Lok Sabha Question No. 3532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-13
Subject: Health Budget and Expenditure
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Adv. Chandra Shekhar

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3532 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2026

## HEALTH BUDGET AND EXPENDITURE

## †3532. ADV. CHANDRA SHEKHAR:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the provisions regarding health budget and actual expenditure during the last ten years and its proportion as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP);
- (b) the details of the targets and achievements of National Health Schemes, particularly in rural and underprivileged areas of the country, year-wise;
- (c) the total number of Government hospitals and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) along with the status of total sanctioned and vacant posts of doctors and nurses in the country, State-wise;
- (d) the budgetary allocation and actual expenditure for strengthening health infrastructure in the country; and
- (e) the targets set for increasing the number of Government hospitals, health centres and Government Medical Colleges during the last ten years and the extent to which the said targets have been achieved?

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

- (a) Details of the provisions regarding health budget and actual expenditure during the last ten years and its proportion as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are as under:

## Department of Health and Family Welfare

(Rs. in crore in net)

| Year    |      BE |   Actuals |   Total GDPof India |   %BEof GDP |   %Exp. Of GDP |
|---------|---------|-----------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
| 1       |     2   |       3   |         4           |        5    |           6    |
| 2014-15 | 35163   |   30626.4 |         1.2468e+07  |        0.28 |           0.25 |
| 2015-16 | 31050   |   33121.4 |         1.37719e+07 |        0.23 |           0.24 |
| 2016-17 | 37061.6 |   37671.3 |         1.53917e+07 |        0.24 |           0.24 |

(Rs. in crore in net)

| Year     |       BE | Actuals   | Total GDPof India   | %BEof GDP   | %Exp. Of GDP   |
|----------|----------|-----------|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
| 2017-18  |  47352.5 | 51381.89  | 17090042.36         | 0.28        | 0.30           |
| 2018-19  |  52800   | 52953.94  | 18899668.44         | 0.28        | 0.28           |
| 2019-20  |  62659.1 | 62397.08  | 20103592.86         | 0.31        | 0.31           |
| 2020-21  |  65011.8 | 77569.33  | 19854096.01         | 0.33        | 0.39           |
| 2021-22  |  71268.8 | 81779.85  | 23597398.53         | 0.30        | 0.35           |
| 2022-23  |  83000   | 73308.30  | 26890472.57 ^       | 0.31        | 0.27           |
| 2023-24  |  86175   | 80292.01  | 30122955.90 #       | 0.29        | 0.27           |
| 2024-25  |  87656.9 | 87300.17  | 33068145.37 @       | 0.27        | 0.26           |
| 2025-26* |  95957.9 | 80518.79  |                     |             |                |
| 2026-27  | 101709   |           |                     |             |                |

Source: GDP is a mandate of Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) and the data related to GDP is available over public domain i.e. https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in/macroindicators?product=nas

- (b) Under National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support are provided to States/UTs to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare, especially to the poor and vulnerable sections of the population in both urban and rural areas. Targets set and progress achieved under National Health Policy 2017 as of December 2025, is attached at Annexure.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare also administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States, and 60:40 for others.

- (c) Health Dynamics of India (HDI) (Infrastructure & Human Resources) is an annual publication, based on healthcare administrative data reported by States/UTs. Details of total number of Government hospitals and Primary Health Centres (PHCs) along with the status of total sanctioned and vacant posts of doctors and nurses in the country, State/UT-wise, may be seen at the following link of HDI 2022-23:

https://mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Health%20Dynamics%20of%20India%20%28Infrastr ucture%20%26%20Human%20Resources%29%202022-23\_RE%20%281%29.pdf

As regards Central Government hospitals i.e. Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital (VMMC & SJH), Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (ABVIMS & Dr. RMLH), Lady Harding Medical College & Associated Hospitals (LHMC & Associated Hospitals) and Rural Health Training Centre (RHTC) are concerned, details of vacant posts of doctors and nurses are as under:

| Sl. No.   | Name of                      | Doctors   | Doctors   | Doctors   | Nursing Personnel   | Nursing Personnel   | Nursing Personnel   |
|-----------|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|           | Hospital                     | S         | F         | V         | S                   | F                   | V                   |
| 1.        | VMMC & SJH                   | 632       | 513       | 119       | 2759                | 2342                | 417                 |
| 2.        | ABVIMS & Dr. RMLH            | 453       | 351       | 102       | 1o559               | 1459                | 100                 |
| 3.        | LHMC & Associated Hospitals  | 386       | 298       | 88        | 1181                | 959                 | 222                 |
| 4.        | Rural Health Training Centre | 46        | 30        | 16        | 41                  | 05                  | 36                  |

- (d) The Department of Health and Family Welfare is implementing various Capital-intensive schemes for Strengthening Health Infrastructure in the country, details of which are as under:

(In ₹ Crores)

|   Sl. N o. | Name of the Scheme/Institution s                                                                                |   BE 2023- 24 |   Actual 31.03.202 4 |   BE 2024- 25 |   Actual 31.03.20 25 |   BE 2025- 26 |   Actual 10.03.2026 |
|------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|        1   | Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana                                                                         |       3365    |              1390.03 |       2200    |              1680.52 |       2200    |             1351.76 |
|        2   | Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PMABHIM) (CS)                                     |        645.86 |               169.55 |        556.57 |               279.2  |        558.45 |              382.92 |
|        3   | Flexible Pool for RCH &Health System Strengthening, National Health Programme and National Urban Health Mission |      22094.6  |             24851.2  |      28783    |             31685.1  |      30009.9  |            25064.5  |
|        4   | Human Resources for Health and Medical Education                                                                |       6500    |              1178.78 |       1274.79 |               442    |       1675    |             1010.71 |
|        4.1 | Establishment of New Medical Colleges and Increase of Seats in existing Government                              |       6500    |               928.78 |       1054.79 |               294.17 |       1475    |              978.77 |

(In ₹ Crores)

| Sl. N o.   | Name of the Scheme/Institution s                                                                                    | BE 2023- 24   | Actual 31.03.202 4   | BE 2024- 25   | Actual 31.03.20 25   | BE 2025- 26   | Actual 10.03.2026   |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|            | Medical Colleges - Support from Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Nidhi                                              |               |                      |               |                      |               |                     |
| 4.2        | Augmenting Nursing Education - Establishment of New Colleges of Nursing (Con) in co -location with Medical Colleges | 0.00          | 250.00               | 220.00        | 147.83               | 200.00        | 31.94               |
| 5          | Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PMABHIM) (CSS)                                        | 4200.00       | 1805.77              | 3200.00       | 2086.34              | 4200.00       | 1862.79             |
|            | Total                                                                                                               | 36805.43      | 29395.34             | 36014.36      | 36173.12             | 38643.37      | 29672.68            |

(e) Under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administered centrally sponsored scheme 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' all the envisaged 157 medical colleges have been approved, out of which 137 medical colleges have become functional. Further, the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims to correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country. Till date, establishment of 22 new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have been approved under the scheme out of which 18 AIIMS are functional with teaching learning & research, IPD/OPD facilities emergency & trauma, diagnostic facilities, various Specialty and Super- Specialty Departments, AMRIT pharmacy, Jan Aushadhi Kendra etc. The remaining 4 AllMS are at various stages of construction /operationalization. Further, the Health Dynamics of India (HDI) (Infrastructure & Human Resources) Report as mentioned at para (c) above provides complete information of Health Centres in the country.

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Annexure Target set and achieved under National Health Policy 2017

| Target set in NHP 2017                                                                                                                                     | Status                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Increase Life Expectancy at birth from 67.5 to 70 by 2025                                                                                                  | Expectation of life at birth for India has been estimated at 70.3 years for the period 2019-23 (Sample Registration System (SRS) based abridged life tables 2019-23).                                                                                               |
| Reduction of TFR to 2.1 at national and sub-national level by 2025.                                                                                        | 2.0 [National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 5)]                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| Reduce Under Five Mortality to 23 by 2025 and MMR from current levels to 100 by 2020                                                                       | Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR)- 29 per thousand (SRS 2023) Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)- 88 per 1 lakh live birth (SRS 2021-23)                                                                                                                                 |
| Reduce infant mortality rate to 28 by 2019.                                                                                                                | 25 per thousand (SRS 2023)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Reduce neo-natal mortality to 16 and still birth rate to 'single digit' by 2025.                                                                           | 19 per thousand (SRS 2023)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Achieve and maintain elimination status of Leprosy by 2018, Kala-Azar by 2017 and Lymphatic Filariasis in endemic pockets by 2017.                         | Kala-Azar- Elimination target achieved in all 633 endemic blocks by end of 2023. Leprosy-India has achieved and sustained the status of elimination for leprosy at national level i.e. prevalence rate (PR) less than 1 per 10,000 population in 2005 to till date. |
| To achieve and maintain a cure rate of >85% in new sputum positive patients for TB and reduce incidence of new cases, to reach elimination status by 2025. | TB incidence rate declined by 21% (from 237/lakh in 2015 to 187/lakh in 2024). TB treatment coverage in India increased by 39% in last nine years from 53% in 2015 to 92% in 2024.                                                                                  |
| To reduce the prevalence of blindness to 0.25/ 1000 by 2025 and disease burden by one third from current levels.                                           | Prevalence of blindness is decreased from 1% (2010) to 0.36% (2019).                                                                                                                                                                                                |

| Antenatal care coverage to be sustained above 90% and skilled attendance at birth above 90% by 2025.       | Antenatal care coverage: 95.4% [Health Management Information System (HMIS)] Skilled Birth: 98.8% (HMIS)                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| More than 90% of the newborn are fully immunized by one year of age by 2025.                               | 98% (FY 2024-25)                                                                                                                         |
| Meet need of family planning above 90% at national and sub national level by 2025.                         | > 90% (FY 2024-25)                                                                                                                       |
| Relative reduction in prevalence of current tobacco uses by 15% by 2020 and 30% by 2025.                   | 28.6% [Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS-2) 2016-17]                                                                                     |
| Reduction of 40% in prevalence of stunting of under-five children by 2025.                                 | 35.5% (NFHS-5)                                                                                                                           |
| Increase health expenditure by Government as a percentage of GDP from the existing 1.15% to 2.5 % by 2025. | Government Health Expenditure (GHE) as share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in FY 2021-22 was 1.84%. (National Health Accounts 2021-22) |