Lok Sabha Question No. 2283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-29
Subject: Female Sterilization
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: T. RADHAKRISHNAN, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH JULY, 2016

## FEMALE STERILIZATION

## 2283. SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware that  the  Family  Planning  Programme  has been  skewed towards female sterilization, if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of female deaths due to sterilization during the last three years, State/UT - wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has formulated  any  plans  to  promote  male sterilization  in  the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the other steps taken by the Government to shift focus from female sterilization to equally promote male sterilization?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. A NUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): The  Family  Planning  Programme  in  India  is  voluntary  in  nature  and  the  Governmen promotes all family planning choices including female sterilization equally. It is the prerogative of  the  clients  to  choose  a  family  planning  method  as  per  their  reproductive ights  and  the Government provides the services free of cost in all public health and accredited privat facilities. as per the demand.
- (b): As per annexure attached.
- (c)& (d): Yes. Theinitiatives undertaken by the Government to promote male sterilizati in the country are: -
- I. 'Vasectomy week' is being observed from 7 th - 14 th November in all States of India since last year to raise awareness on male participation and promotion of male ste rilization.
- II. Training of service providers in No Scalpel Vasectomy (NSV) to enhance the pool service providers.
- III. Under the enhanced compensation scheme for sterilization, the compensation for ma sterilization has been substantially increased vis - à- vis female sterilization.
- IV. Home Delivery of Contraceptive Scheme through ASHAs aims at contraceptives including condoms at the doorsteps of beneficiaries.

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## State Wise Sterilization Deaths

| Sno.   | State                  |   2013-14 |   2014-15 | 2015-16   |
|--------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.     | A & N Islands          |         0 |         0 |           |
| 2.     | Andhra Pradesh         |        20 |        12 | 14        |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh      |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 4.     | Assam                  |         6 |         2 | 1         |
| 5.     | Bihar                  |        17 |        18 | 14        |
| 6.     | Chandigarh             |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 7.     | Chhattisgarh           |         2 |        19 | 0         |
| 8.     | Daman & Diu            |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 9.     | Delhi                  |         0 |         1 | 0         |
| 10.    | Dadar and Nagar Haveli |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 11.    | Goa                    |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 12.    | Gujarat                |         1 |         5 | 5         |
| 13.    | Haryana                |         3 |         6 | 3         |
| 14.    | HP                     |         2 |         0 | 0         |
| 15.    | J&K                    |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 16.    | Jharkhand              |         4 |         1 | 2         |
| 17.    | Karnataka              |        14 |        13 | 12        |
| 18.    | Kerala                 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 19.    | Lakshadweep            |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 20.    | Maharashtra            |        23 |        11 | 19        |
| 21.    | Manipur                |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 22.    | Meghalaya              |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 23.    | Mizoram                |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 24.    | MP                     |        13 |        11 | 13        |
| 25.    | Nagaland               |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 26.    | Orissa                 |         9 |         5 | 6         |
| 27.    | Puducherry             |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 28.    | Punjab                 |         0 |         0 | 1         |
| 29.    | Rajasthan              |         4 |         9 | 3         |
| 30.    | Sikkim                 |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 31.    | Tamil Nadu             |        30 |        19 | 13        |
| 32.    | Telangana              |         5 |         4 | 4         |
| 33.    | Tripura                |         0 |         0 | 0         |
| 34.    | Uttar Pradesh          |         5 |         4 | 1         |
| 35.    | Uttarakhand            |         1 |         0 | 1         |
| 36.    | West Bengal            |         4 |         0 | 1         |
| Total  | Total                  |       163 |       140 | 113       |

## ANNEXURE