New Delhi: The Centre has released Rs 8,453.92 crore as a health sector grant for rural and urban local bodies of 19 states to “strengthen health systems and plug critical gaps in the health care system” at the primary health care level, the Union ministry of finance said on Saturday.
The finance ministry said in a release that the grant was released by the department of expenditure as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.
The 19 states are Andhra Pradesh ( ₹488.1527 cr), Arunachal Pradesh ( ₹46.944 cr), Assam ( ₹272.2509 cr), Bihar ( ₹1116.3054 cr), Chhattisgarh ( ₹338.7944 cr), Himachal Pradesh ( ₹98.0099 cr), Jharkhand ( ₹444.3983 cr), Karnataka ( ₹551.53), Madhya Pradesh ( ₹922.7992), Maharashtra ( ₹778.0069 cr), Manipur ( ₹42.8771), Mizoram ( ₹31.19 cr), Odisha ( ₹461.7673 cr), Punjab ( ₹399.6558 cr), Rajasthan ( ₹656.171 cr), Sikkim ( ₹20.978 cr), Tamil Nadu ( ₹805.928 cr), Uttarakhand ( ₹150.0965 cr) and West Bengal ( ₹828.0694 cr).