THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)
(a) Based on the “Report of the technical group on projected population, India and States 2011-2036, National Commission on Population and Office of Registrar General of India”, the estimated numbers of children under the age of five years as on 1st March 2021 in North-Eastern States of the country are as follows:
S. No. Name of the State No. of Under 5 Children
1 Arunachal Pradesh 1,10,376
2 Assam 30,13,698
3 Manipur 2,27,880
4 Meghalaya 2,36,736
5 Mizoram 87,552
6 Nagaland 1,57,824
7 Sikkim 48,744
8 Tripura 2,93,112
(b) A child is considered fully immunized if the child has received 1 dose of Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG), 3 doses of Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus toxoid (DPT), 3 doses of Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) and 1 dose of Measles within 1 year of age. Number of children fully immunized in North East Region as per HMIS portal is as follows:
S. No. Name of the State No. of Children with Full Immunization
1 Arunachal Pradesh 14,784
2 Assam 4,43,962
3 Manipur 21,431
4 Meghalaya 46,535
5 Mizoram 12,067
6 Nagaland 11,945
7 Sikkim 5,444
8 Tripura 34,526
Data Source - HMIS (from April 2021 to December 2021 as on 20 January 2022)
(c) and (d):
According to NFHS-5 (2019-21), the percentages of malnourished children under five years of age (classified as stunted, wasted and underweight) in the North-Eastern Region is placed as below:
S. No. States Children under 5 years who are stunted (height-for-age)* (%) Children under 5 years who are wasted (weight-for-height)* (%) Children under 5 years who are underweight (weight-for-age)* (%)
1 Arunachal Pradesh 28.0 13.1 15.4
2 Assam 35.3 21.7 32.8
3 Manipur 23.4 9.9 13.3
4 Meghalaya 46.5 12.1 26.6
5 Mizoram 28.9 9.8 12.7
6 Nagaland 32.7 19.1 26.9
7 Sikkim 22.3 13.7 13.1
8 Tripura 32.3 18.2 25.6
* Below -2 standard deviations, based on WHO standard
(e) State wise details of Central release (in Crore) under Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) Flexible Pool including Child Health [including Routine Immunization, Pulse Polio Immunization and National Iodine Deficiency Disorder Control Program (NIDDCP)] under National Health Mission (NHM) for the North Eastern States from 2016-17 to 2020-21 is placed below:
(Rupees in Crore)
S. No. States 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
1 Arunachal Pradesh 58.43 38.38 57.96 37.85 23.50
2 Assam 366.77 395.13 365.44 392.07 435.18
3 Manipur 28.52 46.49 29.63 37.38 29.55
4 Meghalaya 40.78 45.92 39.86 33.66 61.17
5 Mizoram 15.99 26.06 21.38 20.36 28.28
6 Nagaland 28.33 28.04 26.41 23.58 38.20
7 Sikkim 7.81 9.4 6.10 7.35 13.16
8 Tripura 41.44 24.82 43.53 44.56 43.37
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