Demand up 67% as 22 states search oxygen

The demand for medical oxygen has elevated 67 per cent in 9 days to April 24, in keeping with info collated from oxygen allocation orders issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It additional exhibits the demand has unfold from 12 states on April 15 to 22 states on April 24.
Official information present that Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had on April 15 written to the Additional Secretaries/ Principal Secretaries/Secretaries (Health) of 12 states informing them about oxygen allocation towards their demand for the week starting April 20. These states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
In his letter, Bhushan supplied particulars of the era items from which these dozen states have been being supplied oxygen. The states had cumulatively demanded 4,880 metric tonnes of medical oxygen for the week starting April 20, and allocations have been accordingly made.
Within 10 days, one other letter by Nipun Vinayak, Joint Secretary, MoH&FW to state well being officers on April 24 knowledgeable them about allocation towards their demand for oxygen from April 25 onwards. This exhibits that the variety of states looking for oxygen allocation from the Centre has risen to 22; their mixed demand had additionally risen to eight,172 MT a day, 67 per cent increased than the mixed demand proven within the Health Secretary’s April 15 letter.
Vinayak’s letter exhibits that the Centre had allotted 8,280 MT medical oxygen a day to those 22 states. The new states demanding oxygen are Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, J&Okay, Goa, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Dadra and Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu.
“The supply plan has been prepared under the overall guidance of the Empowered Group by the DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) in consultation with the concerned ministries, states, oxygen manufacturers and AIIGMA (All India Industrial Gases Manufacturers Association),” Vinayak stated within the letter.
The prime 5 states with the best demand for medical oxygen for the week beginning April 25 are Maharashtra (1,784 MT/day), Gujarat (1,000), Karnataka (770), UP (657) and MP (640).

Of the 22 states which have been allotted oxygen on April 24, 4 states have been allotted the next amount towards their demand, 4 have been given a decrease allocation compared to their demand, and 14 have been allotted the amount demanded.
The states, which have gotten increased oxygen allocation are: UP (857 MT/day towards demand of 657); Karnataka (802 MT/day towards demand of 770); Delhi (490 MT/day towards demand of 470); and MP (649 MT/day towards demand of 640).
The states, which have been supplied oxygen lower than what they demanded are: Haryana (allocation of 162 MT/day towards demand of 180); Gujarat (975 MT/day towards demand of 1,000); Punjab (137 MT/day towards demand of 187); and Tamil Nadu (280 MT/day towards demand of 220).