Status on Allocation of Funds to States for Battling COVID-19

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Ministry of health and family
Ministry of health and family

PIB News Update: Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Ashwini Kumar Choubey has informed that Public health and hospitals being a State subject, the primary responsibility of treatment of COVID-19 patients lies with the respective State governments. States/UTs are using their own resources for COVID-19 management including for treatment of the patients and the details are not maintained centrally.

Besides this, States/UTs are being provided required technical and financial assistance under National Health Mission (NHM) for managing the COVID-19.

Further, financial assistance to States/UTs has been given based on the number of cases and trends of COVID-19 Pandemic. Accordingly, all the States/ UTs are provided with necessary financial support under India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package. States /UTs were given flexibility to use the resources available under NHM to prepare the public healthcare system for COVID-19 management.

During FY 2020-21, funds of Rs 4230.78 crore have been released to the States/ UTs as on 03.09.2020 and the State wise amount allocated and released to each State/UT is given below:

Statement showing State-wise Central Allocation and Release under the COVID-19 Package (Phase-I and Phase-II)
(Rs. in Crore)  
Sl. No. State/UT Central Allocation (Phase-I) Central Allocation (Phase-II) Central Release (Phase-I) Central Release (Phase-II)  
             
A. High Focus States        
1 Bihar 80.2 66.23 80.2 33.11  
2 Chhattisgarh 29.65 24.49 29.65 12.24  
3 Jharkhand 26.86 22.18 26.86 11.09  
4 Madhya Pradesh 131.21 108.36 131.21 54.18  
5 Odisha 46.35 38.28 46.35 19.14  
6 Rajasthan 201.72 166.59 201.72 83.29  
7 Uttar Pradesh 236.4 195.23 236.4 97.61  
             
B. Hilly States          
8 Himachal Pradesh 24.08 19.89 24.08 19.89  
9 Uttarakhand 30.11 24.87 30.11 24.87  
             
C. Other States          
10 Andhra Pradesh 141.46 116.82 141.46 58.41  
11 Telangana 181.82 150.15 181.82 75.07  
12 Goa 4.23 3.49 4.23 1.75  
13 Gujarat 85.79 170 85.79 85  
14 Haryana 75.58 62.42 75.58 31.21  
15 Karnataka 128.92 106.47 128.92 53.23  
16 Kerala 219.38 181.17 219.38 90.59  
17 Maharashtra 393.82 450 393.82 0  
18 Punjab 71.87 59.35 71.87 59.36  
19 Tamil Nadu 312.64 400 312.64 199  
20 West Bengal 81.14 110 81.14 110  
  Total 2,503.23 2,475.99 2,503.23 1,119.04  
             
D. Union Territories without legislature      
21 Andaman and Nicobar Isl. 5.38 4.44 5.38 4.44  
22 Chandigarh 9.39 7.75 9.39 0  
23 Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu 0.97 0.8 0.97 0.8  
24 Lakshadweep 0.22 0.18 0.22 0  
  Total 15.96 13.17 15.96 5.24  
E. Union Territories with legislature      
25 Delhi 255.12 350.00 255.12 0  
26 Puducherry 3.06 4.00 3.06 0  
27 Jammu and Kashmir 78.37 64.72 78.37 64.72  
28 Ladakh (UT w/o legislature) 20 16.52 20 0  
  Total 356.55 435.24 356.55 64.72  
F. North-Eastern High Focus States        
29 Arunachal Pradesh 9.37 7.74 9.37 7.74  
30 Assam 84.29 69.61 84.29 34.81  
31 Manipur 6.37 5.26 6.37 5.26

 

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