Dimapur: Nagaland Health & Family Welfare Minister P. Paiwang Konyak has appealed to the Centre to review the National Health Mission (NHM) resource allocation formula, suggesting greater weightage be given to terrain, remoteness, population dispersion, and the minimum cost of sustaining essential health services, instead of relying predominantly on population.
Addressing the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health & Family Welfare in New Delhi on Monday, Konyak called for the adoption of region-specific budgeting under centrally sponsored schemes to reflect higher construction and logistics costs in hilly and remote states, an official statement said on Tuesday.
The conference was attended by Union Health & Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda and health ministers from various states and Union Territories.
Acknowledging the Centre for its continued support in strengthening healthcare services in Nagaland, Konyak reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).
Highlighting Nagaland’s efforts to build an equitable, resilient, and accessible healthcare system, he sought central support for the modernisation and upgradation of ageing health infrastructure across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels in the state.
Konyak also urged Nadda to consider these issues favourably in the spirit of cooperative federalism and equitable development.
He expressed confidence that the conference would further strengthen India’s collective commitment to building a more resilient, inclusive, and equitable healthcare system.