NEW DELHI:
"The committee notes that a sum of ₹95,957.87 crore has been allocated to the Department of Health and Family Welfare for 2025-26, representing 1.89% of the total Union Budget estimate and 0.27% of GDP (at current prices). A review of past trends indicates that actual expenditure has often fallen short of the budgeted allocation, remaining at just 0.27% of GDP in both 2022-23 and 2023-24," read the report.
"The committee notes the 10.83% increase in the Budget Estimate for 2025-26 as compared to the Revised Estimate for 2024-25, but the committee expresses concern over trend of the health sector's budget allocation, as a percentage of GDP and the total Union Budget that has been consistently declining since 2022-23," it added.
The report said that there is a need to spend more on health.
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