Telangana receives ₹200-crore Central incentive for maternal and child healthcare
The Indian central government has awarded Telangana an additional ₹200 crore incentive for its high performance in maternal and child healthcare. The state plans to use these funds to upgrade government hospital infrastructure, including newborn care units and modernizing labor rooms.
Why it matters
This reflects successful inter-governmental cooperation and investment in public health infrastructure to meet national quality standards.
Telangana has received national recognition for its performance in maternal and child healthcare, with the Centre sanctioning an additional ₹200 crore as incentive to further strengthen services in government hospitals across the State, as per information shared by the Telangana Health Minister’s office.
Announcing this on Monday, Commissioner of Health and Family Welfare Sangeetha Satyanarayana said Telangana had emerged as one of the top-performing States in the country in providing maternal and child health services.
“The incentive amount will be utilised to strengthen maternal and child healthcare infrastructure and services in government hospitals. The State plans to expand newborn care units in selected hospitals, modernise labour rooms and operation theatres to meet national quality standards, and establish Midwifery-Led Care Units, Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) wards, and Lactation Management Units,” said Ms. Satyanarayana.
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