• Rajeev Ranjan
• Ravindra Ojha

Over the last several years the budget allocation for health has grown substantially in Bihar. The Health Budget of the Department of Health and Family Welfare has increased from Rs. 709.31 crore to Rs. 1331.57 crore from year 2004-05 to year 2007- 08. The growth of the budget has been the highest in 2006-07 at 51.09% from the previous year. The sharp increase in the health budget was due to its commitment for health and also due to the fact that this was the first year in which the new Nitish Government in the state presented the budget. The percentage of health budget to total state budget has increased from 2.50% to 3.64 % showing a constant increasing trend from 2004-05 to 2007-08. This is clear from following table:

Health Status of Population in Bihar Current Status

"Budget Allocation for health in bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.339-343, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T47.pdf

"Budget Allocation for health in bihar", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp339-343, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904T47.pdf