Lok Sabha Question No. 969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-05
Subject: Central Funds Released under NHM
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Sharmila Sarkar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 969 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05 TH DECEMBER, 2025

## CENTRALFUNDS RELEASED UNDER NHM

## 969. DR. SHARMILA SARKAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds allocated/released and utilised by the Union Government to the States across the country in the health sector during the last five years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (b) the manner in which such funds are allocated to each States and Union Territories in the country along with the criteria fixed for distribution of these health funds;
- (c) the amount of funds owed/yet to be released to the State of West Bengal under the National Health Mission (NHM) and the amount of funds released so far, year-wise details; and
- (d) the timeline fixed for the release of the remaining funds?

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

- (a) to (d): With the objective of attainment of universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care services, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) is implementing National Health Mission (NHM). Government provides technical and financial support to the States/UTs for improvement in health infrastructure, availability of adequate human resources to health facilities, to improve availability and accessibility to quality health care especially for the underserved and marginalized groups. The details of State/UT-wise Central Release and Expenditure including West Bengal under the National Health Mission (NHM) from F.Y. 2020-21 to F.Y. 2024-25 is at AnnexureI.

Further, Public Health, is a State subject hence the primary responsibility of providing basic health services to all citizens of the country lies with the respective States/UTs Government. The proposals from State/UT Governments are received in the form of Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs)

under NHM and Government of India provides approval for the proposals in the form of Record of Proceedings (RoPs) as per norms & available resources.

Under NHM, annual resource envelope of a State is decided based on its population and a weightage factor which depends on area of the State, health lag and socio-economic factors of the State.

As per Department of Expenditure (DoE), Ministry of Finance D.O. No. 32/PSO/FS/2015 dated 28 th October, 2015 the funding will be shared 60:40 between the Centre and the State (90:10 for the 8 North Eastern and 3 Himalayan States) and 100:0 for UTs without legislature.

Release of funds under NHM is subject to compliance by States/UTs of the guidelines prescribed in this regard by Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.

Annexure-I State/UT-wise Central Release & Expenditure under National Health Mission for the FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25 Rs. In Crore

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | 2020-21         | 2020-21     | 2021-22         | 2021-22     | 2022-23         | 2022-23         | 2023-24         | 2023-24          | 2024-25         | 2024-25      |
|----------|------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|--------------|
| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT               | Central Release | Expenditure | Central Release | Expenditure | Central Release | Expenditu re    | Central Release | Expendit ure     | Central Release | Expenditu re |
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        | 36.91           | 42.68       | 43.68           | 31.20       | 45.26           | 42.28           | 37.84           | 40.71            | 49.99           | 44.41        |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     | 1,097.81        | 2,385.48    | 1,199.37        | 2,448.67    | 1,489.45        | 1,914.34        | 1,096.01        | 2,833.44         | 1,319.61        | 2,439.82     |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 243.04          | 209.06      | 188.53          | 248.51      | 233.82          | 424.78          | 404.55          | 399.44           | 388.86          | 472.93       |
| 4        | Assam                              | 1,807.48        | 1,846.86    | 1,955.93        | 2,194.36    | 1,981.83        | 2,307.00        | 2,257.06        | 2,626.87         | 2,076.25        | 2,607.54     |
| 5        | Bihar                              | 1,814.63        | 2,415.34    | 1,748.76        | 1,905.35    | 1,586.57        | 3,717.81        | 2,032.95        | 4,010.97         | 2,367.18        | 4,466.31     |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         | 22.21           | 19.52       | 17.47           | 26.86       | 38.09           | 26.98           | 30.58           | 31.85            | 43.43           | 37.29        |
| 7        | Chattisgarh                        | 979.41          | 1,521.30    | 969.61          | 1,833.45    | 1,195.08        | 2,152.45        | 875.80          | 1,743.79         | 969.11          | 1,784.09     |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 36.39           | 35.74       | 38.59           | 45.02       | 58.28           | 41.61           | 39.92           | 41.96            | 40.96           | 40.47        |
| 9        | Delhi                              | 125.73          | 210.83      | 127.37          | 237.79      | 35.15           | 298.11          | 150.54          | 338.41           | 240.39          | 365.44       |
| 10       | Goa                                | 34.81           | 67.43       | 26.01           | 60.56       | 55.42           | 84.64           | 48.97           | 84.53            | 55.06           | 95.17        |
| 11       | Gujarat                            | 1,005.66        | 1,894.46    | 1,094.48        | 1,835.81    | 1,120.06        | 2,292.35        | 1,506.96        | 4,040.00         | 1,324.86        | 3,198.15     |
| 12       | Haryana                            | 531.50          | 829.12      | 577.07          | 879.91      | 681.21          | 1,185.43        | 524.01          | 1,221.41         | 562.49          | 1,127.06     |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   | 441.94          | 425.58      | 555.09          | 525.09      | 494.65          | 567.83          | 470.36          | 629.76           | 523.70          | 654.52       |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                     | 667.46          | 657.53      | 459.10          | 779.61      | 651.52          | 917.02          | 805.22          | 956.95           | 1,040.76        | 1,110.30     |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          | 602.80          | 999.71      | 640.18          | 1,176.55    | 810.30          | 1,495.17        | 958.06          | 1,992.91         | 964.31          | 1,986.59     |
| 16       | Karnataka                          | 1,232.19        | 2,320.37    | 1,274.71        | 2,200.92    | 1,246.67        | 2,376.94        | 1,187.60        | 2,741.98         | 1,295.81        | 2,478.23     |
| 17       | Kerala                             | 788.22          | 1,457.75    | 771.47          | 1,230.96    | 1,036.76        | 1,592.96        | 189.15          | 1,246.25         | 1,351.78        | 1,422.88     |
| 18       | Ladakh                             | 91.89           | 38.56       | 44.79           | 62.81       | 94.95           | 109.67          | 120.44          | 119.67           | 135.98          | 150.50       |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                        | 7.11            | 6.99        | 8.41            | 7.26        | 9.97            | 9.29            | 3.79            | 7.10             | 9.68            | 10.00        |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     | 2,377.14        | 3,397.82    | 2,295.66        | 3,714.92    | 2,582.10        | 4,489.15        | 2,545.68        | 5,202.61         | 2,430.91        | 5,225.77     |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        | 1,833.59        | 3,503.62    | 1,769.67        | 4,227.31    | 2,187.13        | 4,501.75        | 2,729.30        | 5,001.70         | 2,417.95        | 4,364.86     |
| 22       | Manipur                            | 189.49          | 112.79      | 95.59           | 154.09      | 61.40           | 214.69          | 169.12          | 159.32           | 279.16          | 295.79       |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          | 202.63          | 213.36      | 282.46          | 227.08      | 261.56          | 319.08          | 261.39          | 305.83           | 297.95          | 393.01       |
| 24       | Mizoram                            | 143.73          | 131.36      | 93.82           | 153.16      | 111.82          | 135.33          | 134.42          | 179.84           | 159.96          | 174.67       |
| 25       | Nagaland                           | 188.21          | 159.72      | 126.66          | 192.16      | 91.38           | 161.93          | 184.84          | 196.69           | 204.47          | 243.60       |
| 26       | Odisha                             | 1,617.63        | 2,347.24    | 1,263.07        | 2,587.72    | 1,284.69        | 3,402.50        | 1,901.77        | 3,356.68         | 1,916.79        | 3,585.01     |
| 27       | Puducherry                         | 25.55           | 47.32       | 21.33           | 46.36       | 20.73           | 48.51           | 30.80           | 45.74            | 26.27           | 49.27        |
| 28       | Punjab                             | 568.14          | 908.98      | 349.21          | 918.96      | 448.89          | 1,054.39        | 91.49           | 1,428.94         | 878.21          | 1,027.72     |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          | 2,000.58        | 2,943.21    | 1,924.95        | 3,230.01    | 1,460.80        | 3,726.21        | 2,785.46        | 4,350.63         | 2,398.62        | 4,772.33     |
| 30       | Sikkim                             | 70.13           | 52.06       | 51.86           | 46.06       | 73.30           | 88.69           | 68.17           | 75.77            | 81.67           | 89.59        |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         | 1,522.71        | 2,172.33    | 1,631.91        | 3,039.39    | 1,652.24        | 3,191.84        | 1,996.06        | 3,104.16         | 1,742.67        | 3,461.74     |
| 32       | Telangana                          | 671.88          | 1,354.93    | 725.67          | 1,556.65    | 683.77          | 2,062.93        | 564.93          | 1,288.75         | 1,110.43        | 1,872.42     |
| 33       |                                    | 225.91          | 7,080.45    | 217.95          | 6,210.20    | 231.90          |                 |                 |                  |                 | 279.35       |
| 34       | Tripura Uttar Pradesh              | 3,772.95        | 249.74      | 3,235.46        | 237.24      | 5,133.59        | 287.20 8,828.29 | 264.31 4,928.14 | 309.62 10,572.60 | 268.67 5,853.43 | 10,377.16    |

|        |                      | 2020-21         | 2020-21     | 2021-22         | 2021-22     | 2022-23         | 2022-23      | 2023-24         | 2023-24      | 2024-25         | 2024-25      |
|--------|----------------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
| S. No. | Name of the State/UT | Central Release | Expenditure | Central Release | Expenditure | Central Release | Expenditu re | Central Release | Expendit ure | Central Release | Expenditu re |
| 35     | Uttarakhand          | 583.25          | 503.53      | 553.47          | 606.07      | 505.01          | 647.13       | 711.33          | 709.79       | 604.05          | 760.15       |
| 36     | West Bengal          | 1,895.01        | 2,598.62    | 1,654.26        | 2,229.46    | 1,252.32        | 3,509.86     | 890.42          | 3,641.98     | 688.44          | 3,583.07     |

Note:

- 1) The above releases relate to Central Govt. Grants & do not include State share contribution.
- 2) Expenditure includes expenditure against Central Release, State release & unspent balances at the beginning of the year. Expenditure is as per FMRs submitted by States/UTs and is provisional.

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