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:
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 | |||
| 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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