2672 Blood Banks, mostly clustered around Urban Areas: Health minister

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has released the list of blood banks in India which are licensed and are government authorized. The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey through a written reply in the Lok Sabha informed the parliament about the same.

The minister informed that currently there are 2672 functional blood banks in the country, inequitably distributed across all States. The minister stated that these are clustered in urban and semi-urban locations

The details of licensed blood banks in India, State/UT-wise up to June 2017 is given below:

Number of licensed blood bank in India State / UT wise up to June 2017

 

S.NO	NAME OF STATE	Public (including Govt. Blood Banks)	Private (including charitable trust Blood Bank)	TOTAL
1.	Andaman & Nicobar	02	01	03
2.	Andhra Pradesh	32	118	150
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	09	01	10
4	Assam	38	30	68
5	Bihar	35	41	76
6	Chandigarh	03	01	04
7	Chhattisgarh	27	40	67
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	-	01	01
9	Daman & Diu	01	01	02
10	NCT of Delhi	23	46	69
11.	Goa	03	04	07
12	Gujarat	28	117	145
13	Haryana	26	64	90
14	Himachal Pradesh	19	03	22
15	Jammu & Kashmir	25	04	29
16	Jharkhand	27	22	49
17	Karnataka	40	160	200
18	Kerala	41	127	168
19	Lakshadweep	01	00	01
20*	Madhya Pradesh	54	90	144
21	Maharashtra	74	254	328
22	Manipur	04	01	05
23	Meghalaya	05	02	07
24	Mizoram	08	02	10
25	Nagaland	05	-	05
26	Odisha	63	20	83
27	Pondicherry	05	12	17
28	Punjab	49	57	106
29	Rajasthan	52	63	115
30	Sikkim	02	01	03
31	Tamil Nadu	98	193	291
32	Telangana	27	134	161
33	Tripura	10	02	12
34	Uttar Pradesh	104	190	294
35	Uttarakhand	21	12	33
36	West Bengal	82	46	128
	Total	1043	1860	2903

*Data up to Oct.-2016

A nationwide baseline assessment was carried out in 2016 which indicated 2672 functional blood banks in the country, inequitably distributed across all States.

The blood banks are clustered in urban and semi-urban locations in all districts barring 74 in accordance with availability of secondary and tertiary health infrastructure in both government and private sectors especially to manage conditions such as genetic blood disorders, cancer and complex surgeries where there is greater need for blood.

As per WHO norms, if 1-3 % of population donates, the basic blood requirement of a country can be met. There is no norm for number of blood banks per million population.

Health is a State subject. Under National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to States including for strengthening blood services and setting up blood banks in district hospitals as per proposals received from State Governments in their Programme Implementation plans.