India, Feb. 1 -- We hope the regular budget after the elections increases the health budget while paying attention to greater utilisation, expert tells Down To Earth

The Department of Health and Family Welfare was allocated Rs 87,656.90 crore in the interim Union Budget 2024-2025 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on February 1, 2024.

This earmarked funding for the health ministry is a minor bump from the budget allocation in the Union Budget for 2023-2024 at Rs 86,175 crore.

Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), told Down to Earth (DTE) : "As far as the actual increase in funding is concerned, it is marginal at one per cent. Compared to the revised estimates which is the spe...