Jaipur: Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Y Naik today said there was no dearth of funds for states wanting to expand medical care facilities in this sector. AYUSH ministry had asked all states to submit their proposal, action plan, and funds requirement for AYUSH’s (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) expansion and medical care, Naik said at a function while inaugurating the state’s first Swasthya Kalayan Institute of Naturopathy and Yogic Science college here at Sitapura Industrial area.
New ministry of Ayush will try to provide for every need of the state on their proposals and grants requirement, Naik said, adding, the ministry has already raised the state’s fund allocation by 10 per cent from 32 to 42 per cent, Naik said. “A few states have submitted their plans to the ministry. Whatever budget they (states) want, it would be tried to provide them as there is no dearth of funds,” he said. In the union budget for the FY 2015-16, the health sector has been allotted Rs 33,152 crore, while AYUSH has a budgetary support of Rs 1214 crore.
