HEALTH--- increase by 22.5% 2008-09-- Rs 18467 cr 2009-10—Rs 22641.33 cr Government Schemes National Rural Health Mission The National Common Minimum Programme spells out the commitment of the Government to enhance Budgetary Outlays for Public Health and to improve the capacity of the health system to absorb the increased outlay so as to bring all round improvement in public health services. Any person in Rural Area can take the services of National Rural Health Mission. Current Allocation-- Rs 12 529 cr , Previous year allocation-- Rs 12070 cr. National AIDS Control Programme The government of India launched a National AIDS Control Programme in 1987. A comprehensive Five Year Strategic Plan was launched during the 8th Plan period with the assistance from World Bank to the tune of US $84 million and another US $1.5 million in the form of technical assistance from World Health Organisation. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana For BPL workers (as defined by the planning commission) and their family in the unorganized sector, the union government has launched a health insurance scheme named Rashtriya Swastya Bima Yojana. Current Allotment —Rs 350 cr, increase by 40% An estimated 6.5 crore families living BPL would be covered under RSBY which was launched last year. More than 46 lakh such families have been issued biometric smart card. National Family Welfare Programme. Family Planning Programme was started in the territory during the year 1965-66. It remained fully voluntary and the main effort was to provide services like sterilization, IUD insertion, distribution of contraceptives, MTP, immunization, antenatal, intranatal, postnatal services and prevention of nutritional anaemia. It was felt that health of women in the reproductive age group and children between the age group of 0-5 years is of crucial important for effective tackling of the population growth which led to the change in approach from Family Planning to Family Welfare. The prime objective of the programme is to stabilize the population at a level consistence with the needs of the National Development. Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna The objective of the scheme is correcting the imbalances in availability of affordable/reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country in general and to augment facilities for quality medical education in the under-served States. Hospitals with poor medical facilities are eligible to apply. Supplementary Nutrition Programme With a view to improving the health and nutritional status of children in the age group of 0 to 6 years, pregnant women and lactating mothers, the Supplementary Nutrition Programme has been included as one of the most important components of the ICDS programme. Under the scheme, Supplementary Nutrition is provided to needy children and to expectant or nursing mothers from low income families for a period of 300 days a year. The aim is to supplement the daily nutritional intake by 300 Calories and 8 to 10 gms of protein for children and 500 Calories and 20 to 25 gms of protein for expectant and nursing women. Severely malnourished children, in grade III and IV as per ICDS classification are provided with an additional dose of SNP. This intervention aims only at supplementing and not substituting the family food. Through this, an important contact point is established with the pregnant women and nursing mothers to educate them about the nutritional needs and care of pregnant women, care of the newborn and young children. Key messages are given to them relating to exclusive breast feeding up to 6 months of age, continued breast feeding up to 2 years of age, introducing timely complementary feeding at home for infants between 6 to 9 months of age with a full diet for young children by one year. Further, pregnant women and nursing mothers are provided counseling with regard to certain key services such as ante natal care, post natal care, iron supplementation and improved care during pregnancy, timely immunization and special care for children in the age group of 0 to 3 years for improved childcare and feeding practices. Needy children and to exGovernment Organspectant or nursing mothers from low income families are eligible for the scheme. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare