BMC Budget 2025: Rs 7380 crore allocated for Health, Proposes PPP model for hospitals
Union Budget 2025 Health Highlights
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allocated Rs.7,380.43 crore for healthcare in its Rs.74,427 crore budget for the financial year 2025-26. This brings the health sector’s share down to 9.92% of the total budget, marking a decline from previous years. In 2024-25, healthcare received 12% of the budget, while in 2022-23, it was allocated 15%.
In FY 2024-25 Rs 7,191.13 crore was allocated to the health sector of the total budget of Rs 59,954.75 crore while in FY 2022-23, it was Rs 6,934 crore out of Rs 45,949 crore. Amid this budgetary cut, the BMC has announced a significant shift in its approach to healthcare management. The civic body plans to hand over multiple hospitals and health centres to private entities under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model, reports Free Press Journal.
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Despite the reduced budget, BMC has outlined several key healthcare initiatives. These include the expansion of non-communicable disease screening, the establishment of ward-wise cancer care clinics, and the introduction of ‘Maa Mitra’ helpdesks to support pregnant women. Additionally, the civic body plans to set up 33 adolescent health centres across Mumbai.
Addressing a press conference after the presentation of the budget at the civic headquarters, BMC chief and state-appointed administrator Bhushan Gagrani said civic-run hospitals will be redeveloped and 3,515 beds, including 970 speciality and super-specialty beds and 153 Intensive Care Units (ICU) beds, will be added in the next two years, reports PTI.
"At present, the government hospitals in Mumbai have around 15,000 beds, while private hospitals have about 31,000 beds. If we consider that Mumbai's population is two crore, its hospitals should have more beds as per the standards," he said. Mumbai currently has 250 'Aapla Dawakhana' (our dispensary) clinics operational, and 90 lakh patients have been treated there. In the budget, the BMC proposed to set up 25 new 'Aapla Dawakhana' clinics and three physiotherapy centres in the next financial year. "Though the zero prescription policy was adopted this year, it could not be implemented fully. In the new budget, we have proposed to implement it 100 percent," Gagrani said.
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