Status of Mission Indradhanush in India

New Delhi: Mission Indradhanush is an important initiative taken by the government of India to immunize kids against 7 vaccine-preventable diseases

Through a written reply answer to the question in Lok Sabha the Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel informed about the Mission Indradhanush.

The ministry informed about the mission Indradhanush aims to increase full immunization coverage in India to at least 90% children by December 2018. The salient feature of Mission Indradhanush is to cover unvaccinated and partially vaccinated children in areas with low immunization coverage, in both urban and rural areas. The State/UT-wise details of children and women vaccinated including Uttar Pradesh under Mission Indradhanush is given at Annexure-1.

No separate funds are allocated for Mission Indradhanush. Funds allocated for Routine Immunization under part ‘C’ of Programme Implementation Plan (PIP) are being utilized by the states to carry out activities under Mission Indradhanush.

The minister further added that Mission Indradhanush does not target to reduce postnatal death rate but targets to reduce diseases and death due to vaccine-preventable diseases.

The State/UT-wise number of children and women vaccinated during the year 2017-18 is given at Annexure-2.

Routine Immunization which is implemented across the country has been further strengthened through Mission Indradhanush. Mission Indradhanush has been implemented in low coverage pockets and has been expanded during (i) Intensified Mission Indradhanush (ii) Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and (iii) Expanded Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan.

State UT wise Children and Women Vaccinated under Mission Indradhanush

(in Lakhs)

S.No	State/UT	No. of Children Immunized	No. of Pregnant Women Immunized
1	A & N Islands	0.007	0.000
2	Andhra Pradesh	2.018	0.426
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0.584	0.071
4	Assam	3.820	1.035
5	Bihar	14.887	3.316
6	Chandigarh	0.055	0.007
7	Chhattisgarh	4.915	1.117
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.006	0.001
9	Daman & Diu	0.009	0.002
10	Delhi	13.465	2.054
11	Goa	0.008	0.001
12	Gujarat	5.537	1.337
13	Haryana	10.948	2.951
14	Himachal Pradesh	0.127	0.028
15	Jammu & Kashmir	0.953	0.080
16	Jharkhand	8.615	2.108
17	Karnataka	9.059	1.788
18	Kerala	1.443	0.117
19	Lakshadweep	0.000	0.000
20	Madhya Pradesh	24.122	7.070
21	Maharashtra	6.435	0.820
22	Manipur	0.551	0.110
23	Meghalaya	1.324	0.217
24	Mizoram	0.171	0.043
25	Nagaland	0.661	0.103
26	Odisha	3.852	1.107
27	Puducherry	0.006	0.001
28	Punjab	1.900	0.414
29	Rajasthan	16.408	4.257
30	Sikkim	0.006	0.001
31	Tamil Nadu	6.745	1.650
32	Telangana	2.524	0.422
33	Tripura	0.277	0.054
34	Uttar Pradesh	169.591	47.155
35	Uttarakhand	2.848	0.775
36	West Bengal	5.406	1.142
INDIA		319.282	81.780

State/UT-wise children & women vaccinated in Mission Indradhanush during 2017-18

(in Lakhs)

S.No	State/UT	No. of Children Immunized			No. of Pregnant Women Immunized
		MI	IMI	Total	MI	IMI	Total
1	A & N Islands	NA	NA		NA	NA	0
2	Andhra Pradesh	0.341	0.220	0.561	0.050	0.034	0.084
3	Arunachal Pradesh	0.102	0.120	0.222	0.013	0.013	0.026
4	Assam	0.310	0.307	0.617	0.071	0.072	0.143
5	Bihar	1.610	2.687	4.297	0.358	0.467	0.825
6	Chandigarh	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
7	Chhattisgarh	0.613	NA	0.613	0.169	NA	0.169
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
9	Daman & Diu	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
10	Delhi	2.636	1.146	3.782	0.415	0.121	0.536
11	Goa	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
12	Gujarat	0.462	0.317	0.779	0.141	0.056	0.197
13	Haryana	0.517	0.869	1.386	0.205	0.226	0.431
14	Himachal Pradesh	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
15	Jammu & Kashmir	NA	0.098	0.098	NA	0.009	0.009
16	Jharkhand	1.275	0.607	1.882	0.371	0.133	0.504
17	Karnataka	2.076	0.704	2.78	0.311	0.133	0.444
18	Kerala	0.333	0.051	0.384	0.030	0.006	0.036
19	Lakshadweep	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
20	Madhya Pradesh	4.002	2.830	6.832	1.379	0.598	1.977
21	Maharashtra	1.183	2.099	3.282	0.126	0.265	0.391
22	Manipur	0.077	0.070	0.147	0.015	0.013	0.028
23	Meghalaya	0.131	0.250	0.381	0.021	0.038	0.059
24	Mizoram	0.036	0.020	0.056	0.011	0.005	0.016
25	Nagaland	0.125	0.162	0.287	0.020	0.022	0.042
26	Orissa	0.021	0.156	0.177	0.006	0.030	0.036
27	Puducherry	NA	NA	0	NA	NA	0
28	Punjab	0.265	NA	0.265	0.066	NA	0.066
29	Rajasthan	1.508	0.724	2.232	0.401	0.146	0.547
30	Sikkim	0.002	0.002	0.004	0.000	0.000	0
31	Tamil Nadu	0.711	NA	0.711	0.188	NA	0.188
32	Tripura	0.884	NA	0.884	0.089	NA	0.089
33	Uttar Pradesh	0.012	0.086	0.098	0.004	0.013	0.017
34	Uttarakhand	26.483	45.186	71.669	8.501	9.330	17.831
35	West Bengal	0.376	0.396	0.772	0.117	0.107	0.224
36	Telangana	0.560	0.389	0.949	0.108	0.020	0.128
INDIA		46.649	59.495	106.144	13.184	11.857	25.041