An analysis of health care spending from 1990 to 2007, shows
that the State health care budgets have declined, while the Central
Government’s health spending has registered a consistent increase
especially after the launch of National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM) in 2005 [41]. Overall, it has been observed that the onus
of funding universal health care lies with the Central Government
[42]. Central Government should consider funding a basic
healthcare package, whereas State Governments could take the
onus of increasing the depth and height of the benefit package, i.e.
increasing the number of conditions covered and the extent of
health expenditure covered respectively.