State Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland, P. Paiwang Konyak attended the 16th Conference of the Central Council of Health & Family Welfare at New Delhi on 29th June 2026.

The conference was graced by Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, J. P Nadda, attended by Ministers of Health & Family Welfare from states and union territories.

Acknowledging the central government under the leadership of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister J. P. Nadda, for the continued support extended towards strengthening healthcare services in Nagaland, Paiwang reaffirmed the State Government’s commitment to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 (Good Health and Well-being).

The minister in his address highlighted Nagaland’s efforts in building an equitable, resilient and accessible healthcare system and placed key issues before the Council.

Paiwang sought Central support for enhancement of modernization and upgradation of ageing health infrastructure across primary, secondary and tertiary levels, particularly in view of Nagaland’s first batch of MBBS, expected to graduate in 2028. He also put forth for an adoption of region-specific budgeting under Centrally Sponsored Schemes to reflect the higher construction and logistics costs in hilly and remote States.

Further, he appealed for a review of the National Health Mission resource allocation formula by giving greater weightage to terrain, remoteness, population dispersion and the minimum cost of sustaining essential health services, instead of relying predominantly on population.

The Minister also appealed to the Union Minister to favourably consider the mentioned issues in the spirit of cooperative federalism and equitable development. He expressed confidence that the Conference would further strengthen India’s collective commitment towards building a more resilient, inclusive and equitable healthcare system.

(PRO New Delhi)