Lok Sabha Question No. 3191 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-09
Subject: Health Expenditure
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Balashowry Vallabhaneni

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3191 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH AUGUST, 2024

## HEALTH EXPENDITURE

## 3191. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI :

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether health expenditure in terms of percentage of total Budget came down from 2.5% in 2018-19 to 1.9% in 2023-24 even though it has gone up in terms of outlay from Rs. 66,000 crores in 2019-20 to Rs. 83,420 crores in 2023-24 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether expenditure is also falling in terms of percentage of GDP from 0.3% in 2018-19 to 0.28% in 2023-24 and if so, the reasons behind low spending in spite of collecting money as Health Cess from the Income Tax payers since 2018, year-wise; and
- (c) the details of Health cess collected since 2018-19 till 2023-24, year-wise and Revised Allocation made for health sector during the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24, year-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) and (b) : As per the National Health Policy, 2017, public investment in health is envisioned to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2025. The National Health Account has estimated Government Health Expenditure (GHE) as percentage of GDP as 1.28% for the year 2018-19, which, as per Economic Survey, has reached 1.9% for the year 2023-24 (BE). The Health Budget from 2019-20 to 2023-24 is given in the given table:

(Rs. In crore)

| Budget Estimates (BE)                 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Department of Health & Family Welfare |     62659 |     65012 |     71269 |     83000 |     86175 |
| Department of Health Research         |      1900 |      2100 |      2663 |      3201 |      2980 |
| Ministry of AYUSH                     |      1940 |      2122 |      2970 |      3050 |      3648 |
| Total                                 |     66499 |     69234 |     76902 |     89251 |     92803 |

Further, the 15 th Finance Commission has provided Rs. 70,051 crore Grants for health through the Local Government.

(c) : The details of Health & Education Cess collected from Income Tax and Revised Estimates of Health Budget since 2018-19 to 2023-24 is given below

| Health & Education Cess from Income Tax (Rs. in   |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 (RE) |
|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
| crore)                                            |     17793 |   18243.1 |   18026.4 |   25592.3 |   30791.6 |          38000 |

Source:Receipt Budget, India Budget

The Revised Estimates during the period from 2018-19 to 2023-24, year-wise

| Allocation (RE)                       |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|---------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Department of Health & Family Welfare |     54303 |     62659 |     78866 |     82921 |     76370 |     77625 |
| Department of Health Research         |      1743 |      1950 |      4062 |      3080 |      2775 |      2893 |
| Ministry of AYUSH                     |      1693 |      1857 |      2322 |      2664 |      2846 |      3000 |
| Total                                 |     57738 |     66466 |     85250 |     88665 |     81991 |     83518 |