Monday, May 28, 2012

Will National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) achieve its target in respect of Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)?


One of the flag scheme of Government of India is National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).  One of the main objective of this scheme was to bring down the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) to the level of 30 by the terminal year of the mission i.e. by 2012.  Looking at the Government of India official data on IMR for the years (2003 – 2010), one may predict, by assuming that whatever has been done or is being done continues this year as well, one can’t achieve the required target in case of All-India.  Rather it falls quite short at the level of 45 and the same is due to most of the major states of India.  Major hurdle states are eight EAG states and Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana and to some extent Karnataka, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh states.  If this rate continues, the target for all-India may be achieved by the year 2020.  The state of Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha would achieve much latter in the year 2027, 2025, 2023 and 2021 respectively.  Following table gives out some more details in which one may be interested in.
Sl.No.
    States
IMR
IMR = 30
Prediction for 2012
Prediction  Year
ALL INDIA
45
2020
1
Andhra Pradesh
44
2019
2
Assam
58
2027
3
Bihar
47
2019
4
Chhattisgarh
47
2018
5
Gujarat
43
2019
6
Haryana
46
2020
7
Jharkhand
41
2019
8
Karnataka
36
2015
9
Kerala
13
@
10
Madhya Pradesh
58
2023
11
Maharashtra
26
@
12
Odisha
56
2021
13
Punjab
32
2013
14
Rajasthan
52
2020
15
Tamil Nadu
20
@
16
Uttar Pradesh
58
2025
17
W. Bengal
27
@
18
Arunachal Pradesh
31
@
19
Delhi
34
**
20
Goa
7
@
21
Himachal Pradesh
40
2016
22
J & K
46
**
23
Manipur
14
@
24
Meghalaya
58
**
25
Mizoram
45
@
26
Nagaland
29
@
27
Sikkim
32
@
28
Tripura
31
@
29
Uttarakhand
41
**
30
A&N Islands
33
@
31
Chandigarh
28
@
32
D&N Haveli
28
**
33
Daman & Diu
19
@
34
Lakshadweep
26
@
35
Puducherry
22
@
@ : Already Achieved
**:  Prediction not done due to Erratic trend

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