Action taken to prevent Pre-Term births: Minister informs Parliament

Written by Medical Dialogues Bureau Published On 2018-04-05T09:34:19+05:30 | Updated On 5 April 2018 9:34 AM IST

Action taken to prevent Pre-Term births: Minister informs Parliament

New Delhi: Recently, through a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state (independent charge) Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed about the Action taken to prevent Pre-Term births.

As per WHO Publication in the year 2012, titled, “Born too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth” 13% of all the births in India are estimated to be pre-term. Therefore estimated 33.4 lakhs pre-term babies were born in India in 2016 and this contributes to 22% of the world’s preterm births.The State-wise estimates for the same are not available.

The state wise allocation and expenditure of funds under the National Health Mission, including the State of West Bengal for the period 2014-15 to 2016-17 are given below:

State-wise Release and Expenditure under NHM for the F.Y. 2014-15 to 2016-17
Rs. in crore
Sl. No.	States	2014-15		2015-16		2016-17
Sl. No.	States	Release	Exp	Release	Exp	Release	Exp
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	23.36	24.33	37.30	11.47	44.81	28.83
2	Andhra Pradesh	519.73	902.91	643.52	1,090.17	590.14	1,247.63
3	Arunachal Pradesh	139.41	69.50	162.65	146.27	160.35	165.16
4	Assam	877.13	915.88	971.35	1,186.01	1,040.46	1,331.77
5	Bihar	1,148.32	1,427.40	1,159.49	1,621.67	958.11	1,536.72
6	Chandigarh	12.15	15.26	23.89	20.98	21.22	20.36
7	Chattisgarh	500.41	716.04	412.26	758.28	575.05	987.40
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	8.40	8.56	14.37	15.54	16.99	17.22
9	Daman & Diu	6.91	7.67	10.53	15.69	11.25	9.97
10	Delhi	154.04	222.64	163.80	137.29	234.38	147.56
11	Goa	26.03	29.50	16.77	24.92	19.29	40.52
12	Gujarat	832.86	873.66	693.78	1,272.42	844.90	1,376.91
13	Haryana	273.60	438.18	291.96	493.23	310.46	510.00
14	Himachal Pradesh	185.84	306.92	246.49	281.26	209.30	343.39
15	Jammu & Kashmir	335.51	393.29	367.90	420.94	357.30	414.43
16	Jharkhand	359.62	372.01	411.50	590.18	391.70	570.60
17	Karnataka	697.24	858.18	740.45	1,141.61	695.77	1,268.33
18	Kerala	521.99	509.83	304.14	632.88	445.06	737.69
19	Lakshadweep	5.08	1.36	5.69	2.72	3.81	4.32
20	Madhya Pradesh	1,162.50	1,738.02	1,132.19	2,046.60	1,458.76	1,956.84
21	Maharashtra	1,431.76	1,834.40	1,085.92	1,734.44	1,221.34	1,773.47
22	Manipur	128.81	86.91	112.16	105.51	78.50	78.99
23	Meghalaya	104.13	70.72	102.22	133.55	159.86	145.68
24	Mizoram	103.28	93.29	94.68	95.57	80.66	90.45
25	Nagaland	114.92	63.04	104.85	81.05	94.88	134.55
26	Orissa	667.16	944.10	652.62	1,205.77	685.20	1,255.88
27	Puducherry	22.56	23.35	18.61	21.77	35.50	32.56
28	Punjab	379.35	460.59	295.23	649.49	284.99	687.75
29	Rajasthan	1,115.96	1,722.69	1,287.84	1,799.11	1,204.84	1,856.77
30	Sikkim	51.60	41.36	41.01	50.71	41.67	50.57
31	Tamil Nadu	952.75	2,248.06	1,093.22	1,633.37	752.76	1,816.97
32	Tripura	123.11	130.15	136.29	118.77	123.89	141.27
33	Uttar Pradesh	2,431.06	3,671.26	2,862.83	4,451.78	3,095.17	4,901.10
34	Uttarakhand	270.55	324.42	276.41	335.95	260.87	346.01
35	West Bengal	1,058.62	1,196.78	959.51	1,487.62	741.99	1,743.92
36	Telangana	378.72	334.68	436.63	505.55	384.47	687.15
Total		17,124.48	23,076.94	17,370.07	26,320.13	17,635.67	28,458.73
Note: 1. The above releases relate to Central Govt. Grants & do not include State share contribution and Kind Grants under Immunization. 2. Expenditure includes expenditure against central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of the year

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