The Programme budget had increased by 94% from the 2011/12 financial year due to the budget increase of the NHI sub-programme. The NHI received the largest portion of the budget at 58% (R182.1 million) to develop and implement policies, legislation and frameworks for expansion of health insurance to the broader population, amongst other things. This represented an increase of more that 300.08%. The conditional grant for the pilot NHI projects would amount to R150 million, R350 million and R500 million over the medium term expenditure framework. This grant would serve as an interim funding mechanism until a more permanent funding source was established.