Lok Sabha Question No. 3362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Iodine Deficiency
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3362 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## IODINE DEFICIENCY

## 3362. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a) the number of people suffering from Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in the country, State/UT - wise;
- (b) whether the Government has set any target to bring down the IDD cases in the country and if so, the details t hereof;
- (c)  the  schemes/programmes  being implemented  by  the  Government  to address  the  issue along with the funds allocated and utilised thereunder during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;
- (d) the achievements made under these schemes during the said period, State/ UTwise; and
- (e) the fresh steps being taken by the Governm nt to prevent and control IDDs in the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a ) : In  our  country  it  is  estimated  that  more  than  71  million  people  are  suffering Goitre and other Iodine Deficiency Disorders. State - wise figures are at Annexure -I.
- (b) : The Government has planned to bring down the prevalence of IDD to below 5% in the country by 2017 and to ensure 100% consumption of adequately iodated salt at the house level.
- (c) : In order to prevent and control Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD), Government India  is  implementing  centrally  assisted  National  Iodine  Deficiency Disorders  Control Programme (NIDDCP) in the country under the NHM for the entire population. State/UT -wise fund allocation & utilization during the last three years and the current year d given at Annexure -II
- (d): There has been significant red uction in Goitre prevalence in all the State/UTs. As per the  NFHS-III (2005 - 06)  and  Coverage  Evaluation  Survey  (CES) Report,  2009,  the consumption  of  adequately  (Iodine  Content  in  salt  >15ppm)  iodated  salt  has  signific increased at community level.
- (e): GOI  is  providing  financial  assistance  to  all  States/UTs  for  establishment  of Deficiency Disorders Cell and IDD Monitoring Laboratory, conducting district IDD surve health education and publicity to create awareness amongst people to use only iodated salt. Funds  are  also  being  provided  since  2013  for  procurement  of  Salt  Testing  Kit  (STK) ASHA  incentive  for  creating  awareness  about  IDD,  promoting  consumption  of  adequately iodated salt and monitoring of iodine content of salt through salt te sting kit at the community level.

In addition, funds are also provided to Salt Commissioner's Office for quality control of iodated salt at production level.

Statement showing estimated No. of persons suffering from IDD in states/UTs

| S.No.   | State/UTs               |   Estimated persons suffering from IDD (million) |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh (United) |                                            6.21  |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh       |                                            0.168 |
| 3       | Assam                   |                                            1.168 |
| 4       | Bihar                   |                                            6.276 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh            |                                            2.1   |
| 6       | Goa                     |                                            0.275 |
| 7       | Gujarat                 |                                            4.6   |
| 8       | Haryana                 |                                            0.607 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh        |                                            0.428 |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir         |                                            1.224 |
| 11      | Jharkhand               |                                            2.832 |
| 12      | Karnataka               |                                            2.79  |
| 13      | Kerala                  |                                            1.71  |
| 14      | Madhya Pradesh          |                                            8.26  |
| 15      | Maharashtra             |                                            6.22  |
| 16      | Manipur                 |                                            0.367 |
| 17      | Meghalaya               |                                            0.062 |
| 18      | Mizoram                 |                                            0.338 |
| 19      | Nagaland                |                                            0.119 |
| 20      | Orissa                  |                                            0.99  |
| 21      | Punjab                  |                                            1.488 |
| 22      | Rajasthan               |                                            0.753 |
| 23      | Sikkim                  |                                            0.117 |
| 24      | Tripura                 |                                            0.348 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu              |                                            0.815 |
| 26      | Utter Pradesh           |                                           13.27  |
| 27      | Uttaranchal             |                                            3.54  |
| 28      | West Bengal             |                                            2.07  |
| 29      | A & N Island            |                                            0.082 |
| 30      | Chandigarh              |                                            0.111 |
| 31      | Daman &Diu              |                                            0.009 |
| 32      | D & N Haveli            |                                            0.022 |
| 33      | NCT Delhi               |                                            1.71  |
| 34      | Lakshadweep             |                                            0.01  |
| 35      | Puducherry              |                                            0.11  |
|         | Total                   |                                           71.199 |

| Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   | Fund Allocation and Utilization under National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Programme for the period - 13 to 2014 - 15 & current year (2015 - 16)   |
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| S.No .                                                                                                                                                     | State/Uts                                                                                                                                                  | 2012- 13 Allocation                                                                                                                                        | 2012- 13 Utilization                                                                                                                                       | 2013- 14 Allocation                                                                                                                                        | 2013- 14 Utilization                                                                                                                                       | 2014- 15 Allocation 2014- 15                                                                                                                               | Utilization 2015- 16 Allocation                                                                                                                            | (Rs. In 2015- 16 Utilization                                                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                                                                          | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 5.41                                                                                                                                                       | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 8.66                                                                                                                                                       | 35.00                                                                                                                                                      | 49.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 2                                                                                                                                                          | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                          | 45.00                                                                                                                                                      | 46.31                                                                                                                                                      | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      | 40.59                                                                                                                                                      | 59.00 39.57                                                                                                                                                | 46.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 3                                                                                                                                                          | Assam                                                                                                                                                      | 45.00                                                                                                                                                      | 18.19                                                                                                                                                      | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      | 26.98                                                                                                                                                      | 102.00 40.28                                                                                                                                               | 44.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 4                                                                                                                                                          | Bihar                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 33.00                                                                                                                                                      | 49.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 5                                                                                                                                                          | Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                               | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 0.23                                                                                                                                                       | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 8.91                                                                                                                                                       | 68.00 15.13                                                                                                                                                | 57.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 6                                                                                                                                                          | Goa                                                                                                                                                        | 20.00                                                                                                                                                      | 12.62                                                                                                                                                      | 20.00                                                                                                                                                      | 11.92                                                                                                                                                      | 26.00 11.52                                                                                                                                                | 22.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 7                                                                                                                                                          | Gujarat                                                                                                                                                    | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      | 24.32                                                                                                                                                      | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      | 19.38                                                                                                                                                      | 43.00 16.30                                                                                                                                                | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 8                                                                                                                                                          | Haryana                                                                                                                                                    | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.77                                                                                                                                                      | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 16.41                                                                                                                                                      | 32.00 20.08                                                                                                                                                | 56.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 9                                                                                                                                                          | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                           | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 9.87                                                                                                                                                       | 62.00 16.79                                                                                                                                                | 42.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 10                                                                                                                                                         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.33                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 11.70 68.00                                                                                                                                                | 5.02                                                                                                                                                       | 51.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 11                                                                                                                                                         | Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                  | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 14.98                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 4.07                                                                                                                                                       | 114.00 1.42                                                                                                                                                | 52.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 12                                                                                                                                                         | Karnataka                                                                                                                                                  | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.56                                                                                                                                                      | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      | 29.07                                                                                                                                                      | 81.00 22.35                                                                                                                                                | 70.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 13                                                                                                                                                         | Kerala                                                                                                                                                     | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 176.00 8.93                                                                                                                                                | 61.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 14                                                                                                                                                         | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                             | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 97.00 0.91                                                                                                                                                 | 55.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 15                                                                                                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      | 9.76                                                                                                                                                       | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 37.00 18.29                                                                                                                                                | 55.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 16                                                                                                                                                         | Manipur                                                                                                                                                    | 41.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 70.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 61.00                                                                                                                                                      | 27.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 17                                                                                                                                                         | Meghalaya                                                                                                                                                  | 45.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.64                                                                                                                                                      | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      | 9.20                                                                                                                                                       | 61.00 16.92                                                                                                                                                | 38.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 18                                                                                                                                                         | Mizoram                                                                                                                                                    | 45.00                                                                                                                                                      | 31.63                                                                                                                                                      | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      | 48.57                                                                                                                                                      | 51.00 43.12                                                                                                                                                | 40.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 19                                                                                                                                                         | Nagaland                                                                                                                                                   | 45.00                                                                                                                                                      | 30.50                                                                                                                                                      | 71.00                                                                                                                                                      | 50.00                                                                                                                                                      | 18.50                                                                                                                                                      | 42.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 20                                                                                                                                                         | Orissa                                                                                                                                                     | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 2.34                                                                                                                                                       | 26.00                                                                                                                                                      | 2.41                                                                                                                                                       | 51.00 155.00                                                                                                                                               | 51.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 21                                                                                                                                                         | Punjab                                                                                                                                                     | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.45                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 9.36                                                                                                                                                       | 9.46                                                                                                                                                       | 51.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 22                                                                                                                                                         | Rajasthan                                                                                                                                                  | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 14.53                                                                                                                                                      | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 35.00 35.00                                                                                                                                                | 49.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 23                                                                                                                                                         | Sikkim                                                                                                                                                     | 43.00                                                                                                                                                      | 26.12                                                                                                                                                      | 66.00                                                                                                                                                      | 36.92                                                                                                                                                      | 4.36 49.00 34.45                                                                                                                                           | 36.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 24                                                                                                                                                         | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                 | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 35.00                                                                                                                                                      | 47.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 25                                                                                                                                                         | Telangana                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                            | 32.00 7.24                                                                                                                                                 | 47.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 26                                                                                                                                                         | Tripura                                                                                                                                                    | 41.00                                                                                                                                                      | 11.28                                                                                                                                                      | 66.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 70.00                                                                                                                                                      | 27.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 27                                                                                                                                                         | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                                                              | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 280.00                                                                                                                                                     | 121.00                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 28                                                                                                                                                         | Uttrakhand                                                                                                                                                 | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 66.00                                                                                                                                                      | 47.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 29                                                                                                                                                         | West Bengal                                                                                                                                                | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 24.00                                                                                                                                                      | 3.70                                                                                                                                                       | 76.00 3.70                                                                                                                                                 | 47.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 30                                                                                                                                                         | Delhi                                                                                                                                                      | 22.00                                                                                                                                                      | 22.92                                                                                                                                                      | 22.00                                                                                                                                                      | 24.51                                                                                                                                                      | 28.24                                                                                                                                                      | 30.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 31                                                                                                                                                         | Puducherry                                                                                                                                                 | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      | 1.25                                                                                                                                                       | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      | 3.27                                                                                                                                                       | 100.00 70.00                                                                                                                                               | 5.00                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 32                                                                                                                                                         | A & N Island                                                                                                                                               | 15.00                                                                                                                                                      | 1.73                                                                                                                                                       | 15.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            | 70.00 0.69                                                                                                                                                 | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 33                                                                                                                                                         | Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                 | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      | 11.59                                                                                                                                                      | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      | 17.67                                                                                                                                                      | 70.00                                                                                                                                                      | 18.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 34                                                                                                                                                         | D & N Haveli                                                                                                                                               | 16.00                                                                                                                                                      | 8.49                                                                                                                                                       | 16.00                                                                                                                                                      | 6.84                                                                                                                                                       | 23.55 65.00 6.84                                                                                                                                           | 16.00                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                            |
| 35 36                                                                                                                                                      | Daman & Diu Lakshdweep                                                                                                                                     | 16.00 15.00                                                                                                                                                | 11.44                                                                                                                                                      | 16.00 15.00                                                                                                                                                | 20.15                                                                                                                                                      | 70.00 17.07                                                                                                                                                | 23.00 15.00                                                                                                                                                |                                                                                                                                                            |