Lok Sabha Question No. 1933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Funds for Battling the Pandemic
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED Q. No 1933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th JULY, 2021

## FUNDS FOR BATTLING THE PANDEMIC

## 1933 SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

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

- (a) the amount requested by States/UTs for the last one and half years for battling the pa State/UT wise;
- (b) the amount allocated to each States/UTs for the months during the same time for battling th pandemic, State/UT - wise; and
- (c) the actual percentage share of the total expenditure incurred by the States/UTs on COVID - 19 patients that is borne by the Centre for the same period?

## ANS WER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARTI PRAVIN PAWAR)

( a)  to  (c) : Although Health is a state subject, Government of India has provided the requ technical  support  and  has  also  supported  the  states  through  logistic  and  financial  su further strengthen the existing health infrastructure to tackle COVID - 19 pandemic.

During  the  F.Y.  2019 - 20, funds  to  the  tune  of  Rs.1113.21  crore  was  released  to  the States/UTs under NHM towards management and containment of COVID -19 pandemic. Details are given at Annexure - I.

During the FY 2020 - 21, funds to the tune of Rs.8257.88 crore have been released to the States/UTs towards the India COVID - 19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package.  Rs.8257.88  crore  includes  Rs.  110.60  crore  towards  insurance  of  health  work Details are given at Annexure - II .

Further, 'In dia COVID-19 Emergency Response & Health System Preparedness Package: Phase II' has been approved by the Cabinet with Rs 23,123 crores (with Rs. 15,000 Cr as Central

Component & Rs 8,123 as State component) and is to be implemented from 1 st July 2021 to 31 st March 2022.

It includes support to State/UT level for ramping up Health Infrastructure includin in rural, tribal and peri - urban areas closer to the community, providing support for procuremen of  drugs  and  diagnostics  to  enhance  service  delivery at  district  and  sub  district  levels  for management of COVID-19 cases (including pediatric care) and for maintaining a buffer of dr support  for  IT  Interventions  such  as  implementation  of  Hospital  Management  Informati System  and  expanding  access  to  te le - consultations  in  all  districts,  and  support  for  capaci building and training for all aspects of management of COVID - 19.

Earlier in September, 2020, the Union Government further allowed use of SDRF by the States for oxygen generation and storage plants in hospitals; strengthening ambulance s for transport of patients; and setting up containment zones, COVID - 19 care centres. States were al lowed to spend maximum 35% of annual allocation of funds under SDRF for the financial ye 2019- 20. The ceiling was further enhanced to 50% during the financial years 2020 - 21 and 2021 -22 for containment measures of COVID - 19.

Further,  under  the  National  CO VID  Vaccination  Program,  Government  of  India  is procuring vaccines and providing them free of cost to States and UTs. As on 25th July 2 total  of  about  44.91  crore  doses  have  been  supplied  to  States/UTs  from  all  source Government of India's Covid vaccine supply free of cost to all States/UTs, State/UTs and Priv Hospitals procured Covid vaccine.

Central Release of Grants in aid for management and containment COVID - 19

| S. No.   | Name of the State /UTs             | Central Releases 2019- 20   |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 0.74                        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 37.11                       |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 8.91                        |
| 4        | Assam                              | 72.73                       |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 66.79                       |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 1.04                        |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 25.97                       |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli               | 0.52                        |
| 9        | Daman & Diu                        | 0.45                        |
| 10       | Delhi                              | 22.26                       |
| 11       | Goa                                | 1.48                        |
| 12       | Gujarat                            | 29.69                       |
| 13       | Haryana                            | 37.11                       |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 18.55                       |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir (including Ladakh) | 29.69                       |
| 16       | Jharkhand                          | 25.97                       |
| 17       | Karnataka                          | 59.37                       |
| 18       | Kerala                             | 74.21                       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                        | 0.22                        |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 55.66                       |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        | 74.21                       |
| 22       | Manipur                            | 5.94                        |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          | 5.94                        |
| 24       | Mizoram                            | 3.71                        |
| 25       | Nagaland                           | 3.71                        |
| 26       | Orissa                             | 37.11                       |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 0.74                        |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 40.82                       |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 85.35                       |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 2.98                        |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         | 48.24                       |
| 32       | Telangana                          | 33.40                       |
| 33       | Tripura                            | 7.42                        |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 132.09                      |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        | 18.55                       |
| 36       | West Bengal                        | 44.53                       |
|          | Grand Total                        | 1,113.21                    |

## Note:

1. For the FY 2020 - 21, the UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu have been combined.

## Central Release of Grants in aid under the India COVID - 19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package during the FY 2020- 21

| S. No.   | Name of the State /UTs             | Central Releases   |
|----------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands          | 14.80              |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 422.67             |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 21.96              |
| 4        | Assam                              | 216.69             |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 193.94             |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 35.92              |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       | 109.21             |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu | 4.67               |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 787.91             |
| 10       | Goa                                | 17.65              |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 304.16             |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 187.71             |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 54.48              |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                    | 194.58             |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          | 70.84              |
| 16       | Karnataka                          | 409.63             |
| 17       | Kerala                             | 573.96             |
| 18       | Ladakh                             | 44.77              |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                        | 0.79               |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 286.57             |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        | 1,185.12           |
| 22       | Manipur                            | 19.92              |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          | 14.82              |
| 24       | Mizoram                            | 8.86               |
| 25       | Nagaland                           | 10.27              |
| 26       | Orissa                             | 146.44             |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 23.35              |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 165.28             |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 426.39             |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 7.16               |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         | 868.09             |
| 32       | Telangana                          | 386.37             |
| 33       | Tripura                            | 23.21              |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      | 541.56             |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        | 72.25              |
| 36       | West Bengal                        | 295.28             |
|          | Total                              | 8,147.28           |
|          | Health Insurance                   | 110.6              |
|          | Grand Total                        | 8,257.88           |