Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday presented the Outcome Budget of the city in the Assembly. The Outcome Budget was introduced in 2017-18 as a tool linking the budget with outcomes to capture the progress of various schemes, programmes and projects; and final deliverables from the citizens’ perspective.
The Outcome Budget for 2022-23 showed that out of 124 critical indicators of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, only 54 per cent were “on track”. For the transport department, out of 88 indicators, 69 per cent were on track, while 68 per cent out of 37 critical indicators of the Public Works Department were doing fine, it showed.
Gahlot said in the education sector, Delhi saw commendable results in both classes 10 and 12 in CBSE boards and out of 78 indicators for assessment, 67 per cent were on track. Government schools recorded a pass percentage of 98 at the 12th level and 97 per cent at 10th level for academic session 2021-22.
However, with just 54 per cent indicators “on track”, health, a focus area of the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation, was one of the poor performers among key Delhi government departments, according to 2022-23 Outcome Budget data. The Outcome Budget said that out of 124 critical indicators of the health and family welfare department, 54 per cent were “on track. Against a target of 1,000 Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics (AAMCs), 518 have become operational during the nine-month period ending December 31, 2022. A total of 1.5 crore patients were treated at these clinics, it said.
Mohalla clinics are one of the flagship initiatives of the Kejriwal government to boost the primary healthcare system in Delhi. As for poor performers, 53 per cent out of 19 indicators for assessment were on track for the urban development and housing sector.