National Health Profile 2018

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National Health Profile 2018

Explanatory Notes on Health Data

Budget Estimates (BE):

The ‘Budget Estimate’ for any ministry or scheme is the amount allocated to it in the

budget papers for the following year. For instance, in the budget speech in February 2018, the Finance Minister

presented budget estimates for expenditures under various heads for the 2018-19 financial year which runs from

April 2018 to March 2019.

Revised Estimates (RE):

Once the financial year gets underway, some ministries may need more funds than

was actually allocated to them under the budget estimates. The government approaches parliament with such

supplementary requests for funds during the course of the financial year (in the monsoon or winter session).

These supplementary demands are reflected in the revised estimates for the current year (2016-17). Thus, along

with budget estimates for 2017-18, the Finance Minister presents the revised estimates for 2016-17.

Actuals:

Actual expenditures are the final amounts spent under different heads and may exceed (or fall short of)

the Revised Estimates. Since the actual expenditure can only be assessed once the financial year is over and final

accounts have been prepared, the Actual expenditures presented in the budget papers are for the earlier financial

year i.e. for the year 2015-16.

PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ON HEALTH

The three main categories of public expenditure on health are Medical and Public Health, Family Welfare and

Others. These are explained below.

1.1 Medical & Public Health

Medical and Public Heath under the Department of Health deals with health care, including awareness campaigns,

immunization campaigns, preventive medicine, and public health. This includes the following 7 categories.

1.1.1. Urban Health Services- Allopathy which includes

Direction and Administration, Employees State

Insurance Scheme, Central Government Health Scheme, Medical Stores Depots, Departmental

Drug Manufacture, School Health Scheme, Hospital and Dispensaries, Other Health Schemes, Other

expenditure.

1.1.2. Rural Health Services- Allopathy which includes

Health Sub-centres, Subsidiary Health Centres,

Primary Health Centres, Community Health Centres, Hospitals and Dispensaries, Other Expenditure.

1.1.3. Urban and Rural Health Services- Other systems of medicinewhich includes

Ayurveda, Homeopathy,

Unani, Siddha, Other Systems

1.1.4. Medical Education Research and Training which includes

expenditure on medical research and

training institutions such as J.I.P.M.E.R, Lady Hardinge Medical College etc.

1.1.5. Public Health which includes

Direction and Administration, Training, Prevention and Control of

diseases, Prevention of food adulteration, Drug Control, Manufacture of Sera/Vaccine, Public Health

Laboratories, Public Health Education, Public Health Publicity, Other Systems, Other Expenditure.

1.1.6. General which includes

Health Statistics &Evaluation, International Co-operation, Other expenditure.

1.1.7. Deduct Recoveries which includes

receipts by way of recoveries which are to be adjusted against

overall expenditure.