The proposed 2026-27 budget allocates 62,852 crore taka to strengthen the country’s healthcare infrastructure, improve the quality of care and advance long-term reform in the health sector — 34,798 crore taka more than the previous year’s revised budget and 20,944 crore taka more than its original budget. The proposed budget gives greater weight to human-resource development than to infrastructure, which is why the highest allocations are planned for education and health. Finance Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury was to present the allocation proposal while delivering the budget in parliament on Thursday (11 June).
Under the proposed budget, the Health Services Division is allocated 49,386 crore taka, against 21,933 crore in last year’s revised budget and 14,763 crore in the original budget; of the new allocation, 26,805 crore taka is for development expenditure. The Health Education and Family Welfare Division is proposed 13,466 crore taka, against 6,121 crore in last year’s revised budget and 4,268 crore in the original budget, with 8,221 crore taka proposed for development. The Health Services Division’s Annual Development Programme (ADP) is planned at 26,806 crore taka — against actual spending of just 2,001 crore taka in 2023-24, and an 11,617 crore allocation in the 2024-25 original budget that fell to 3,118 crore in the revised budget. The Health Education and Family Welfare Division’s ADP is proposed at 8,221 crore taka — against actual spending of 412 crore taka in 2023-24, and a 5,932 crore allocation in the 2024-25 original budget that fell to 1,346 crore in the revised budget. The two divisions’ combined development allocation is set at 35,026 crore taka, which those concerned believe will play an important role in expanding health infrastructure and services.
The total 2026-27 national budget is set at 9,38,000 crore taka, with a revenue target of 6,95,000 crore taka — leaving a likely deficit of 2,43,000 crore taka. To meet it, the government plans to raise 1,16,000 crore taka from foreign loans and grants and 1,27,000 crore taka from domestic sources, the domestic financing comprising 1,12,000 crore taka from the banking sector and 15,000 crore taka from savings certificates and other sources.
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