TABLE 5.

IFA Coverage and AMB Index, by State and Union Territory, India, FY 2022–2023

IFA Coverage, %a
Children Aged 6–59 MonthsChildren Aged 5–9 YearsAdolescents Aged 10–19 YearsPregnant WomenLactating MothersAMB Index,%b
States
 Telangana95.083.187.795.095.091.2
 Tamil Nadu72.195.095.095.092.389.9
 Chhattisgarh78.583.686.495.074.483.6
 Andhra Pradesh82.468.579.395.073.079.6
 Madhya Pradesh60.684.878.795.060.175.8
 Odisha57.255.073.694.865.769.3
 Haryana81.735.087.387.153.368.9
 Maharashtra59.841.240.195.076.262.5
 Assam31.049.261.895.075.262.4
 Jharkhand33.335.473.191.375.361.7
 Gujarat29.354.157.195.071.561.4
 Rajasthan61.919.342.295.071.958.1
 Goa7.523.378.983.583.255.3
 Himachal Pradesh34.447.645.580.962.854.2
 Tripura8.951.782.287.039.853.9
 West Bengal50.612.241.391.471.853.5
 Karnataka7.935.237.695.080.351.2
 Punjab18.134.271.872.755.950.5
 Uttarakhand9.443.438.089.671.350.3
 Uttar Pradesh1.151.951.995.044.048.8
 Sikkim5.85.320.287.495.042.7
 Mizoram0.429.870.573.331.141.0
 Kerala15.62.83.095.059.235.1
 Bihar3.47.018.881.144.631.0
 Meghalaya2.90.49.867.947.325.7
 Arunachal Pradesh0.20.50.674.151.625.4
 Nagaland0.00.67.360.736.421.0
 Manipur0.15.53.433.217.011.8
Union Territories
 Jammu and Kashmir22.982.945.495.066.562.5
 Puducherry6.649.265.595.087.060.7
 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu50.159.153.791.347.660.4
 Chandigarh1.218.088.995.095.059.6
 Andaman and Nicobar Islands43.957.942.763.661.854.0
 NCT of Delhi9.49.831.289.143.836.7
 Ladakh5.91.89.095.046.131.6
 Lakshadweep0.00.00.094.234.525.7
All India33.139.651.095.069.157.6
Coefficient of variation1.000.760.590.150.310.40
  • Abbreviations: AMB, Anemia Mukt Bharat; HMIS, health management information system; IFA, iron and folic acid.

  • a Indicators are per HMIS before March 2023; some are updated in the new HMIS from April 2023. IFA coverage calculated from key performance indicator numerators and denominators in Table 2.

  • b Simple mean of coverage values for 5 groups.

  • Source: Authors’ computation based on HMIS and AMB dashboard as on June 15, 2023.