New Delhi, March 12 -- Expenditure on health Out-of-Pocket Expenditure as a share of Total Health Expenditure declined from 62.6 per cent in 2014-15 to 39.4 per cent in 2021-22, while Government Health Expenditure increased from 29 per cent to 48 per cent, Union Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel told the Rajya Sabha.

The health ministry has urged states to increase health budgets by at least 10 per cent annually. The Department of Health & Family Welfare budget rose by 102.64 per cent, from Rs 47,353 crore in 2017-18 to Rs 95,957.87 crore in 2025-26. Additionally, the 15th Finance Commission allocated Rs 70,051 crore (2020-26) for health through local governments, Patel said.

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