Lok Sabha Question No. 1716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-16
Subject: Per Capita Health Spending
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED ADMITTED QUESTION NO. 1716 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  DECEMBER, 2022

## PER CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING

## 1716. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of per capita health spending in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  ratio  of  doctors  and  nurses  to  the  total  population  in  the  country, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) As per the latest  available  estimates  from  National  Health  Accounts  Estimates  (NHA) Report  2018-19,  the  State/UT-wise  per  capita  government  health  expenditure  is  given below:

|   S.No | State             | Per Capita Government Health Expenditure (In Rs.)   |
|--------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Assam             | 1,426                                               |
|      2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 5,660                                               |
|      3 | Andhra Pradesh    | 1,576                                               |
|      4 | Bihar             | 674                                                 |
|      5 | Chhattisgarh      | 1,433                                               |
|      6 | Delhi             | 4,001                                               |
|      7 | Goa               | 5,055                                               |
|      8 | Gujarat           | 1,751                                               |
|      9 | Haryana           | 1,684                                               |
|     10 | Himachal Pradesh  | 3,604                                               |
|     11 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,556                                               |
|     12 | Jharkhand         | 1,005                                               |
|     13 | Karnataka         | 1,655                                               |
|     14 | Kerala            | 2,479                                               |
|     15 | Madhya Pradesh    | 1,031                                               |
|     16 | Maharashtra       | 1,470                                               |
|     17 | Manipur           | 1,710                                               |
|     18 | Meghalaya         | 3,787                                               |

|   19 | Mizoram                         | 7,330   |
|------|---------------------------------|---------|
|   20 | Nagaland                        | 3,180   |
|   21 | Odisha                          | 1,343   |
|   22 | Puducherry                      | 3,080   |
|   23 | Punjab                          | 1,361   |
|   24 | Rajasthan                       | 1,696   |
|   25 | Sikkim                          | 4,150   |
|   26 | Tamil Nadu                      | 2,022   |
|   27 | Tripura                         | 2,380   |
|   28 | Uttar Pradesh                   | 863     |
|   29 | Uttarakhand                     | 2,093   |
|   30 | West Bengal                     | 1,209   |
|   31 | Telangana                       | 1,687   |
|   32 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands        | 8,914   |
|   33 | Chandigarh                      | 4,749   |
|   34 | Dadar &Nagar Haveli &Daman& Diu | 1,931   |
|   35 | Lakshadweep                     | 10,448  |

Source:  NHA 2018-19

(b):  As per information provided by National Medical Commission (NMC), there are 13,08,009 allopathic  doctors  registered  with  the  State  Medical  Councils  and  the  National  Medical Commission  (NMC)  as  on  June,  2022.  Assuming  80%  availability  of  registered  allopathic doctors and 5.65 lakh AYUSH doctors, the doctor-population ratio in the country is 1:834 per thousand population.

As per Indian Nursing Council (INC), there are around 35.14 lakh nursing personnel registered in  the  country  as  on  31 st December, 2021. Assuming 80% nursing personnel are active in the country,  it  is  estimated  that  around  28.11  lakh  are  available  in  the  country.  Assuming  the population of the country to be Rs 136 crore, the nurse to Population ratio comes out to be 2.06 nurses per 1000 population.

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