Gupta, Indrani  and Chakravartti, Parma <br/><br/>
Fiscal space and prioritisation of health in government budget: A study of Indian states 

 - Economic & Political Weekly   
 - 60(38), Sep 20, 2025: p.43-52 
<br/><br/> Assessing the available fiscal space and evaluating its sources for the states, the objective of the paper is to understand whether states’ health spending is constrained by a lack of fiscal space or a lack of prioritisation of the health sector. The assessment in 2019 showed that several states had a significant amount of fiscal space that was not being utilised for the health sector, indicating a lack of prioritisation. States can reduce their unrealised fiscal space by identifying and selecting the sources that can potentially be used for the health sector. However, this can be done only if there is a policy move to prioritise the health sector to garner the additional resources for health. – Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.epw.in/journal/special-articles/fiscal-space-and-prioritisation-health-government.html<br/>