India - RSBY expenditure 2020

In fiscal year 2019, the central government of India spent around 2.27 billion Indian rupees on the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) to provide health insurance coverage to below poverty line families in the country. The budget estimates indicated this expenditure to go down to 1.56 billion rupees for the financial year 2020. Overall, the government has been cutting allocation of funds to this scheme over the last five years.

The National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) was formerly called Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment. It was later shifted to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and renamed Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (RSSY) in fiscal year 2017.

Total expenditure on Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) across India from financial year 2009 to 2020 (in billion Indian rupees)

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Release date

September 2019

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Region

India

Survey time period

FY 2009 to FY 2020

Supplementary notes

*Budget estimates.

India's financial year begins in April and ends in March. For example, FY 2016 started in April 2015 and ended in March 2016.

Note: One Indian rupee is equal to 0.013 U.S. dollars and 0.012 euros (as of June 2020).

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