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 Government has extended financial and technical support to the States/UTs for proper storage of vaccines in the country including rural areas. 

Under the programme States/UTs are provided with Ice lined Refrigerators (ILRs), Deep Freezers (DFs), Walk-in-coolers (WIC), Walk-in Freezers (WIF), Solar refrigerators, cold box, vaccine carrier and Ice packs for proper storage and distribution of vaccines. The State/UT wise details of cold chain equipments provided in the last three years and current year are given below:

                   

States/UTs wise details of cold chain equipments

Supplied in  2016-17

Supplied in 2017-18

Supplied in 2018-19

Supplied in 2019-20

S.No.

State/ UT

ILR

DF

WIC

WIF

ILR

DF

WIC

WIF

ILR

DF

ILR

DF

1

A&N

5

5

 0

7

5

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

60

120

 0

1

1129

1045

1

1

0

0

0

0

3

Arunachal Pradesh

5

5

 0

 0

86

48

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

4

Assam

30

50

1

 0

330

295

 0

1

0

0

0

0

5

Bihar

110

100

2

 0

599

143

3

2

0

15

0

0

6

Chandigarh

5

5

 0

 0

43

58

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

7

Chhattisgarh

50

50

1

 0

162

219

 0

 0

30

30

0

0

8

Dadra & Nagar

10

10

 0

 0

10

10

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

9

Daman & Diu

10

10

 0

 0

11

10

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

10

Delhi

45

20

 0

 0

198

153

 0

 0

75

68

0

0

11

Goa

10

10

 0

0

14

10

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

12

Gujarat

104

100

1

1

874

570

1

0

0

0

0

13

Haryana

60

45

1

 0

295

114

5

1

0

68

0

26

14

Himachal Pradesh

50

20

 0

 0

247

248

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

15

Jammu & Kashmir

80

80

 0

 0

342

306

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

16

Jharkhand

65

45

1

1

333

209

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

17

Karnataka

85

60

 0

 0

1140

1093

1

1

0

0

50

0

18

Kerala

71

60

 0

 0

865

859

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

19

Lakshadweep

3

1

 0

 0

14

10

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

Madhya Pradesh

120

90

2

1

494

333

 0

1

0

60

0

18

21

Maharashtra

140

80

2

0

941

855

 0

 0

0

0

95

40

22

Manipur

5

5

 0

0

43

38

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

23

Meghalaya

5

4

 0

0

43

38

 0

 0

21

4

0

0

24

Mizoram

5

5

1

0

43

38

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

25

Nagaland

5

2

 0

0

62

65

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

26

Odisha

110

70

1

1

504

447

 0

 0

0

20

0

0

27

Puducherry

5

5

 0

 0

21

23

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

28

Punjab

40

20

 0

 0

352

380

 0

1

0

0

0

0

29

Rajasthan

80

35

 0

 0

551

285

 0

 0

0

0

101

0

30

Sikkim

2

2

 0

 0

52

48

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

31

Tamil Nadu

85

70

1

 0

893

803

1

1

0

0

0

0

32

Telangana

85

50

 0

 0

513

475

1

1

0

0

0

0

33

Tripura

5

5

 0

 0

71

57

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

34

Uttar Pradesh

130

80

2

 0

1140

570

1

2

0

0

0

0

35

Uttarakhand

40

50

 0

1

282

260

 0

 0

0

0

0

0

36

West Bengal

130

100

 0

 0

546

447

 0

2

0

0

27

38

Total

1850

1469

16

6

13250

10567

14

14

126

265

273

122

                                           

 

The Ice lined Refrigerators (ILRs) storing vaccines are able to maintain the vaccine storage temperature for 24 hrs. with as little as 8 hrs. of intermittent power supplies. Refrigerator Mechanic/ Technicians are provided to State/UTs for maintenance and functioning of these cold chain equipments and they are also provided in service training for repair & maintenance of these equipments. In addition, the States/UTs are also provided financial support for cold chain maintenance. The State wise details of funds provided is given below:

State/UT wise details of Cold Chain maintenance funds provided

 
             
       

(Rs. in Lakhs)

 

S.N.

States

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

 
 

1

Andhra Pradesh

13.80

14.50

12.82

15.95

 

2

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.65

0.65

1.00

0.92

 

3

Arunachal Pradesh

4.68

4.68

6.08

8.87

 

4

Assam

10.17

101.37

11.12

17.52

 

5

Bihar

12.96

12.96

35.86

19.30

 

6

Chandigarh

1.60

1.60

1.60

2.00

 

7

Chhattisgarh

22.20

22.20

14.60

14.27

 

8

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.15

0.00

0.50

0.50

 

9

Daman & Diu

0.45

0.45

0.00

0.00

 

10

Delhi

6.15

6.15

8.94

8.94

 

11

Goa

0.57

0.59

0.60

0.60

 

12

Gujarat

23.39

19.61

19.34

26.55

 

13

Haryana

8.33

9.00

8.66

14.03

 

14

Himachal Pradesh

8.12

8.12

2.04

7.34

 

15

Jammu & Kashmir

8.68

8.68

12.00

12.71

 

16

Jharkhand

5.06

5.06

8.24

8.92

 

17

Karnataka

24.45

25.72

23.90

25.28

 

18

Kerala

10.22

8.40

8.40

11.50

 

19

Lakshadweep

0.22

0.23

0.30

0.30

 

20

Madhya Pradesh

19.69

19.69

20.56

29.75

 

21

Maharashtra

31.78

37.93

44.26

47.50

 

22

Manipur

2.11

2.11

2.11

5.00

 

23

Meghalaya

3.03

3.03

3.61

4.54

 

24

Mizoram

1.70

1.70

1.70

0.50

 

25

Nagaland

2.75

2.75

2.84

4.12

 

26

Orissa

16.52

16.52

28.14

28.14

 

27

Puducherry

0.80

0.80

1.00

1.00

 

28

Punjab

20.89

20.89

20.89

20.89

 

29

Rajasthan

26.92

21.72

20.40

34.05

 

30

Sikkim

0

1.00

1.00

1.65

 

31

Tamil Nadu

17.93

20.27

20.42

25.51

 

32

Telangana

7.74

7.99

7.99

9.02

 

33

Tripura

2.27

2.45

3.39

3.30

 

34

Uttar Pradesh

19.94

19.42

28.36

37.25

 

35

Uttarakhand

4.27

5.17

8.13

8.13

 

36

West Bengal

272.10

272.10

*

*

 

Grand total

612.29

705.51

390.80

455.85

 

* Budget for Cold Chain Maintenance is provisioned under Bio-Medical Equipment Maintenance Programme (BMMP). For BMMP, it was Rs. 2863.81 Lakh for the year 2018-19 and Rs.2510.52 Lakh for the year 2018-19.                                 

 Government hasalso provided 404 solar refrigerators to States/UTs to store vaccines. The State/UT wise details of solar refrigerator provided is given below: 

Details of Solar Equipment supplied to states/UTs

S.No.

State

Quantity (in nos)

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

7

2

Andhra Pradesh

0

3

Arunachal Pradesh

49

4

Assam

41

5

Bihar

10

6

Chandigarh

0

7

Chhattisgarh

36

8

Dadra& Nagar Haveli

0

9

Daman & Diu

0

10

Delhi

0

11

Goa

0

12

Gujarat

1

13

Haryana

0

14

Himachal Pradesh

4

15

Jammu and Kashmir

18

16

Jharkhand

22

17

Karnataka

2

18

Kerala

0

19

Lakshadweep

0

20

Madhya Pradesh

34

21

Maharashtra

16

22

Manipur

30

23

Meghalaya

19

24

Mizoram

10

25

Nagaland

22

26

Odisha

17

27

Puducherry

0

28

Punjab

0

29

Rajasthan

19

30

Sikkim

9

31

Tamil Nadu

0

32

Telangana

0

33

Tripura

2

34

Uttar Pradesh

19

35

Uttarakhand

17

36

West Bengal

0

Total

404

 The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

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