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2.5 per cent of GDP for health sector [1]

A meeting at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday decided to increase the total expenditure on health to 2.5 per cent of the GDP from the current 1.4 per cent by the end of the coming 12th Plan period.

Chaired by Pulok Chatterji, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, the meeting decided to request the Planning Commission to allocate adequate resources to achieve the target and motivate and incentivise the States

Publication Date: 
02/03/2012
P. Sunderarajan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Planning Commission [4], Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare [5], National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) [6], Health [7]
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-rural-health-mission-nrhm
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health