Still today there is no alternate for human blood and its components in this world.  With the help of advancement in technology blood banks have been made well-organized to accomplish the requirement in emergency situations.   Awareness should be created on the availability of the blood banks near us and the way to reach it in an emergency situation.   Let us see the various licensed blood banks across India. In every states of India there are governments, private and charitable blood banks available.

 NUMBER OF LICENSED BLOOD BANKS IN THE COUNTRY AS ON 30TH JUNE 2009
S. No. STATES GOVERNMENT BLOOD BANKS  VOLUNTARY BLOOD BANKS PRIVATE HOSPITAL BLOOD BANKS  PRIVATE CHARITABLE BLOOD BANKS  TOTAL
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 2 0 0 0 2
2 ANDHRA PRADESH 71 60 101 60 292
3 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2 1 0 0 3
4 ASSAM 42 4 24 6 76
5 BIHAR 52 7 13 22 94
6 CHANDIGARH 3 1 0 0 4
7 CHHATISGARH 19 3 7 14 43
8 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 0 1 0 0 1
9 DAMAN & DIU 1 0 0 0 1
10 DELHI 22 4 26 7 59
11 GOA 5 0 2 3 10
12 GUJARAT 31 77 10 71 189
13 HARYANA 17 8 19 12 56
14 HIMACHAL PRADESH 21 1 0 0 22
15 JAMMU & KASHMIR 25 0 1 0 26
16 JHARKHAND 12 1 6 2 21
17 KARNATAKA 42 25 84 42 193
18 KERALA 38 5 106 12 161
19 MADHYA PRADESH 50 22 26 33 131
20 MAHARASHTRA 85 39 80 103 307
21 MANIPUR 3 0 0 0 3
22 MEGHALAYA 6 0 2 0 8
23 MIZORAM 4 0 2 0 6
24 NAGALAND 4 0 0 0 4
25 ORISSA 6 55 15 2 78
26 PONDICHERRY 5 0 9 1 15
27 PUNJAB 52 8 40 2 102
28 RAJASTHAN 51 6 16 7 80
29 SIKKIM 3 0 0 0 3
30 TAMILNADU 103 25 88 63 279
31 TRIPURA 3 0 4 0 7
32 UTTAR PRADESH 73 13 50 55 191
33 UTTARAKHAND 17 4 5 1 27
34 WEST BENGAL 70 6 17 22 115
TOTAL 940 376 753 540 2609