According to India’s Central Drugs Standards Control Organization’s information, there are 3263 licensed blood banks in the country.
State/ Union Territory-wise details of licensed blood banks are as follows;
NUMBER OF LICENSED BLOOD BANK IN INDIA STATE / UT WISE AS ON 27.11.2019
| S.NO | NAME OF STATE | TOTAL NUMBER OF BLOOD BANKS |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | 03 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 179 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 10 |
| 4 | Assam | 81 |
| 5 | Bihar | 84 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 04 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 90 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 01 |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 02 |
| 10 | NCT of Delhi | 71 |
| 11 | Goa | 04 |
| 12 | Gujarat | 160 |
| 13 | Haryana | 123 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 22 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir | 37 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 51 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 230 |
| 18 | Kerala | 169 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep | 01 |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 157 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 340 |
| 22 | Manipur | 05 |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 08 |
| 24 | Mizoram | 10 |
| 25 | Nagaland | 05 |
| 26 | Odisha | 83 |
| 27 | Pondicherry | 18 |
| 28 | Punjab | 123 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 151 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 06 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 309 |
| 32 | Telangana | 180 |
| 33 | Tripura | 13 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 348 |
| 35 | Uttarakhand | 43 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 146 |
| Total | 3263 | |
India’s Health and Family Welfare Minister ShAshwini Kumar Choubey stated the above details on 29th November in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
