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
|
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**: Prediction not
done due to Erratic trend
|