                                                                | 80612                                                                                                                                                 |
| 12                                                                                                                                                    | Haryana                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 234548                                                                                                                                                | 1388757                                                                                                                                               | 62005                                                                                                                                                 | 34680                                                                                                                                                 |
| 13                                                                                                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                      | 1171903                                                                                                                                               | 2968367                                                                                                                                               | 1508814                                                                                                                                               | 53497                                                                                                                                                 | 86179                                                                                                                                                 |
| 14                                                                                                                                                    | Jammu &Kashmir                                                                                                                                        | 132793                                                                                                                                                | 353858                                                                                                                                                | 206740                                                                                                                                                | 100421                                                                                                                                                | 17761                                                                                                                                                 |
| 15                                                                                                                                                    | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                             | 4021                                                                                                                                                  | 395291                                                                                                                                                | 170303                                                                                                                                                | 8122                                                                                                                                                  | 1018                                                                                                                                                  |
| 16                                                                                                                                                    | Karnataka                                                                                                                                             | 5675344                                                                                                                                               | 1282629                                                                                                                                               | 245739                                                                                                                                                | 26567                                                                                                                                                 | 683                                                                                                                                                   |
| 17                                                                                                                                                    | Kerala                                                                                                                                                | 24054                                                                                                                                                 | 640                                                                                                                                                   | 323                                                                                                                                                   | 990                                                                                                                                                   | 7074                                                                                                                                                  |
| 18                                                                                                                                                    | Ladakh                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 15876                                                                                                                                                 | 11967                                                                                                                                                 |
| 19                                                                                                                                                    | Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                           | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 1492                                                                                                                                                  |
| 20                                                                                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                        | 106129                                                                                                                                                | 172075                                                                                                                                                | 21501                                                                                                                                                 | 7110                                                                                                                                                  | 10198                                                                                                                                                 |
| 21                                                                                                                                                    | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                           | 2808112                                                                                                                                               | 2889292                                                                                                                                               | 1025417                                                                                                                                               | 84264                                                                                                                                                 | 86761                                                                                                                                                 |
| 22                                                                                                                                                    | Manipur                                                                                                                                               | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 1772                                                                                                                                                  | 8312                                                                                                                                                  | 4274                                                                                                                                                  |
| 23                                                                                                                                                    | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                             | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 20                                                                                                                                                    | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 126                                                                                                                                                   |
| 24                                                                                                                                                    | Mizoram                                                                                                                                               | 470                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 854                                                                                                                                                   | 112                                                                                                                                                   | 1422                                                                                                                                                  |
| 25                                                                                                                                                    | Nagaland                                                                                                                                              | 215                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 600                                                                                                                                                   | 885                                                                                                                                                   | 905                                                                                                                                                   |
| 26                                                                                                                                                    | Odisha                                                                                                                                                | 7644152                                                                                                                                               | 5844591                                                                                                                                               | 5827548                                                                                                                                               | 318800                                                                                                                                                | 399579                                                                                                                                                |
| 27                                                                                                                                                    | Puducherry                                                                                                                                            | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 24                                                                                                                                                    |
| 28                                                                                                                                                    | Punjab                                                                                                                                                | 1629739                                                                                                                                               | 373245                                                                                                                                                | 158558                                                                                                                                                | 514                                                                                                                                                   | 168                                                                                                                                                   |
| 29                                                                                                                                                    | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                             | 9527                                                                                                                                                  | 2186                                                                                                                                                  | 314                                                                                                                                                   | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 103029                                                                                                                                                |
| 30                                                                                                                                                    | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 2                                                                                                                                                     | 4                                                                                                                                                     | 579                                                                                                                                                   |
| 31                                                                                                                                                    | Tamil-Nadu                                                                                                                                            | 15205511                                                                                                                                              | 13436774                                                                                                                                              | 14878335                                                                                                                                              | 1921689                                                                                                                                               | 741292                                                                                                                                                |
| 32                                                                                                                                                    | Telangana                                                                                                                                             | 3860                                                                                                                                                  | 0                                                                                                                                                     | 113                                                                                                                                                   | 24                                                                                                                                                    | 464                                                                                                                                                   |
| 33                                                                                                                                                    | Tripura                                                                                                                                               | 43935                                                                                                                                                 | 2637                                                                                                                                                  | 287131                                                                                                                                                | 63780                                                                                                                                                 | 1533                                                                                                                                                  |
| 34                                                                                                                                                    | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                         | 1856623                                                                                                                                               | 237964                                                                                                                                                | 567516                                                                                                                                                | 82212                                                                                                                                                 | 40555                                                                                                                                                 |
| 35                                                                                                                                                    | Uttarakhand                                                                                                                                           | 160949                                                                                                                                                | 31539                                                                                                                                                 | 473320                                                                                                                                                | 20720                                                                                                                                                 | 10989                                                                                                                                                 |
| 36                                                                                                                                                    | West Bengal                                                                                                                                           | 2553337                                                                                                                                               | 3628466                                                                                                                                               | 3329204                                                                                                                                               | 240175                                                                                                                                                | 945377                                                                                                                                                |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2007 for answer on 02.08.2024

## Annexure 2

## Details of State Programme Implementation Plan (SPIP) Approvals under Menstrual Hygiene Scheme during the period from F.Y. 2019-20 to 2023-24

|   SN o | State             |   2019-20 SPIP Approval |   2020-21 SPIP Approval |   2021-22 SPIP Approval | 2022-23 SPIP Approval   | 2023-24 SPIP Approval   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|      1 | Andaman Nicobar   |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh    |                    0    |                  589.35 |                 2977.47 | 2,009.08                | 2,009.08                |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|      4 | Assam             |                  288.62 |                  165.34 |                  601.8  | 274.01                  | 274.01                  |
|      5 | Bihar             |                  957.6  |                  789.64 |                    0    | 106.50                  | 0.00                    |
|      6 | Chandigarh        |                    0    |                    0    |                    0    | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh      |                    0    |                    0    |                  303.48 | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|      8 | DNH-DD            |                    0    |                    0    |                    5.04 | 1.00                    | 1.00                    |
|      9 | Delhi             |                   97.96 |                  182.4  |                  188.2  | 348.27                  | 331.08                  |
|     10 | Goa               |                    0    |                    0    |                   15.3  | 6.03                    | 6.29                    |
|     11 | Gujarat           |                    0    |                    0    |                  327.37 | 50.00                   | 50.00                   |
|     12 | Haryana           |                    0    |                    0    |                  297.6  | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh  |                  385.17 |                   98    |                   99.45 | 100.00                  | 100.00                  |
|     14 | Jammu Kashmir     |                  102.72 |                  443.44 |                  123.47 | 463.71                  | 628.71                  |
|     15 | Jharkhand         |                    0    |                    0    |                  702.37 | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     16 | Karnataka         |                    0    |                    0    |                  370.39 | 20.16                   | 0.00                    |
|     17 | Kerala            |                  119.7  |                  119.7  |                  230.33 | 195.26                  | 119.70                  |
|     18 | Ladakh            |                    0    |                    0    |                   42.8  | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     19 | Lakshadweep       |                    0    |                    7.71 |                   10.42 | 8.63                    | 9.10                    |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh    |                  107.25 |                    0    |                  969.44 | 91.40                   | 115.00                  |
|     21 | Maharashtra       |                  100    |                  943.97 |                    0    | 2,092.03                | 2,411.29                |
|     22 | Manipur           |                  116.2  |                  114.04 |                  116.24 | 116.78                  | 114.82                  |
|     23 | Meghalaya         |                    0    |                    0    |                   62.92 | 2.00                    |                         |
|     24 | Mizoram           |                    0    |                    0    |                   92.64 | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     25 | Nagaland          |                    0    |                    5.69 |                   27.48 | 22.19                   | 55.28                   |
|     26 | Orissa            |                  382.23 |                  375.41 |                 1919.83 | 791.67                  | 791.67                  |
|     27 | Puducherry        |                   36    |                   36    |                   51.83 | 36.00                   | 36.00                   |
|     28 | Punjab            |                    0    |                  139.65 |                 1218.21 | 1,181.65                | 1,181.65                |
|     29 | Rajasthan         |                 3000    |                 1500    |                 2082.35 | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     30 | Sikkim            |                    0    |                    0    |                    4.51 | 40.10                   | 40.10                   |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu        |                    0    |                    0    |                  186    | 4,588.50                | 4,588.50                |
|     32 | Telangana         |                    0    |                    0    |                  463.24 | 3,032.17                | 1,859.46                |
|     33 | Tripura           |                    0    |                   56    |                   99.15 | 112.72                  | 137.45                  |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh     |                    0    |                    0    |                 5226.92 | 0.00                    | 0.00                    |
|     35 | Uttarakhand       |                  134.06 |                  261.57 |                  152.93 | 147.65                  | 4.00                    |
|     36 | West Bengal       |                  756.65 |                  568.91 |                 1660.68 | 3,892.51                | 7,694.88                |

-  SPIPApproval is as per the available Financial Management Reports submitted by State/UTs and are provisional
- 4  In the year 2021-22 separate FMR for Menstrual Hygiene was not captured, hence SPIP Approvals and Expenditure under procurement of Drugs and Supplies for Adolescent Health is provided
-  After the reorganisation of the State of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) into the Union Territory of J&K and Union Territory of Ladakh, NHM funds to the UT of Ladakh were disbursed for the first time during 2020-21