As per the National Health Policy 2017, public investment on health is envisioned to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2025. As per the available National Health Accounts Estimates for India, the Government Health Expenditure (GHE) since 2017-2018 are as under:

 

Year	Government Health Expenditure (GHE) (Rs.in crore)
2017-18	2,31,104
2018-19	2,42,219
2019-20	2,71,544
2020-21	3,16,554
2021-22	4,34,163

 

The National Health Policy 2017 recommends the availability of 2 beds per 1000 population.  As per available data, Health Dynamics of India (Infrastructure & Human Resources) 2022-23, a total of 8,18,661 beds are available at PHC, CHC, SDH, DH & Medical Colleges in India (Rural + Urban) as on 31.03.2023.

The Central Government has also provided substantial support for strengthening of Healthcare infrastructure including beds under National Health Mission, India Covid-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Package-II, Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission & Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana. Beds are also available in the country under the AYUSH system of medicine.

As per Indian Public Health Services (IPHS) norms, Primary Health Centre (PHC) with 6 indoor/ observation beds is to be established to cover 20,000 to 30,000 population, Community Health Centres (CHC) with 30 beds to cover population of 80,000-1,20,000, Sub-District Hospitals with 31-100 beds to cover population of 1,00,000 - 5,00,000 and District Hospital with 101-500 beds to cover population upto 30,00,000.

The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Smt. Anupriya Singh Patel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

 

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