In 2025-26, the share of the Core Child Budget shows a marginal increase to 2.29 per cent, though it remains below the levels observed during the period 2016-17 to 2020-21.
Even while keeping the fiscal ship on a glide path, seeding future capacity and supporting smaller firms, the Union budget elides over low nominal GDP growth, rising inequality and lack of jobs
A key focus this year is the creation of a skilled healthcare workforce to address the country’s rising disease burden—particularly non-communicable diseases.
