TMI BlogHealth Sector Grant of ₹ 8,453.92 crore released to Local Bodies of 19 StatesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Health Sector Grant of ₹ 8,453.92 crore released to Local Bodies of 19 States - News and Press Release Dated:- 13-11-2021 - News - Health Sector Grant of ₹ 8,453.92 crore released to Local Bodies of 19 States Grants meant to strengthen health systems and plugcritical gaps in the health care system at the primary health care level The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Fin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ance has released an amount of ₹ 8,453.92 crore as health sector grant for rural and urban local bodies of 19 States. The grants have been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission. State-wise amount of grant released is enclosed. The Fifteenth Finance Commission (FC-XV) in its Report for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26 has recommended a total grant of & ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... #8377; 4,27,911 crore to local governments. The grants recommended by the Commission inter-alia include health grants of ₹ 70,051 crore. Out of this amount, ₹ 43,928 crore have been recommended for Rural Local Bodies and ₹ 26,123 crore for Urban Local Bodies. These grants are meantto strengthen health systems and plug the critical gaps in the health care system at the prim ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ary health care level. The Commission has also identified interventions that will directly lead to strengthening the primary health infrastructure and facilities in both rural and urban areas and has earmarked grants for each intervention. These interventions are: Support for diagnostic infrastructure to the primary healthcare facilities in rural areas ₹ 16,377 crore Block leve ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... l public health units in rural areas ₹ 5,279 crore Construction of buildings of building-less Sub centres, PHCs, CHCs in rural areas ₹ 7,167 crore Conversion of rural PHCs and sub centres into health and wellness centre ₹ 15,105 crore Support for diagnostic infrastructure to the primary healthcare facilities in urban areas ₹ 2,095 crore Urban health and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... wellness centres (HWCs) ₹ 24,028 crore Health grants recommended to be released in the financial year 2021-22 is ₹ 13,192 crore. This includes ₹ 8,273 crore for Rural and ₹ 4,919 crore for Urban Local Bodies . Rural and urban local bodies can play a key role in the delivery of primary health care services especially at the cutting edge level and help in achie ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ving the objective of Universal Health Care. Strengthening the local governments in terms of resources, health infrastructure and capacity building can enable them to play a catalytic role in epidemics and pandemics too. Involving Panchayati Raj institutions and Urban Local Government as supervising agencies in these primary health care institutions would strengthen the overall primary health ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... care system and involvement of local governments would also make the health system accountable to the people. Health grants to the remaining 9 States will be released after their proposals are received from the respective States through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Health Sector Grant released for Local Bodies S.No. State ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Amount of Grant released (Rs. In crore) 1. Andhra Pradesh 488.1527 2. Arunachal Pradesh 46.944 3. Assam 272.2509 4. Bihar 1116.3054 5. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Chhattisgarh 338.7944 6. Himachal Pradesh 98.0099 7. JKharkhand 444.3983 8. Karnataka 551.53 9. Madhya Pradesh 922.7992 10. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Maharashtra 778.0069 11. Manipur 42.8771 12. Mizoram 31.19 13. Odisha 461.7673 14. Punjab 399.6558 15. Rajasthan ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 656.171 16. Sikkim 20.978 17. Tamil Nadu 805.928 18. Uttarakhand 150.0965 19. West Bengal 828.0694 Total 8453.9 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 248 - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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