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Release of ₹8,453.92 crore to 19 States, as a health grant to rural and urban local bodies (ULBs)

·         In early Nov 2021, a probably game-changing and transformative development took place— the discharge the discharge,453.92 large integer to nineteen States, as a health grant to rural and town native bodies (ULBs), by the Department of Expenditure, the Ministry of Finance.

·         This allocation has been created as a part of the health grant of ₹70,051 large integer that is to be discharged over 5 years, from FY2021-22 to FY2025- twenty six, as counseled by the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

·         The grant is earmarked to plug recognize gaps within the primary health protection infrastructure in rural and no-rural settings.

·         It would be 2.3% of the overall health expenditure (both public and personal spending together) of ₹5,66,644 crore in india and 5.7% of the annual government health expenditure (Union and State combined) of nearly ₹2,31,104 large integer (both figures for 2017-18), the foremost recent twelvemonth period that national health accounts information ar accessible.