Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (STARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Neonatal Care Facilities in Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOKSABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 69 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2025

## NEONATALCARE FACILITIES IN HOSPITALS

## *69. SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

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

- (a) the details regarding total number of neonatal care facilities available in the hospitals across the country, State-wise and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the details regarding the number of Special New-born Care Unit (SNCU) in the Government hospitals across the country, State-wise and district-wise particularly for Andhra Pradesh;
- (c) whether any proposal is under consideration by the Government for establishing more SNCU especially for Andhra Pradesh, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details regarding the funds sanctioned, released and utilized for establishing neonatal care facilities during the last five years, State-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 69 FOR 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2025

- (a) The State/ UT wise details of neonatal care facilities established at district and sub-district level in the hospitals across the country are placed at Annexure I. The district wise details for the State of Andhra Pradesh are placed at Annexure II.
- (b) The details regarding the number of Special New-born Care Unit (SNCU) across the country including Andhra Pradesh are also placed at Annexure I and II.
- (c) & (d) The details regarding the funds utilization for strengthening and establishment of neonatal care facilities during the last five years, State/UT wise and year wise are placed at Annexure-III.

Annexure-I State/ UT wise Special New-born Care Unit (SNCU) and Newborn Stabilization Unit

## (NBSU) facilities

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT          |   Number of SNCU |   Number of NBSU |
|----------|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands     |                1 |                6 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                |               62 |               92 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh             |                7 |               32 |
| 4        | Assam                         |               39 |              179 |
| 5        | Bihar                         |               45 |               41 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                    |                3 |                3 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                  |               29 |              178 |
| 8        | Dadra-Nagar Haveli& Daman-Diu |                2 |                1 |
| 9        | Delhi                         |               30 |                0 |
| 10       | Goa                           |                3 |                1 |
| 11       | Gujarat                       |               58 |              140 |
| 12       | Haryana                       |               29 |               62 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh              |               16 |               44 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir             |               32 |               65 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                     |               26 |               35 |
| 16       | Karnataka                     |               50 |              165 |
| 17       | Kerala                        |               24 |               56 |
| 18       | Ladakh                        |                2 |                5 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                   |                1 |                0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                |               62 |              199 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                   |               69 |              201 |
| 22       | Manipur                       |                5 |                3 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                     |                7 |               15 |
| 24       | Mizoram                       |                7 |                8 |
| 25       | Nagaland                      |                5 |               16 |
| 26       | Odisha                        |               44 |               62 |
| 27       | Puducherry                    |                4 |                6 |
| 28       | Punjab                        |               24 |               87 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                     |               62 |              252 |
| 30       | Sikkim                        |                3 |                2 |
| 31       | Tamilnadu                     |               87 |              150 |
| 32       | Telangana                     |               46 |               44 |
| 33       | Tripura                       |                7 |                9 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                 |              115 |              386 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                   |               12 |               37 |
| 36       | West Bengal                   |               69 |              286 |
| TOTAL    |                               |             1087 |             2868 |

Data Source: The above data is as per the State/UT report

## Annexure-II

## District wise Special New-born Care Unit (SNCU) and Newborn Stabilization Unit (NBSU) facilities of Andhra Pradesh

| Sr.No   | Name of the District   |   Number of SNCU |   Number of NBSU |
|---------|------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 1       | A.S. Raju              |                9 |                0 |
| 2       | Anakapalli             |                2 |                5 |
| 3       | Anantapur              |                1 |                4 |
| 4       | Annamayya              |                1 |                4 |
| 5       | Bapatla                |                1 |                3 |
| 6       | Chittoor               |                1 |                4 |
| 7       | East Godavari          |                1 |                5 |
| 8       | Eluru                  |                3 |                1 |
| 9       | Guntur                 |                2 |                1 |
| 10      | Kadapa                 |                2 |                4 |
| 11      | Kakinada               |                3 |                7 |
| 12      | Konaseema              |                0 |                4 |
| 13      | Krishna                |                1 |                2 |
| 14      | Kurnool                |                2 |                4 |
| 15      | Manyam                 |                7 |                0 |
| 16      | Nandyal                |                4 |                5 |
| 17      | Nellore                |                2 |                4 |
| 18      | NTR                    |                1 |                5 |
| 19      | Palnadu                |                2 |                3 |
| 20      | Prakasam               |                5 |                2 |
| 21      | Sri Satya Sai          |                1 |                3 |
| 22      | Srikakulam             |                5 |                3 |
| 23      | Tirupati               |                2 |                5 |
| 24      | Visakhapatnam          |                2 |                4 |
| 25      | Vizianagaram           |                1 |                6 |
| 26      | West Godavari          |                1 |                4 |
| Total   | Total                  |               62 |               92 |

Data source: Andhra Pradesh, State report

Annexure-III

## State/UT-wise State Program Implementation Plan (SPIP) Expenditure for Facility Based New born Care under National Health Mission (NHM) from FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25

(Rs. in Lakhs)

| Sl.   | State/ UT                           | 2020-21     | 2021-22     | 2022-23     | 2023-24     | 2024-25     |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| Sl.   | State/ UT                           | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure | Expenditure |
| No. 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands         | 36.01       | 56.55       | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.49        |
| 2     | Andhra Pradesh                      | 7,085.88    | 6,614.76    | 3,239.04    | 4,449.79    | 3,280.70    |
| 3     | Arunachal Pradesh                   | 126.22      | 179.43      | 247.09      | 147.44      | 27.92       |
| 4     | Assam                               | 3,002.29    | 2,351.87    | 1,042.45    | 1,214.29    | 921.56      |
| 5     | Bihar                               | 2,415.64    | 997.32      | 1,186.29    | 1,327.98    | 361.80      |
| 6     | Chandigarh                          | 0.15        | 0.15        | 0.76        | 0.45        | 0.11        |
| 7     | Chhattisgarh                        | 3,276.05    | 3,274.06    | 724.44      | 466.46      | 167.47      |
| 8     | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 43.77       | 19.52       | 0.19        | 0.32        | 2.72        |
| 9     | Delhi                               | 113.71      | 272.32      | 40.05       | 8.26        | 2.08        |
| 10    | Goa                                 | 91.27       | 58.46       | 11.23       | 12.84       | 4.91        |
| 11    | Gujarat                             | 5,756.92    | 3,996.45    | 515.70      | 833.67      | 246.18      |
| 12    | Haryana                             | 2,559.98    | 2,600.94    | 252.80      | 281.93      | 112.08      |
| 13    | Himachal Pradesh                    | 998.12      | 546.73      | 39.03       | 29.20       | 28.47       |
| 14    | Jammu and Kashmir                   | 3,254.62    | 882.75      | 169.63      | 47.66       | 44.22       |
| 15    | Jharkhand                           | 2,631.24    | 2,712.98    | 171.32      | 142.72      | 91.92       |
| 16    | Karnataka                           | 5,816.01    | 6,167.68    | 505.12      | 386.05      | 433.77      |
| 17    | Kerala                              | 1,866.36    | 415.43      | 1,047.91    | 387.08      | 218.44      |
| 18    | Lakshadweep                         | 4.85        | 9.20        | 0.00        | 0.00        | 0.00        |
| 19    | Madhya Pradesh                      | 5,624.12    | 1,742.72    | 1,497.06    | 1,374.28    | 704.53      |
| 20    | Maharashtra                         | 4,216.84    | 7,173.23    | 638.47      | 954.67      | 452.54      |
| 21    | Manipur                             | 206.84      | 130.80      | 10.24       | 5.12        | 0.23        |
| 22    | Meghalaya                           | 570.21      | 498.59      | 77.37       | 120.98      | 138.49      |
| 23    | Mizoram                             | 197.52      | 174.78      | 38.74       | 39.01       | 17.10       |
| 24    | Nagaland                            | 165.47      | 179.74      | 29.04       | 12.50       | 22.75       |
| 25    | Odisha                              | 3,443.70    | 2,740.18    | 687.54      | 514.74      | 261.57      |
| 26    | Puducherry                          | 65.96       | 8.04        | 3.78        | 111.30      | 14.49       |
| 27    | Punjab                              | 2,204.50    | 553.19      | 31.07       | 246.60      | 27.31       |
| 28    | Rajasthan                           | 8,197.72    | 4,682.91    | 403.25      | 3,038.80    | 152.67      |
| 29    | Sikkim                              | 47.77       | 86.42       | 28.47       | 6.92        | 6.81        |
| 30    | Tamil Nadu                          | 6,245.68    | 9,901.05    | 2,059.39    | 1,248.22    | 1,083.34    |
| 31    | Telangana                           | 3,125.52    | 4,189.22    | 1,453.90    | 116.34      | 879.94      |
| 32    | Tripura                             | 536.06      | 248.14      | 68.59       | 74.18       | 26.67       |
| 33    | Uttar Pradesh                       | 10,430.33   | 19,575.65   | 2,925.92    | 3,561.27    | 1,761.55    |
| 34    | Uttarakhand                         | 2,119.57    | 771.67      | 96.03       | 110.62      | 50.39       |
| 35    | West Bengal                         | 8,748.01    | 1,289.51    | 198.16      | 327.91      | 1,732.41    |
| 36    | Ladakh                              | 108.69      | 155.72      | 18.66       | 29.80       | 1.57        |

## Note:

1. SPIP Expenditure is as per the available Financial Management Report (FMR) submitted by State/UTs and are provisional.
2. Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of the year. Expenditure is as per Financial Management Report (FMR) submitted by States/UTs and is provisional. The expenditure w.r.t. flexible pool for RCH, etc. is updated up-to 31.12.2024 except Gujarat, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Manipur and Tamil Nadu (updated up-to 30.11.2024).
3. Last three year ' s budget does not include expenditure on Human Resource.