India, March 30 -- There were 431 snakebite deaths in India last year, up from 370 in 2024 and 183 in 2023, the Union environment ministry has informed the Lok Sabha in a written response. Karnataka recorded the highest such deaths (157) in 2025 and 101 in 2024.

Kirti Vardhan Singh, minister of state for environment, said the Union government has advised states and Union territories (UTs) to notify snakebite as a notifiable disease under the respective public health laws and other applicable legislation. He added that Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Odisha have so far declared snakebite cases and deaths as notifiable.

Singh said snakebite-related cases and deaths are reported under the Integ...