Table 10: Expenditure on Hospitals and Dispensaries

Year	1950-51	1955-56	1960-61	1965-66	1970-71	1975-76	1980-81	1985-86	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95
											RE	BE
											RE	BE
A: Amount in Rupees Million
Major States
Union Govrnments	6.98	14.40	82.45	62.68	126.42	127.82	207.75	473.52	528.09	816.70	825.60	$
Andhra Pradesh	—	19.40	42.44	70.94	122.53	200.00	410.81	775.93	1190.75	1352.35	1613.89	1578.98
Assam	2.46	3.64	10.53	19.80	25.51	66.20	135.64	292.63	319.00	334.69	225.66	174.09
Bihar	4.53	5.81	19.78	29.57	49.27	131.81	282.28	595.38	*	581.21	600.66	712.93
Gujarat	—	—	15.50	25.67	48.50	126.68	232.78	486.48	762.02	873.27	889.97	950.79
Haryana	—	—	—	—	21.80	53.05	64.26	129.07	192.75	215.51	243.91	251.02
Jammu and Kashmir	—	—	6.21	9.06	20.23	43.39	113.38	221.27	*	*	*	*
Karnataka	0.29	8.56	20.82	25.63	49.22	160.46	260.51	604.81	718.11	753.96	1031.39	1163.47
Kerala	—	10.68	24.73	45.00	87.47	192.25	309.73	581.52	870.83	970.40	1405.81	1584.44
Madhya Pradesh	3.15	13.96	25.02	37.81	58.49	139.36	307.13	565.74	782.80	963.79	1013.56	1159.77
Maharashtra	18.48	28.28	34.92	60.51	111.45	189.93	354.76	673.52	1331.38	1638.40	1930.50	1779.54
Orissa	2.91	4.45	11.15	16.22	34.15	100.00	186.86	313.77	396.82	421.97	489.87	533.75
Punjab	4.06	7.06	18.86	29.10	35.04	91.90	200.85	428.33	420.58	699.87	676.54	706.89
Rajasthan	—	13.29	26.26	42.40	81.49	135.69	241.09	499.64	785.13	915.70	1016.93	1143.53
Tamil Nadu	27.30	26.74	45.06	68.98	120.34	314.57	551.17	1083.34	1380.91	1755.78	2423.94	2603.82
Uttar Pradesh	15.73	22.59	26.06	62.55	104.34	228.61	440.12	957.81	1790.98	2220.63	2434.57	2587.51
West Bengal	10.27	13.71	18.13	27.49	97.82	309.89	529.42	899.90	1474.16	1665.75	1824.42	2006.94
Other States
Arunachal Pradesh	—	—	—	—	—	12.57	28.48	51.96	121.10	160.32	154.23	167.98
Goa, Daman and Diu	—	—	—	2.29	4.88	24.67	37.26	81.09	136.93	163.96	183.73	191.63
Mizoram	—	—	—	—	—	13.34	22.39	56.91	36.31	37.49	42.13	46.03
Pondichery	—	—	—	4.19	7.50	18.71	23.14	59.85	120.43	124.76	140.38	139.94
Himachal Pradesh	—	1.30	—	7.50	24.45	31.57	72.55	131.45	182.97	220.41	109.90	332.02
Manipur	—	—	—	2.33	6.71	7.62	21.96	48.64	45.21	*	*	*
Meghalaya	—	—	—	—	2.12	9.23	36.11	63.56	80.90	101.04	125.03	124.39
Nagaland	—	—	—	—	—	21.32	39.31	95.47	87.49	*	140.40	115.03
Sikkim	—	—	—	—	—	1.20	6.29	17.51	50.76	60.48	62.81	67.45
Tripura	—	—	—	5.05	9.83	16.40	31.49	81.27	120.39	112.90	118.48	133.60
All India	96.15	193.87	427.92	654.07	1249.59	2768.22	5147.53	10270.37	13926.80	17161.34	19724.31	20255.54
B: As Percentage of Total Health Expenditure
Major States
Union Government	34.95	20.47	30.79	41.27	44.46	24.15	20.32	18.49	13.76	14.61	11.90	$
Andhra Pradesh	—	97.48	56.16	56.76	47.24	50.25	46.88	42.23	31.73	32.03	34.72	31.31
Assam	39.11	23.81	34.62	33.81	34.05	51.89	58.31	45.22	28.39	24.53	15.75	9.24
Bihar	27.50	10.26	30.30	33.49	30.31	52.71	51.88	48.17	*	15.07	13.14	12.79
Gujarat	—	—	48.62	30.41	22.68	37.07	36.26	32.85	26.86	29.34	26.62	26.46
Haryana	—	—	—	—	28.84	41.50	26.98	21.59	20.24	19.88	19.18	17.98
Jammu and Kashmir	—	—	59.71	45.19	43.70	60.46	57.63	52.65	*	*	*	*
Karnataka	63.04	52.81	44.91	35.90	30.85	42.47	43.17	43.65	24.32	20.93	24.34	22.91
Kerala	—	64.07	55.59	52.83	58.27	56.92	54.25	51.28	39.11	42.17	44.61	42.14
Madhya Pradesh	44.94	67.59	44.98	34.71	29.68	44.97	44.65	37.69	28.51	28.58	24.34	25.16
Maharashtra	41.44	42.02	38.51	38.44	28.92	29.80	28.33	24.99	25.25	26.61	28.07	26.15
Orissa	41.75	39.35	43.05	23.42	31.74	50.77	45.72	42.46	25.34	24.60	21.85	24.17
Punjab	51.85	33.05	44.79	35.03	35.64	46.97	51.88	50.86	23.21	35.36	30.72	30.56
Rajasthan	0	47.19	58.38	45.69	38.40	45.82	42.37	40.78	28.09	27.59	27.37	25.09
Tamil Nadu	65.17	61.06	54.21	49.46	43.21	61.49	62.47	57.46	36.44	35.87	43.42	43.52
Uttar Pradesh	52.40	53.38	35.21	40.05	37.12	41.70	39.43	25.80	28.69	30.09	32.33	32.33
West Bengal	27.63	26.35	20.56	18.63	36.65	52.08	48.30	44.65	37.86	38.93	36.25	37.18
Other States
Arunachal Pradesh	—	—	—	—	—	68.28	67.70	62.67	71.63	74.00	68.85	60.41
Goa, Daman and Diu	—	—	—	20.39	25.01	66.46	69.54	68.22	49.54	53.23	53.35	54.62
Mizoram	—	—	—	—	—	71.53	59.08	63.73	21.72	19.64	19.54	23.17
Pondichery	—	—	—	77.59	68.49	77.93	66.08	71.58	66.22	57.85	55.07	53.30
Himachal Pradesh	—	37.57	—	56.78	61.31	48.82	46.92	40.52	25.87	24.89	10.14	26.04
Manipur	—	—	—	55.08	61.62	37.87	40.95	50.72	20.88	*	*	*
Meghalaya	—	—	—	—	19.91	49.33	54.25	50.88	34.79	36.62	34.63	33.86
Nagaland	—	—	—	—	—	74.21	70.30	60.15	42.93	*	38.30	37.01
Sikkim	—	—	—	—	—	26.32	49.18	46.73	53.03	49.45	51.48	46.26
Tripura	—	—	—	68.43	71.28	70.84	71.26	66.45	43.76	41.92	36.39	36.28
All India	43.99	38.03	39.74	38.80	37.29	45.29	43.30	37.82	26.78	27.66	27.46	25.75
C: Expenditure on Hospitals and Dispensaries Per Capita in Rupees
Major States
Andhra Pradesh	—	0.26	1.18	1.79	2.82	4.12	7.67	12.95	17.48	19.38	22.58	21.57
Assam	0.30	0.38	0.95	1.54	1.74	3.84	6.82	13.87	14.06	14.56	9.70	7.39
Bihar	0.12	0.14	0.43	0.58	0.87	2.09	4.04	7.62	*	6.42	6.49	7.52
Gujarat	—	—	0.75	1.08	1.82	4.17	6.83	12.93	18.06	20.27	20.23	21.17
Haryana	—	—	—	—	2.17	4.62	4.97	8.83	11.41	12.42	13.68	13.70
Jammu and Kashmir	—	—	1.74	2.22	4.38	8.19	18.93	32.30	*	*	*	*
Karnataka	0.01	0.40	0.88	0.97	1.68	4.83	7.01	14.76	15.63	16.08	21.54	23.79
Kerala	—	0.70	1.46	2.35	4.10	8.22	12.17	21.36	29.50	32.41	46.29	51.44
Madhya Pradesh	0.12	0.42	0.77	1.02	1.40	2.97	5.89	9.56	11.52	13.81	14.15	15.77
Maharashtra	—	—	0.88	1.35	2.21	3.36	5.65	9.52	16.44	19.73	22.66	20.37
Orissa	0.20	0.28	0.64	0.82	1.56	4.14	7.09	10.84	12.29	12.81	14.58	15.57
Punjab	0.44	0.70	1.69	2.36	2.59	6.06	11.96	23.17	20.32	33.12	31.36	32.10
Rajasthan	—	0.74	1.30	1.85	3.16	4.52	7.04	12.79	17.35	19.67	21.24	23.23
Tamil Nadu	—	—	1.34	1.84	2.92	7.02	11.39	20.83	24.35	30.49	41.45	43.85
Uttar Pradesh	0.25	0.33	0.35	0.77	1.18	2.30	3.97	7.67	12.55	15.18	16.23	16.82
West Bengal	0.39	0.45	0.52	0.69	2.21	6.27	9.70	14.69	21.13	23.30	24.90	26.73
Other States
Arunachal Pradesh	—	—	—	—	—	22.85	45.21	69.28	136.07	174.26	162.35	171.41
Goa, Daman and Diu	—	—	—	3.09	5.67	25.43	34.18	68.72	115.07	135.50	149.37	153.30
Mizoram	—	—	—	—	—	32.54	45.69	96.46	50.43	49.99	54.01	56.83
Pondichery	—	—	—	9.98	15.96	34.65	38.57	85.50	145.10	145.07	157.73	152.11
Himachal Pradesh	—	0.50	—	2.39	7.07	8.16	16.95	27.97	34.65	40.89	19.98	59.18
Manipur	—	—	—	2.51	6.27	6.10	15.46	30.02	23.92	*	*	*
Meghalaya	—	—	—	—	2.10	7.89	26.95	41.01	44.21	53.46	64.12	61.89
Nagaland	—	—	—	—	—	32.80	51.05	95.47	68.35	*	98.18	76.18
Sikkim						4.62	19.66	48.64	120.86	140.65	142.75	149.89
Tripura	—	—	—	3.74	6.30	9.11	15.36	18.47	42.24	38.27	38.85	42.41
All India	0.27	0.48	0.97	1.32	2.28	4.49	7.51	13.43	16.10	19.41	21.82	21.91

— = Not Applicable; * = Not Available.
Notes: RE = Revised Estimate; BE = Budget Estimate 1994-95 (BE) Union Government/Central Government breakup not available.
Source: Upto 1985-86 is Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts Comptroller and Auditor General of India GOI, resp years; Other years - Demand for Grants, respective states.

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