Lok Sabha Question No. 2184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-15
Subject: Blood Storage Facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2184 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 th December 2023

## BLOOD STORAGE FACILITIES

## 2184. : SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that there is a shortage of blood storage facilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any data regarding annual demand of blood across the country;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken to provide easy accessibility of blood to the needy persons;
- (d) the number of Government and private blood banks functional in the country, State/UTswise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposed to set up more blood banks in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (PROF. S.P.SINGH BAGEL)

(a) to (e)

Public Health is a State subject and it is the primary responsibility of the State/UT Government to ensure the establishment of blood banks as per their need. Support is provided to States/UTs to strengthen their healthcare system including strengthening existing blood banks /supporting new blood banks and blood storage units based on the proposals submitted by the States through National Health Mission. Govt. of India.

Blood Transfusion Services, Directorate General of Health Services (Dte.GHS) presently supports 1131 Blood banks in the Public and Charitable sector in respect of manpower, procurement of Blood Bags and testing kits, conducting Voluntary Blood Donation (VBD) camps and Information Education Communication (IEC) activities etc. In addition, Mobile vans for blood collection and blood transportation vans are provided to the States/UTs.

The annual requirement of blood for the country is estimated at 14.6 million units.

There are 4153 licensed Blood Banks (Blood Centres) in the country up to 30.11.2023. Statewise/UT-wise details of blood banks in the public and private sectors are given at Annexure A.

The policy of the Government advocates for a hub-and-spoke approach towards transfusion services, wherein blood is collected and processed in the hubs, which are high-volume blood banks and distributed through spokes, which are smaller blood banks and blood storage centers. The requirement of blood banks depends upon the health infrastructure of the area. However, blood storage centres can be established in remote areas to meet the emergency requirement of blood, which may be attached to the blood banks.

So far, No shortage of blood has been reported to the Government of India.

## Annexure A

## State / UT-wise number of licensed Blood Centres (Blood Banks) in India up to 30 th November2023

|   S.NO | NAME OF STATE/UT                   |   GOVERNMENT | PRIVATE PVT   |   TOTAL |
|--------|------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------|
|      1 | Andaman& Nicobar                   |           02 | 01            |      03 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh                     |           44 | 181           |     225 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh                  |           12 | 01            |      13 |
|      4 | Assam                              |           44 | 42            |      86 |
|      5 | Bihar                              |           55 | 62            |     117 |
|      6 | Chandigarh                         |           03 | 01            |      04 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh                       |           40 | 97            |     137 |
|      8 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |           03 | -             |      03 |
|     09 | NCT of Delhi                       |           24 | 58            |      82 |
|     10 | Goa                                |           03 | 02            |      05 |
|     11 | Gujarat                            |           31 | 162           |     194 |
|     12 | Haryana                            |           32 | 113           |     145 |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh                   |           20 | 04            |      24 |
|     14 | Jammu& Kashmir                     |           35 | 9             |      44 |
|     15 | Ladakh                             |           03 |               |      03 |

| 16   | Jharkhand      |   31 | 37   |   68 |
|------|----------------|------|------|------|
| 17   | Karnataka      |   42 | 231  |  273 |
| 18   | Kerala         |   39 | 160  |  199 |
| 19   | Lakshadweep    |   01 | -    |   01 |
| 20   | Madhya Pradesh |   73 | 99   |  172 |
| 21   | Maharashtra    |   89 | 286  |  375 |
| 22   | Manipur        |    4 | 2    |    6 |
| 23   | Meghalaya      |    8 | 2    |   10 |
| 24   | Mizoram        |    9 | 2    |   11 |
| 25   | Nagaland       |   05 | 01   |   06 |
| 26   | Odisha         |   61 | 24   |   85 |
| 27   | Pondicherry    |   05 | 12   |   17 |
| 28   | Punjab         |   54 | 122  |  176 |
| 29   | Rajasthan      |   65 | 194  |  258 |
| 30   | Sikkim         |   05 | 01   |   06 |
| 31   | Tamil Nadu     |  106 | 240  |  346 |
| 32   | Telangana      |   62 | 225  |  287 |
| 33   | Tripura        |   12 | 02   |   14 |
| 34   | Uttar Pradesh  |  112 | 425  |  536 |
| 35   | Uttarakhand    |   27 | 35   |   62 |
| 36   | West Bengal    |  105 | 55   |  160 |
|      | Total          | 1266 | 2887 | 4153 |