Health ministry braces for Rs3 billion budget cut next year

Finance ministry has capped next year’s health budget at Rs83 billion even as the US halts its aid.

Amid the USAID funding freeze, the Ministry of Finance, which is preparing the budget for the next fiscal year 2025-26, has set a ceiling of Rs83 billion for the Ministry of Health and Population’s expenditure. This amount is Rs3 billion less than the allocation for the current fiscal year.