Context: Recently, the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare provided performance details of Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0 in Rajya Sabha. 
About Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 3.0

• It is an initiative by the government to provide immunization free of cost to pregnant women and children in India.
• Two rounds of IMI 3.0 of 15 days’ duration were conducted in February 2021 & March 2021 to reach out to the pregnant women and children who missed vaccination under routine immunisation programmes in 250 districts across 29 states/UTs. 
• During IMI 3.0 around 9.5 lakh children and 2.2 lakh, pregnant women were vaccinated.

Targeted Beneficiaries: The focus of the IMI 3.0 will be the children and pregnant women who have missed their vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Beneficiaries from migration areas and hard to reach areas will also be targeted.

Aims: To reach the unreached population with all the available vaccines under the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) and thereby accelerate the full immunization coverage of children and pregnant women.

Classification of districts

• As per the guidelines released for IMI 3.0, the districts have been classified to reflect 313 low risk; 152 medium risk; and 250 high risk districts.

What is the Mission Indradhanush?
‘Mission Indradhanush’ was launched by the Government of India in Decmber 2014.

• It was aimed to strengthen and re-energize the programme and achieve full immunization coverage for all children and pregnant women.
• The ultimate goal of Mission Indradhanush is to ensure full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years of age and pregnant women.
• The focus is also on the urban settlements and cities identified under the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 1.0: It was launched in October 2017. Under IMI, greater focus was given on urban areas which were one of the gaps of Mission Indradhanush.

• It focused to improve immunisation coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full immunisation to more than 90% by December 2018 instead of 2020.

The Intensified Mission Indradhanush 2.0 targeted the districts which have immunisation coverage of 70% or below. 

• Mission Indradhanush& Intensified Mission Indradhanush has enabled the immunization system in reaching hard to reach and high-risk areas including brick kilns, construction sites and nomadic populations.