Govt failed to utilise 75% health budget in 17-18: Cong
10 Feb 2018 9:51 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked the Delhi government for allegedly not utilising over 75 per cent of the budgetary allocation for health sector in 2017-18 as it only spent Rs 666 crore out of Rs 2,627 crore.
Addressing a press conference here, former Delhi Finance Minister AK Walia said, "During its three-year rule, the AAP government has been underutilising Budget money for a serious issue like health, which has a cascading effect on the Delhi people."
He said the government had been "patting its own back for record budgetary allocation for health, but the ground reality was totally different".
"In 2017-18, the allocation for health was Rs 2,627 crore, of which only Rs 666 crore was spent till September 2017, which means over 75 per cent funds is unutilised."
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