Lok Sabha Question No. 879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-23
Subject: Funds for COVID Diagnosis/treatment
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA U NSTARRED QUESTION NO. 879 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 RD JULY, 2021

## FUNDS FOR COVID DIAG NOSIS/TREATMENT

## 879. SHRI SUNIL KUMA R MONDAL:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  been  successful  in providing  sufficient  financial  help  to  the patients  for  the diagnosis  of  COVID  related  symptoms  from  various disignated funds  during corona pandemic period;

- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT - wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the further steps taken by the Government in this regard to make funds such more convenient and easily accessible t o public?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR . BHARATI PRAVIN PAW AR )

(a)  to (c):    Health  is  a  state  subject.  Union  Health  Ministry  has  provided  required  te assistance  and  also  funding  support  to  States  for  supporting  the  management  of  COVID - 19 pandemic.

Ministry of Home Affairs in view of surge in COVID - 19 cases in the c ountry, vide Order No. 33 - 04/2020 - NDM -I; dated 15th April 2021, by way of special onetime dispensation allow the States/UTs to utilize up to 50% of their annual allocation of SDRF for containment me of COVID - 19 in conformity with approved items and norms for the FY 2021 - 2.

During  the  F.Y.  2019 - 20.  funds  to  the  tune  of  Rs.1113.21  crore  was  released  to  th 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 has been released to the States/UTs towards the India COVID - 19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package,  through  Agency - National  Health  Mission  (NHM).  Rs.8257.88  crore  includes  Rs. 110.60 crore towards insura nce of health workers. Details are given at Annexure - II .

In  addition,  'India  COVID - 19  Emergency  Response  &  Health  System  Preparedness Package:  Phase -II'  has  also  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 1st July 2021 to 31" March 2022. It includes support to State/UT level for ramping up Infrastructure  including  those  in  rural,  tribal  and  peri - urban  areas  closer  to  the  community, providingsupport  for  procurement  of  Drugs  and  Diagnostics  to  enhance  service  delivery district and sub district levels for management of COVID - 19 cases (including pediatric care) and for  maintaining  a  buffer  of  drugs,  support  for  IT  Interventions  such  as  implem entation  of Hospital Management  Information System and expanding Access to Tele - Consultations  in  all districts,  and  support  for  Capacity  Building  and  Training  for  all  aspects  of  managem COVID - 19.

## 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 | Ladakh                             | -                          |
|       21 | Madhya Pradesh                     | 55.66                      |
|       22 | Maharashtra                        | 74.21                      |
|       23 | Manipur                            | 5.94                       |
|       24 | Meghalaya                          | 5.94                       |
|       25 | Mizoram                            | 3.71                       |
|       26 | Nagaland                           | 3.71                       |
|       27 | Orissa                             | 37.11                      |
|       28 | Puducherry                         | 0.74                       |
|       29 | Punjab                             | 40.82                      |
|       30 | Rajasthan                          | 85.35                      |
|       31 | Sikkim                             | 2.98                       |
|       32 | Tamil Nadu                         | 48.24                      |
|       33 | Telangana                          | 33.40                      |
|       34 | Tripura                            | 7.42                       |
|       35 | Uttar Pradesh                      | 132.09                     |
|       36 | Uttarakhand                        | 18.55                      |
|       37 | West Bengal Grand Total            | 44.53 1,113.21             |

## Note:

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

Annexure -II 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 Grand Total    | 110.6 8,257.88     |