Has health spending by the Centre increased?

The NHP also proposed that the Union government’s share should be 40% of total public spending. Low spending on public healthPublic spending on health in India continues to be abysmally low compared to many countries. Similarly, the share for health spending in overall State budgets has increased from 5% to 5.6% during this period. In contrast, the Union government’s spending on health as a percentage of GDP, which increased moderately during the pandemic, has decreased post-pandemic. Cutting schemesIn 2014-15, three-fourth (75.9%) of Union spending on health was transferred to the States for various Centrally Sponsored Schemes like the National Health Mission.