Tamil Nadu’s spending during 2015-20 has exceeded the overall average of the States in two of 13 key sectors. The two sectors are health and family welfare and housing.
Against the States’ average of 5.3% in health and family welfare, Tamil Nadu’s spending was 5.4% of its budget, including capital outlay and revenue expenditure.
This covered schemes such as Ayushman Bharat, the National Health Mission, and construction and maintenance of hospitals, according to a study carried out by PRS Legislative Research, a New Delhi-based independent and not-for-profit group.
In the area of housing, Tamil Nadu’s tally was 1.6% against the States’ average of 1.3%, which consisted of 0.3 percentage point of the budget on capital outlay, and 1 percentage point of the budget on revenue expenditure.
In social security, Tamil Nadu’s spending equalled the States’ average, which was 4.1%.
As for the remaining 10 sectors where Tamil Nadu lagged others, the State missed the all-India…