No significant increase in bud allocation for health, edu:Govt

There have been hardly any increase in public spending in key social sectors in the last four years, with government allotting 3.3 and 1.4 per cent of GDP on education and health expenditure respectively in 2013-14 compared to 3.3 and 1.3 per cent in 2012-13, Lok Sabha was informed today.
The percentage GDP expenditure figures for education and health in 2010-11 were 3.1 pc and 1.3 pc and in 2011-12 were 3.1 pc and 1.2 pc respectively, marking in fact a decrease in health budget, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
Quoting Economic Survey of 2013-14, he said other social sector departments too saw little rise in their budgetary allocation as it was 2.5 and 2.4 per cent of GDP in 2013-14 and 2012-13 respectively.

The budgetary support to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has also not increased much.
It was Rs 480 cr and Rs 460 cr in the revised estimate for financial year 2013-14 and FY 2012-13 respectively against the corresponding budget estimate of Rs 531 cr and Rs 518 cr.
The budget estimate for ICMR expenditure remains Rs 531 cr for 2014-15 as well, according to official figures.