Assam Among Top 5 Performers in National Health Mission Index

Guwahati, October 11, 2019:

Assam has emerged as one of the top five states or Union Territories in the first ever exercise to rate their performance on several parameters of the National Health Mission. The other states or UTs in the top 5 are: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Haryana, Kerala and Punjab.

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It may be mentioned that twenty per cent of NHM funds are based on the states’ performance, which means better performing states received a financial incentive. Rs 3,000 crore is set aside for incentive-based payments to the states.

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Meanwhile, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Bihar were penalised as they didn’t achieve the set benchmarks for mental health services.

Assam, along with Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab and Tripura — earned full incentive for implementation of the Human Resource Information System (HRIS).

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It is pertinent to mention here that Northeast Indian States Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim did not even make the cut for the assessment.

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Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also announced this via Twitter by sharing a tweet that had been sent out from the official NHM Assam Twitter handle.

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