Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Licensed blood banks in the country

Posted On: 18 DEC 2017 5:01PM by PIB Delhi

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.

 

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

 

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MV/LK

 



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