KATHMANDU: The government has increased the budget of the Ministry of Health and Population by 14 billion rupees.
Presenting the budget for the Financial Year 2023/24, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat said that 83.99 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Health and Population.
In the running fiscal year, the government had allocated 69.38 billion rupees for the Ministry of Health and Population, out of which 6.26 billion rupees was transferred to the provinces and 27.44 billion rupees to the local level.
Until last year, the budget of the Ministry of Health was drastically increased due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Finance Minister explained that the government increased the health budget with the aim of making the health sector reliable at the local level.
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