2023 · Q101
Which one of the following recommended that the public health expenditure of the Union and State Governments together should be increased in a progressive manner to reach 2.5 percent of GDP by the year 2025?
Indian EconomyFiscal policy and budget
- AThe National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, 2005
- BThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, 2022
- CThe Fifteenth Finance Commission
- DThe Kasturirangan Committee
Explanation
The Fifteenth Finance Commission recommended that the combined public health expenditure of the Union and State Governments be raised progressively to 2.5% of GDP by 2025, echoing the National Health Policy, 2017. Hence C.