The latest available National Health Accounts (NHA), that provides healthcare expenditure for India and select States, is for the year 2014-15. A statement showing state-wise total health expenditure and Government health expenditure as percentage of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) is given below:
Health Expenditure &Percentage to GSDP
|
S/No.
|
States
|
Total Health Expenditure
(% GSDP)
|
Government Health Expenditure
(% GSDP)
|
|
1
|
Assam
|
3.3
|
1.0
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
4.3
|
0.7
|
|
3
|
Bihar
|
6.0
|
1.0
|
|
4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
3.6
|
1.0
|
|
5
|
Gujarat
|
2.1
|
0.7
|
|
6
|
Haryana
|
2.2
|
0.5
|
|
7
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
3.0
|
1.4
|
|
8
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
4.1
|
1.4
|
|
9
|
Jharkhand
|
3.1
|
0.8
|
|
10
|
Karnataka
|
3.0
|
0.7
|
|
11
|
Kerala
|
4.5
|
0.8
|
|
12
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
3.9
|
1.0
|
|
13
|
Maharashtra
|
3.0
|
0.5
|
|
14
|
Odisha
|
4.9
|
1.0
|
|
15
|
Punjab
|
4.1
|
0.7
|
|
16
|
Rajasthan
|
3.5
|
1.1
|
|
17
|
Tamil Nadu
|
2.8
|
0.7
|
|
18
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
6.2
|
1.2
|
|
19
|
Uttarakhand
|
2.6
|
0.9
|
|
20
|
Telangana
|
2.3
|
0.5
|
Government has increased the total public health expenditure (Centre and States) from Rs.1.49 lakh crore in 2014-15 to Rs.2.25 lakh crore in 2017-18 (BE) according to Economic Survey 2017-18. Further, the National Health Policy, 2017 envisages raising Government health spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2025 in a time bound manner. It also envisages increasing State sector health spending to more than 8% of their budget by 2020.
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Smt Anupriya Patel stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.
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MV/LK