Lok Sabha Question No. 4389 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-12
Subject: Storage of Vaccines
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4389 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH AUGUST, 2016

## STORAGE OF VACCINES

## 4389. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial  and  technical  support  to States/UTs  for  proper  storage  of  vaccines  in  the  rural  areas  and  if  so,  the  detail State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to encourage the use of solar powered refrigerators i deep freezes, vaccine cooler, Ice Lined Refrigerators (ILRs) to store vaccines and also m of solar inverters in Primary Health Centers (PHCs) and if so, the details thereo f ; and
- (c) the further steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) : Government of India is providing cold chain equipments (both conventional and solar powered) and related logistics for proper storage of vaccines to States/UTs under Immuni programme as per details at Annexure I . In addition financial and technical support is extende to the State/U Ts for proper maintenance of these equipments.  State/UTs wise cold chain fu allocation is at Annexure II .
- ( b) & (c) : Government of India has already provided Solar powered refrigerators includi solar  inverters  to  State/UTs  for  storage  of  vaccine s.  The  State/UTs  wise  details  of  solar equipments including solar inverter supplied for storage of vaccines are at Annexure III .

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Annexure I Cold Chain Equipment (CCE) available with States/UTs for proper storage of vaccine

| States/UTs                | Non Electric al CCE   | Non Electric al CCE   | Electrical CCE         | Electrical CCE   | Electrical CCE   | Electrical CCE   |
|---------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|                           | Vaccine Carrier       | Cold Box              | Ice Lined Refrigerator | Deep Freezer     | Walk In Cooler   | Walk In Freezer  |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 330                   | 10                    | 39                     | 40               | 1                | 0                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 59246                 | 2845                  | 1441                   | 1297             | 11               | 0                |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 380                   | 100                   | 224                    | 201              | 2                | 0                |
| Assam                     | 54109                 | 2332                  | 1018                   | 924              | 8                | 1                |
| Bihar                     | 60327                 | 6131                  | 1250                   | 965              | 18               | 3                |
| Chandigarh                | 1056                  | 17                    | 67                     | 55               | 1                | 0                |
| Chhattisgarh              | 34740                 | 1161                  | 942                    | 861              | 3                | 2                |
| Dadara & Nagar Haveli     | 331                   | 21                    | 30                     | 30               | 0                | 0                |
| Daman & Diu               | 80                    | 8                     | 21                     | 15               | 0                | 0                |
| Delhi                     | 834                   | 24                    | 403                    | 384              | 2                | 0                |
| Goa                       | 903                   | 75                    | 60                     | 54               | 2                | 0                |
| Gujarat                   | 78144                 | 3537                  | 2121                   | 1959             | 10               | 1                |
| Haryana                   | 33188                 | 1404                  | 947                    | 797              | 4                | 0                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 5394                  | 308                   | 450                    | 440              | 3                | 1                |
| Jammu and kashmir         | 17737                 | 856                   | 835                    | 656              | 3                | 0                |
| Jharkhand                 | 17261                 | 1481                  | 418                    | 520              | 6                | 3                |
| Karnataka                 | 53533                 | 3856                  | 2841                   | 2501             | 12               | 3                |
| Kerala                    | 15716                 | 1388                  | 1191                   | 1130             | 6                | 1                |
| Lakshadweep               | 0                     | 0                     | 20                     | 10               | 0                | 0                |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 119220                | 5031                  | 1955                   | 1946             | 10               | 4                |
| Maharashtra               | 94424                 | 4967                  | 3867                   | 3681             | 14               | 5                |
| Manipur                   | 3227                  | 146                   | 110                    | 106              | 0                | 0                |
| Meghalaya                 | 10202                 | 698                   | 187                    | 220              | 3                | 0                |
| Mizoram                   | 1329                  | 129                   | 93                     | 94               | 1                | 0                |
| Nagaland                  | 3960                  | 207                   | 102                    | 90               | 1                | 0                |
| Odisha                    | 44192                 | 3250                  | 1500                   | 1471             | 11               | 1                |
| Puducherry                | 1056                  | 1285                  | 57                     | 63               | 0                | 0                |
| Punjab                    | 22095                 | 1127                  | 956                    | 848              | 4                | 2                |
| Rajasthan                 | 75949                 | 4182                  | 3265                   | 3139             | 9                | 2                |
| Sikkim                    | 1952                  | 91                    | 69                     | 64               | 0                | 0                |
| Tamil Nadu                | 76938                 | 4872                  | 1982                   | 1802             | 15               | 2                |
| Telangana                 | 20654                 | 477                   | 829                    | 811              | 4                | 0                |
| Tripura                   | 6049                  | 323                   | 132                    | 152              | 2                | 1                |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 197083                | 9545                  | 3028                   | 3864             | 20               | 4                |
| Uttarakhand               | 22580                 | 765                   | 545                    | 424              | 6                | 1                |
| West Bengal               | 63629                 | 1794                  | 1935                   | 1494             | 16               | 2                |
| Total                     | 1197848               | 64443                 | 34930                  | 33108            | 208              | 39               |

Source: NCCMIS data as on 8 th Aug 2016

Annexure II State/UTs wise fund allocation for cold chain maintenance (Rs in Lakhs)

|   S.No. | Name of States / UTs   |   2015- 16 |
|---------|------------------------|------------|
|       1 | A&N Islands            |       0.65 |
|       2 | Andhra Pradesh         |      12.22 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh      |       4.68 |
|       4 | Assam                  |       9.99 |
|       5 | Bihar                  |      12.96 |
|       6 | Chandigarh             |       0.6  |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh           |      11.1  |
|       8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli   |       0.15 |
|       9 | Daman & Diu            |       0.3  |
|      10 | Delhi                  |       6.15 |
|      11 | Goa                    |       0.66 |
|      12 | Gujarat                |      22.33 |
|      13 | Haryana                |       7.06 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh       |       8.12 |
|      15 | Jammu & Kashmir        |       8.68 |
|      16 | Jharkhand              |       5.06 |
|      17 | Karnataka              |      24.77 |
|      18 | Kerala                 |      10.22 |
|      19 | Lakshadweep            |       0.2  |
|      20 | Madhya Pradesh         |      19.69 |
|      21 | Maharashtra            |      29.19 |
|      22 | Manipur                |       2.11 |
|      23 | Meghalaya              |       2.24 |
|      24 | Mizoram                |       1.85 |
|      25 | Nagaland               |       2.75 |
|      26 | Orissa                 |      15.16 |
|      27 | Puducherry             |       0.8  |
|      28 | Punjab                 |      20.89 |
|      29 | Rajasthan              |      27.15 |
|      30 | Sikkim                 |       0.8  |
|      31 | Tamil Nadu             |      20.49 |
|      32 | Tripura                |       2.24 |
|      33 | Telangana              |       7.39 |
|      34 | Uttar Pradesh          |      19.43 |
|      35 | Uttarakhand            |       4.72 |
|      36 | West Bengal            |     272.1  |

*Provisional data as on 8 th August 2016.

Annexure III State wise allocation of solar equipment for storage of vaccine (1999 to till date)

| S.No.   | Name of State     |   Number of equipments issued |
|---------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Arunachal Pradesh |                            60 |
| 2       | Assam             |                            65 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh      |                            20 |
| 4       | Himachal Pradesh  |                            10 |
| 5       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                            20 |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh    |                            20 |
| 7       | Maharashtra*      |                           427 |
| 8       | Manipur           |                            30 |
| 9       | Meghalaya         |                            24 |
| 10      | Mizoram           |                            10 |
| 11      | Nagaland          |                            20 |
| 12      | Orissa            |                            30 |
| 13      | Rajasthan         |                            20 |
| 14      | Sikkim            |                            10 |
| 15      | Tripura           |                            10 |
| 16      | Uttar Pradesh     |                            20 |
| 17      | Jharkhand         |                           390 |
|         | Total             |                          1186 |

* Mainly solar inverters