Uttar Pradesh, M.P. and Rajasthan get maximum grants in last three years
April 30, 2021
The Centre has released ₹79,403.73 crore to the States under mission
In the last three years (2017-18 to 2019-20), the Central government has released ₹79,403.73 crore to the States under National Health Mission (NHM) and Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are the top three States to get maximum grants followed by Maharashtra and Assam.
These top five States received 41 per cent of the total NHM grant during the period. However, Uttar Pradesh got the highest allocation of ₹12,603.21 crore, which is 16 per cent of the total allocation to all the States.
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