Jharkhand: Health and Budgets - A Fact Sheet
Studying Jharkhand budgets over the past few years reveals that health sector is not among the top priorities of the Government. This is reflected in the poor health indicators. Although the per capita expenditure of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) interventions is higher than some other States, the maternal health indicators like Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) are higher than the national average.