Lucknow, February 11: The Uttar Pradesh government will accelerate schemes in the field of medical, health and family welfare. In the budget presented by the state government’s Finance Minister Suresh Khanna in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, a provision of approximately Rs 38 thousand crore has been made for medical, health and family welfare. Whereas, a provision of approximately Rs 15 thousand crore has been made for medical education.
In his budget speech in the House, the Finance Minister said that a provision of Rs 37 thousand 956 crore has been proposed for medical, health and family welfare. This is 15 percent more than the year 2025-2026. The Janani Shishu Suraksha Program is implemented in all the districts of the state. The main objective of this scheme is to provide guaranteed cashless delivery services to pregnant women coming for delivery.
He said that under the National Child Health Program, two medical teams have been deployed in each block, who are visiting Anganwadi centers and schools to conduct health checkups on children. Under the Pulse Polio Campaign, which has been running in all districts of the state since December 8, 2024, 328,44,929 children were administered polio drops.
Vaccination programs to prevent Japanese encephalitis are running smoothly in 42 sensitive districts of the state. The number of beneficiary families under the Ayushman Bharat-Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana is 49.22 lakh. A provision of ₹500 crore is proposed for the scheme.
District Mental Health Programs are being implemented in all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh under the National Mental Health Program. Reporting of 16 infectious diseases, six vaccine-preventable diseases, and COVID-19 is being regularly done on the Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal at the district level by both government and private sector medical units.
A provision of approximately ₹8,641 crore is proposed for the National Rural Health Mission. A provision of ₹2,000 crore is proposed for the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission. A provision of ₹14,997 crore is proposed for medical education.
Finance Minister Suresh Khanna stated in his budget speech that a provision of ₹14,997 crore has been proposed for medical education. He stated that currently there are 81 medical colleges in the state. Of these, 45 are run by the state government and 36 by the private sector. Currently, 60 districts are covered by medical college facilities. Medical colleges are to be established in 16 underserved districts through a PPP mode.
He said that the number of MBBS seats in government and private medical institutions was 4,540 in 2017, which has been increased to 12,800. The number of PG seats in government and private medical institutions was 1,221 in 2017, which has been increased to 4,995. A provision of 1,230 million rupees is proposed for the establishment and operation of 14 new medical colleges. A provision of 315 million rupees has been made for the Cancer Institute, Lucknow. A provision of 130 crore rupees is proposed for free medical facilities for the treatment of incurable diseases.