While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) reduced the health budget pie marginally from the overall budget 2022-23 as compared to the 2021-22 budget, it has decided to continue its focus on improving its health infrastructure as Mumbai continues to fight the pandemic with the third wave.

BMC, the country's richest civic body, has allocated Rs 6933.75 crore for health, which is 15% of the total Rs 45949.21 crore budget that was presented by IS Chahal, municipal commissioner at the BMC headquarters on Thursday. According to the BMC data, the health budget was 17% of the total 2021-22 budget.