Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister P. Paiwang Konyak has urged the Centre to extend greater support for the modernisation and upgradation of the state’s ageing healthcare infrastructure, across primary, secondary and tertiary levels, particularly in view of Nagaland’s first batch of MBBS students, who are expected to graduate in 2028.
Addressing the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health & Family Welfare at New Delhi on June 29, he also put forth for an adoption of region-specific budgeting under Centrally Sponsored Schemes to reflect the higher construction and logistics costs in hilly and remote States.
Acknowledging the central government under the leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister JP Nadda, for the continued support extended towards strengthening healthcare services in Nagaland, Paiwang reaffirmed the State Government’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).
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The Minister highlighted Nagaland’s efforts in building an equitable, resilient and accessible healthcare system and placed key issues before the Council.
He further appealed for a review of the National Health Mission resource allocation formula by giving greater weightage to terrain, remoteness, population dispersion and the minimum cost of sustaining essential health services, instead of relying predominantly on population.
The Minister urged Union Minister to favourably consider the mentioned issues in the spirit of cooperative federalism and equitable development. He expressed confidence that the Conference would further strengthen India’s collective commitment towards building a more resilient, inclusive and equitable healthcare system.
