Lok Sabha Question No. 3557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: Key Health Indicators
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3557 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13-03-2026

## KEYHEALTHINDICATORS

## 3557: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of HEALTH & FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government maintains religion and community-wise disaggregated data on key health indicators such as maternal mortality, infant mortality, anaemia prevalence, malnutrition, tuberculosis and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the latest available data for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) and minority communities, State-wise and if not, the reasons for the absence of such data despite repeated public concerns regarding health inequities;
- (c) the details of the availability of Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres and specialist services in the SC/ST and minority-concentration areas in the country;
- (d) the utilisation rates of schemes such as Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY, Janani Suraksha Yojana and the National TB Elimination Programme in the country, religion/community-wise; and
- (e) the proportion of eligible SC/ST and minority beneficiaries who are not enrolled or not utilising benefits?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (e) The fifth round of National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), conducted in 2019-21, provides, inter alia, prevalence of anaemia, malnutrition, hypertension, and blood sugar levels. The prevalence of anaemia among children, men and women, malnutrition among children, and prevalence of hypertension and high blood glucose levels among men and women in India, disaggregated by religion and caste/tribe, are placed at Annexure-I . State-wise disaggregated data is available at https://www.nfhsiips.in/nfhsuser/publication.php.

The Sample Registration System (SRS) released by the Registrar General of India (RGI) provides Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) and Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) at the National and

State level. As per the 'Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2021-23', the MMR of the country is 88 per one lakh live births. As per the SRS Statistical Report 2023, the IMR of the country is 25 per 1000 live births. The State/UT-wise MMR and IMR in last three years is placed at Annexure-II and III , respectively.

Public health being a state subject the implementation of the National Health Mission (NHM) lies with the State Government. NHM caters to the needs of the entire population, expanding access, universality and equity close to the community irrespective of gender, caste, or creed with focus on saturation. NHM supports and strengthens the district and below level public health facilities like District Hospitals (DHs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Health Sub-Centres(HSCs) in both rural and urban areas. Under National Health Mission (NHM), the funds allocation for the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is done as part of the Flexible Pool for RCH & Health System Strengthening, National Health Programme and Urban Health Mission. The States/UT wise number of health facilities in tribal areas as on 31.03.2024 as per the data reported by State/UTs is placed at Annexure-IV.

TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan (National TB Elimination Programme) is implemented under the aegis of National Health Mission (NHM) across all States/Districts of the country. The benefits of the programme are available to all sections of the society on a uniform basis, irrespective of caste, gender, religion etc and free screening, diagnosis and treatment is provided across all public health facilities in the district and services have been decentralized to the Ayushman Arogya Mandir levels.

Under TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, of the total 26.31 lakh TB cases notified in 2025 (Jan-Dec), 1.44 lakh TB cases have been reported among tribal populations. In all tribal, hilly and difficult areas, special provisions have been made to expand diagnostics and treatment centres, programme management units, to improve access to TB patients and coverage of TB services as under:

- (a) TB Programme Management Unit (TB Units) - 1 for every 1 lakh population in tribal, hilly and difficult area as against 1 for every 2 lakh general population. Every TB unit is supported with a supervisory staff for management of diagnosis and treatment services in the area.
- (b) Microscopy Centres for diagnosis of TB - The norms for establishing microscopy centres is 1 per 1,00,000 general population and has been relaxed to 1 per 50,000 population in tribal, hilly, and difficult areas.
- (c) Incentives for travel support -for transportation of patient and attendant in tribal / hilly/difficult areas a one-time incentive of Rs. 750 is provided.

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) provides health coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 Crore families constituting bottom 40% of India's population. In October 2024, the scheme was expanded to cover 6 crore senior citizens of age 70 years and above belonging to 4.5 crore families irrespective of their socio-economic status. The latest national master of Health Benefit Package (HBP 2022) provides cashless healthcare services for 1,961 procedures across 27 medical specialties including chronic diseases such as Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease and other non-communicable diseases. As on 31st January 2026, a total of 11.46 crore hospital admissions have been authorized under the scheme for eligible beneficiaries including those from SC/ST and minority communities.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.-3557 to be answered on 13-03-2026

Annexure-I

| Indicators                                                                                                               | Total   | Religion   | Religion   | Religion   | Religion   | Religion                  | Religion   | Religion   | Caste/Tribe   | Caste/Tribe   | Caste/Tribe   | Caste/Tribe   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------|------------|------------|------------|---------------------------|------------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| Indicators                                                                                                               | Total   | Hind u     | Musli m    | Chris tian | Sik h      | Buddh ist/Neo -Budd h ist | Jain       | Other      | SC            | ST            | OBCOther      |               |
| Children under 5 years who are stunted (height-for-age) 1 (%)                                                            | 35.5    | 35.5       | 36.8       | 31.3       | 23.6       | 35.4                      | 28.5       | 40.3       | 39.2          | 40.9          | 34.8          | 30.1          |
| Children under 5 years who are wasted (weight-for-height) 1 (%)                                                          | 19.3    | 19.3       | 20.0       | 16.4       | 11.9       | 23.0                      | 12.8       | 21.2       | 19.7          | 23.2          | 18.9          | 17.5          |
| Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for-age) 1 (%)                                                        | 32.1    | 32.3       | 32.8       | 26.2       | 18.3       | 35.5                      | 15.5       | 42.3       | 35.1          | 39.5          | 31.2          | 27.0          |
| Children under 5 years who are overweight (weight-for-height) 2 (%)                                                      | 3.4     | 3.3        | 3.7        | 3.9        | 4.5        | 4.4                       | 3.8        | 3.7        | 3.1           | 3.3           | 3.2           | 4.3           |
| Children age 6-59 months who are anaemic (<11.0 g/dl) 3 (%)                                                              | 67.1    | 67.5       | 66.8       | 53.1       | 70.3       | 71.1                      | 72.3       | 67.0       | 69.5          | 72.4          | 65.2          | 65.8          |
| Women age 15-49 years who are anaemic 3 (<12.0 g/dl) 3 (%)                                                               | 57.0    | 57.4       | 55.6       | 51.1       | 58.8       | 57.3                      | 45.2       | 65.5       | 59.2          | 64.6          | 54.6          | 56.4          |
| Men age 15-49 years who are anaemic (<13.0 g/dl) 3 (%)                                                                   | 25.1    | 24.8       | 27.8       | 18.3       | 22.9       | 25.9                      | 20.1       | 23.8       | 26.1          | 32.7          | 22.6          | 25.5          |
| Women aged 15 and above with >140 mg/dl blood glucose levels or taking medicine to lower their blood glucose level 4 (%) | 13.5    | 13.3       | 13.8       | 19.2       | 14.6       | 10.3                      | 17.5       | 9.5        | 12.3          | 10.0          | 13.8          | 15.7          |
| Men aged 15 and above with >140 mg/dl blood glucose levels or taking medicine to lower their blood glucose level 4 (%)   | 15.6    | 15.5       | 15.5       | 20.4       | 14.2       | 11.6                      | 17.3       | 13.5       | 14.4          | 12.2          | 15.7          | 17.8          |
| Prevalence of hypertension 5 among women (age 15 years and above)                                                        | 21.3    | 21.0       | 20.7       | 26.3       | 30.8       | 22.9                      | 24.7       | 19.8       | 19.5          | 19.8          | 21.1          | 24.0          |
| Prevalence of hypertension 5 among men (age 15 years and above)                                                          | 24.0    | 24.0       | 21.2       | 29.0       | 37.0       | 23.7                      | 30.1       | 23.0       | 22.6          | 22.3          | 23.8          | 26.4          |

Sources: NFHS-5 (2019-21) National Report (Vol. I), Table No. 7.2, 10.1, 10.12, 10.23.1, 10.23.2, 12.5.1, 12.5.2, 12.3.1 and 12.3.2 (https://www.nfhsiips.in/nfhsuser/publication.php)

NA: Not Available ; 1 Below -2 standard deviations, based on the WHO standard.; 2 Above +2 standard deviations, based on the WHO standard.

3Haemoglobin in grams per decilitre (g/dl). Among children, prevalence is adjusted for altitude. Among adults, prevalence is adjusted for altitude and for smoking status, if known. For pregnant women the value is <11.0 g/dl. ; 4 Random blood sugar measurement.

5 A woman/man is classified as having hypertension if she/he has SBP ≥140 mmHg or DBP ≥90 mmHg at the time of the survey, or she/he is currently taking medicine to lower her/his blood pressure.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.-3557 to be answered on 13-03-2026

Annexure-II

India and State Wise progress made in Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 1,00,000 live births)

| Sl. No.   | India/States   |   2019-21 |   2020-22 |   2021-23 |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|           | India          |        93 |        88 |        88 |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |        46 |        47 |        30 |
| 2         | Telangana      |        45 |        50 |        59 |
| 3         | Assam          |       167 |       125 |       110 |
| 4         | Bihar          |       100 |        91 |       104 |
| 5         | Jharkhand      |        51 |        50 |        54 |
| 6         | Gujarat        |        53 |        55 |        51 |
| 7         | Haryana        |       106 |        89 |        89 |
| 8         | Karnataka      |        63 |        58 |        68 |
| 9         | Kerala         |        20 |        18 |        30 |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh |       175 |       159 |       142 |
| 11        | Chhattisgarh   |       132 |       141 |       146 |
| 12        | Maharashtra    |        38 |        36 |        36 |
| 13        | Odisha         |       135 |       136 |       153 |
| 14        | Punjab         |        98 |        92 |        90 |
| 15        | Rajasthan      |       102 |        87 |        86 |
| 16        | Tamil Nadu     |        49 |        38 |        35 |
| 17        | Uttar Pradesh  |       151 |       141 |       141 |
| 18        | Uttarakhand    |       100 |       104 |        91 |
| 19        | West Bengal    |       109 |       105 |       104 |
| 20        | Other States   |        71 |        81 |        86 |

Source: Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.-3557 to be answered on 13-03-2026

## Annexure-III

|   Sl. No. | India and State Wise progress made India/States/ Union Territories India   |   in Infant 2021 27 | Mortality Rates (per 2022   | 1000 live births) 2023   |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh                                                             |                  22 | 26 20                       | 25 19                    |
|         2 | Assam                                                                      |                  34 | 32                          | 30                       |
|         3 | Bihar                                                                      |                  27 | 26                          | 23                       |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh                                                               |                  38 | 38                          | 37                       |
|         5 | Delhi                                                                      |                  12 | 12                          | 14                       |
|         6 | Gujarat                                                                    |                  21 | 20                          | 20                       |
|         7 | Haryana                                                                    |                  27 | 26                          | 26                       |
|         8 | Jammu &Kashmir                                                             |                  16 | 14                          | 14                       |
|         9 | Jharkhand                                                                  |                  25 | 25                          | 29                       |
|        10 | Karnataka                                                                  |                  17 | 15                          | 14                       |
|        11 | Kerala                                                                     |                   6 | 7                           | 5                        |
|        12 | Madhya Pradesh                                                             |                  41 | 40                          | 37                       |
|        13 | Maharashtra                                                                |                  15 | 13                          | 14                       |
|        14 | Odisha                                                                     |                  35 | 32                          | 30                       |
|        15 | Punjab                                                                     |                  18 | 16                          | 17                       |
|        16 | Rajasthan                                                                  |                  31 | 30                          | 29                       |
|        17 | Tamil Nadu                                                                 |                  12 | 11                          | 12                       |
|        18 | Telangana                                                                  |                  20 | 18                          | 18                       |
|        19 | Uttar Pradesh                                                              |                  37 | 38                          | 37                       |
|        20 | Uttarakhand                                                                |                  23 | 21                          | 20                       |
|        21 | West Bengal                                                                |                  18 | 17                          | 17                       |
|        22 | Arunachal Pradesh                                                          |                  21 | 19                          | 20                       |
|        23 | Goa                                                                        |                   5 | 5                           | 6                        |
|        24 | Himachal Pradesh                                                           |                  17 | 17                          | 14                       |
|        25 | Manipur                                                                    |                   4 | 3                           | 3                        |
|        26 | Meghalaya                                                                  |                  30 | 30                          | 34                       |
|        27 | Mizoram                                                                    |                   4 | 11                          | 13                       |
|        28 | Nagaland                                                                   |                   7 | 9                           | 10                       |
|        29 | Sikkim                                                                     |                   4 | 5                           | 6                        |
|        30 | Tripura                                                                    |                  19 | 17                          | 15                       |
|        31 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                                   |                   7 | 8                           | 9                        |
|        32 | Chandigarh                                                                 |                   7 | 8                           | 7                        |
|        33 | Dadra &Nagar Haveli                                                        |                   9 | 7                           | 9                        |
|        33 | Daman &Diu                                                                 |                   9 | 7                           | 9                        |
|        34 | Ladakh                                                                     |                  11 | 5                           | 4                        |
|        35 | Lakshadweep                                                                |                  16 | 14                          | 9                        |
|        36 | Puducherry                                                                 |                   5 | 6                           | 7                        |

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.-3557 to be answered on 13-03-2026

Annexure-IV

| S. No.   | NUMBER OFSUB-CENTRES, PHCs &CHCs FUNCTIONING State/UT   | (As on 31st March   | (As on 31st March   | (As on 31st March   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No.   | NUMBER OFSUB-CENTRES, PHCs &CHCs FUNCTIONING State/UT   | SUB CENTREs         | PHCs                | CHCs                |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                                          | 976                 | 160                 | 20                  |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh                                       | 424                 | 134                 | 56                  |
| 3        | Assam                                                   | 827                 | 191                 | 37                  |
| 4        | Bihar                                                   | 22                  | 2                   | 1                   |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh                                            | 2892                | 412                 | 95                  |
| 6        | Goa                                                     | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 7        | Gujarat                                                 | 2759                | 423                 | 88                  |
| 8        | Haryana                                                 | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh                                        | 106                 | 46                  | 5                   |
| 10       | Jharkhand                                               | 2470                | 191                 | 112                 |
| 11       | Karnataka                                               | 206                 | 48                  | 7                   |
| 12       | Kerala                                                  | 598                 | 100                 | 26                  |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh                                          | 3274                | 410                 | 107                 |
| 14       | Maharashtra                                             | 2414                | 332                 | 72                  |
| 15       | Manipur                                                 | 231                 | 46                  | 6                   |
| 16       | Meghalaya                                               | 480                 | 135                 | 28                  |
| 17       | Mizoram                                                 | 380                 | 65                  | 9                   |
| 18       | Nagaland                                                | 469                 | 139                 | 25                  |
| 19       | Odisha                                                  | 2701                | 457                 | 134                 |
| 20       | Punjab                                                  | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 21       | Rajasthan                                               | 1698                | 258                 | 85                  |
| 22       | Sikkim                                                  | 48                  | 12                  | 0                   |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                                              | 479                 | 98                  | 18                  |
| 24       | Telangana                                               | 658                 | 101                 | 9                   |
| 25       | Tripura                                                 | 505                 | 54                  | 8                   |
| 26       | Uttarakhand                                             | 127                 | 15                  | 2                   |
| 27       | Uttar Pradesh                                           | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 28       | West Bengal                                             | 1324                | 83                  | 29                  |
| 29       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands                                | 41                  | 4                   | 1                   |
| 30       | Chandigarh                                              | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 31       | The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu            | 49                  | 6                   | 0                   |
| 32       | Delhi                                                   | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |
| 33       | Jammu and Kashmir                                       | 436                 | 135                 | 11                  |
| 34       | Ladakh                                                  | 288                 | 33                  | 7                   |
| 35       | Lakshadweep                                             | 10                  | 4                   | 3                   |
| 36       | Puducherry                                              | NA                  | NA                  | NA                  |

Note: NA - Not Applicable

Data as Reported by States/UTs