(a) Whether the Union Government are providing 75 per cent grants of the total expenditure to the Nimhans Hospital in Bangalore;
(b) whether the Union Government have received representation from M.Ps. requesting for 100 per cent grant to Hospital Nimhans;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the action taken by the Government thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI A. RAJA)
(a) to (d) Out of the total expenditure incurred by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore during the year 2001-02, 67% and 69% of that amount respectively were released as grant by the Government of India. The rest is met through grant from State Govt. of Karnataka and internal resource.
The Government has not received any representations from Members of Parliament requesting for 100 percent grant to NIMHANS, Bangalore.