Health ministry surprised as government allocates double the anticipated budget

Now health officials might need to revise their plans as they had based their calculations on the Rs41 billion limit.

When Finance Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat delivered the budget speech on Monday afternoon, officials at the Ministry of Health found themselves extremely surprised. Their surprise was justified, because previously the government had instructed them to limit their demand to just Rs41 billion, but the government has allocated more than twice the amount at Rs83.99 billion.