NEW DELHI: The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) proposes to spend 67.2 per cent of the total budget on prevention of HIV/AIDS under phase III of the National AIDS Control Programme.

This includes targeted interventions and a package of services (excluding anti retroviral treatment).

The total requirement for NACP-III, likely to be implemented from April over the next five years, is estimated at close to Rs. 11,585 crore.

Of this, Rs. 7,786 crore is likely to be spent on targeted interventions, blood safety, communication, advocacy and social mobilisation. It includes Rs 2,000 crore for condom promotion alone.

The key implementation issues include developing effective partnerships, networking of workplace interventions and clarity of State governments' policies to promote non-governmental organisations and community-based organisation partnerships.

Of the total budget, Rs. 1,953 crore is proposed to be invested in care, support and treatment.

This includes ART services for which Rs 1,334 crore has been kept aside.

Approximately 7.9 per cent — Rs. 910 crore — has been earmarked for strengthening capacities and meeting the administrative cost of implementing agencies at the national, State and district levels.

This component also includes mainstreaming activities.

The budgets are based on preliminary estimates and need to be revised in keeping with the institutional framework and training needs. Most of the budgets under this component are discretionary.

Knowledge management

The allocation for information management is 3.1 per cent of the total budget. The concept of knowledge management will be introduced. Given the constraints on availability of good resource persons, NACP-III proposes to identify academic institutions of excellence to carry out research, for which Rs. 360 crore has been earmarked.

Contingency

An amount of Rs. 576 crore has been earmarked for contingency. The NACP intends creating benchmarks for the package of services which, with the focus on utilisation of services, referrals and counselling, will make performance and effectiveness an integral part of the contract and grant complete autonomy to the implementing agency for ensuring quality and achieving the desired outcome.

The process of implementation and setting benchmarks and making payments, based on compliance with the benchmarks, will be monitored.

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