Mission 2019: Centre allocates medical care purse of Rs 100 bn to UP

In run up to the crucial 2019 general election, the Narendra Modi government has allocated medical and health care purse of Rs 100 billion to Uttar Pradesh, which accounts for the maximum 80 Lok Sabha seats.

The state, which has been a laggard in health parameters over the past decades, had sought liberal allocation for 2018-19 under the Centre’s flagship National Health Mission (NHM) programme.

However, since the ‘resource envelope’ of UP is to the tune of Rs 80 billion, the government would be allowed to incur only up to that amount during the current financial year, health minister Sidharth