NITI Aayog advocates big expenditure hike

Suggests delinking of Drug Price Control Order from National List of Essential Medicines

A big portion of Centre's total expenditure in the next three years should be on roads and railways where the total spending should rise from Rs 40,000 crore in 2015-16 to over Rs 1.18 lakh crore in 2019-20, the NITI Aayog's three-year action agenda has envisaged.

The agenda's draft, which was shared with chief minister's in a recent meeting on Sunday, also said the expenditure on health sector should increase from Rs 30,000 crore to atleast Rs 100,000 crore to attain the health goals set by the government.

The agenda replaced the five-year plan process, a legacy of the Planning Commisison.

On health,